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The hotel boasts over 6000 books in its collection.Caters News Agency
The hotel boasts over 6000 books in its collection.Caters News Agency
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The exterior of the Library Hotel in Midtown.Caters News Agency
Each floor of the hotel is based on a category from the Dewey Decimal System.Caters News Agency
Each room on each floor is then modeled after a subset of each category.Caters News Agency
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The Library Hotel is a paradise for book lovers. Caters News Agency
The Library Hotel is a paradise for book lovers. Caters News Agency
The Library Hotel is a paradise for book lovers. Caters News Agency
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The hotel also includes a reading room with literary-themed cocktails.Caters News Agency
The rooftop Writer's Den and Poetry Lounge offer literary-themed cocktails.Caters News Agency
The Library Hotel is located a stone's throw from the New York Public Library.Caters News Agency
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The Library Hotel is located a stone's throw from the New York Public Library.Caters News Agency
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Finally, a library that will actually be comfortable to sleep in.

Midtown’s Library Hotel, located steps away from the New York Public Library, boasts more than 6,000 books — with each of the 10 guest-room floors dedicated to one of the major categories of the Dewey Decimal System.

Each of the hotel’s 60 rooms has up to 150 books in it.

“The hotel is a bookworm’s paradise,” said a spokesperson for the hotel. “Each one of our rooms offers a personalized literary experience. Whether you enjoy reading about zoology or Slavic languages, we’ve got it covered.”

The Dewey Decimal System classifies books with 10 categories: social sciences, literature, languages, history, math & science, general knowledge, technology, philosophy, the arts and religion.

The rooms on each of the levels are then devoted to a different subject within the floor’s assigned category.

The third floor, for example, is based on social sciences — and has six rooms dedicated to law, money, world culture, economics, political science and communication.

The Library Hotel, at Madison Avenue and 41st Street, also features a dedicated reading room and a rooftop Writer’s Den and Poetry Lounge offering literary-themed cocktails.

“When the building was purchased, the idea was to offer something different,” the spokesperson added. “Being so close to the library — one of New York’s most loved landmarks — was the inspiration for that.”

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