Why it belongs in ORBIS
Independent Munich bookshop at Rumfordstrasse 48, run by Regina Moths since 1994; curates fiction, art, design, and nonfiction with no bestseller racks, and hosts readings and exhibitions.
Literatur Moths is an independent bookshop at Rumfordstrasse 48 in Munich, near the Isartor, run by owner Regina Moths since 1994. Moths describes her shop less as a conventional retailer than as a changing backdrop for books, graphics, and events, curating a selection she calls 'finely sieved' rather than stocking mass-market bestsellers. The inventory is organized into idiosyncratic sections spanning novels and poetry, art and history, design and graphics, comics and graphic novels, and general nonfiction. Beyond selling books, the shop functions as a small cultural venue, hosting author readings, exhibitions, and literary events. It is regularly cited by local guides as among Munich's most distinctive bookshops, credited for its window displays and hands-on staff recommendations.