10 of the most beautiful school libraries

It's like the universe knows I'm blogging again and is tossing presents in my lap. Thanks, universe!

I just came across this photo essay, which makes me retroactively pissy about the ugliness of the library at the university (style: Cinderblock Brutalism) where I took my undergrad degree. Though to its credit, it had the most napworthy armchairs I've ever encountered. People used to race -- RACE, I tell you -- to nab a chair before 1:30 pm. It was unseemly. And if you got there too late, you were forced to wander around forlornly, envying all the snoring droolers.

I've been making myself feel better by noting that I can't spot any good nap spots in these photos.

University of Michigan Law Library, Ann Arbor, MI

University of Salamanca Library, Salamanca, Spain

Central Library, University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

Philological Library of the Free University, Berlin, Germany

See the full photo essay here.