A bookbetween trains
Rest Book is across from Exit Z10 of Taipei Main Station. Books to read or buy, study seats, rest rooms, showers and a lounge.
Plan your gapThe date is with a book
The name means “a journey arranged with a book”.
Crowds pass the station every day; we only want one of them to sit down and finish a chapter.
Your timetable for the gap
Pick a time and see how the gap could go.
- 1 hour · NT$200Three stories from a short collection, then a sit-down in the lounge.
- 4 hours · NT$600Finish a slim book at a study seat, rest, freshen up, and take the book with you if you like it.
- 8 hours · NT$1,000A whole day: read, work, rest, and board the next train with a book in hand.
Shelves, seats and rest
See what’s here
Prices
Study seats and rest rooms cost the same, charged by the full hour. Prices include tax.
Daytime08:00–22:00
- 1 hour
- NT$200
- 4 hours
- NT$600
- 8 hours
- NT$1,000
- Extra time
- NT$150 per hour
Night22:00–08:00
- Sun–Thu
- NT$800
- Fri, Sat
- NT$1,000
- Up to 15 minutes over is free; beyond that it counts as an hour, and each further hour follows the same 15-minute rule.
- ID is checked after 23:00; 18 and over only.
- Books and showers are extra; Rest Book is not included in membership.
What’s here, and what it costs
| Shelves | Read on site, buy what you like | Priced per book |
|---|---|---|
| Study seats | One person, one seat, quiet | Charged by time |
| Rest rooms | Open, not lockable | Charged by time |
| Showers | Two rooms | Priced separately |
| Lounge | About ten people | Big screen, Switch, manga, board games |
| Membership | Rest Book is not included | Priced separately |
Before you come
Is Rest Book included in membership?
No. Rest Book is priced separately: daytime from NT$200 an hour, night from NT$800. See prices on this page.
Can I buy the books?
Yes. Each book carries its own price; pay at the counter.
What kind of books are on the shelves?
Mostly work, starting up, travel and life in Taiwan, and the selection changes.
Can I shower? What should I bring?
There are two showers. Towels and toiletries can be bought on site; prices are posted there.
Can I stay overnight?
Rest Book is a reading and rest space, not accommodation; rest rooms are open and not lockable.
How do I find you?
Diagonally across from Exit Z10 of the Taipei Main Station underground mall, No. 11, Sec. 1, Chongqing S. Rd.
Looking for a title, want to consign books, or hold a reading group here? Write to us.
Pictures: Taipei Railway Station and students, c. 1930 (public domain); Taipei Main Station platform (4300streetcar, CC BY 4.0); a Paris bookshop (Janko Ferlič, CC0); The Bookshop of Pieter Meijer Warnars (Johannes Jelgerhuis, public domain); all via Wikimedia Commons. The interior is a concept rendering.