Bookworms have been in awe at a gigantic book tower newly built in northwest China’s Xi’an City in Shaanxi Province. /Chinanews Photo

At a height of 11 meters, the “tower of knowledge” was made out of 14 tons of books within a month. /Chinanews Photo

To stabilize the spiral structure, books were glued together to an iron plank. /Chinanews Photo

The book tower was erected at a design college affiliated to Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology. /Chinanews Photo