List of independent bookstores

Independent bookstores are small bookselling businesses, usually with one or a small number of locations in a limited geographic area. They contrast with corporate or chain bookstores, operated by a larger company, often with many stores across a large area.

Outside the United States

Name Country Location(s) Notes
Foreign Language Bookshop AustraliaMelbourne
Aqua Books CanadaWinnipeg, Manitoba(defunct)
Attic Books CanadaLondon, Ontario
Bakka-Phoenix CanadaToronto, Ontario
Bison Books CanadaWinnipeg, Manitoba
Book City CanadaToronto, Ontario
The Book Room CanadaHalifax, Nova Scotiawas, at the time of its 2008 closing, the oldest bookstore in Canada (defunct)
Camas Bookstore and Infoshop CanadaVictoria, British Columbia
Common Woman Books Canada(feminist, defunct)
Glad Day Bookshop CanadaToronto, Ontario
Highway Book Shop CanadaCobalt, Ontario(defunct)
Hyman's Book and Art Shoppe Canadaindependent Jewish bookstore in Toronto, Ontario (defunct)
John W. Doull, Bookseller CanadaDartmouth, Nova Scotia
Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium CanadaVancouver, British Columbia
McNally Robinson Canadasmall independently run chain of stores across Canada
Mondragon Bookstore & Coffeehouse CanadaWinnipeg, Manitoba(defunct)
The Monkey's Paw CanadaToronto, Ontario
Munro's Books CanadaVictoria, British Columbia
Spartacus Books CanadaVancouver, British Columbia
This Ain't the Rosedale Library CanadaToronto, Ontario(defunct)
Toronto Women's Bookstore CanadaToronto, Ontario(defunct)
The Word Bookstore CanadaMontreal
José Corti FranceParis
Shakespeare and Company FranceParis
BuchGourmet GermanyCologne
Atuagkat Bookstore GreenlandNuuk
An Ceathrú Póilí IrelandBelfast
Sefer ve Sefel IsraelJerusalem
Al-Jahith's Treasury Jordan
Scorpio Books New ZealandChristchurch
Solidaridad book shop PhilippinesErmita district of Manila[1][2]
BooksActually SingaporeTiong Bahru[3][4]
Clarke's Bookshop South Africa Cape Town
Fascination Books[5] South Africa(defunct)
An Ceathrú Póilí United KingdomBelfast
Arthur Probsthain United KingdomLondon
Barter Books United KingdomAlnwick Station, Northumberland
Compendium Books United KingdomLondon
Daunt Books United KingdomLondon
Grass Roots Books United Kingdom
Housmans United KingdomLondon
Silver Moon Bookshop United Kingdom(defunct)
The Second Shelf United KingdomLondon[6]
Stanfords United KingdomLondon

United States

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Review: A Different Bookstore, Dymocks, La Solidaridad, Filipino Bookstore". The Philippine Inquirer. October 13, 2001.
  2. ↑ "Solidaridad: A Gem of a Bookstore". wheninmanila.com. March 18, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Singapore's best independent bookstores". Travelfish.
  4. ↑ "BooksActually twists plot to create success". The Straits Times. March 14, 2012. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015 – via stclassifieds.sg.
  5. ↑ "Book chain closes doors: Fin24: Companies". 2011-07-11. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2017-08-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ Kelly, Hillary (1 March 2019). "The Bookstore That Became the Face of a Movement". Vulture. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
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