List of independent bookstores

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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.

Australia

• Foreign Language Bookshop, Melbourne

Canada

• Aqua Books in Winnipeg, Manitoba (defunct)
• Attic Books in London, Ontario
• Bakka-Phoenix in Toronto, Ontario
• Bison Books in Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Book City in Toronto, Ontario
• The Book Room in Halifax, Nova Scotia was, at the time of its 2008 closing, the oldest bookstore in Canada (defunct)
• Camas Bookstore and Infoshop in Victoria, British Columbia
• Glad Day Bookshop in Toronto, Ontario
• Highway Book Shop near Cobalt, Ontario (defunct)
• Hyman's Book and Art Shoppe, independent Jewish bookstore in Toronto, Ontario (defunct)
• Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium in Vancouver, British Columbia
• McNally Robinson, small independently run chain of stores across Canada
• Mondragon Bookstore & Coffeehouse in Winnipeg, Manitoba (defunct)
• The Monkey's Paw in Toronto, Ontario
• Munro's Books in Victoria, British Columbia
• Spartacus Books in Vancouver, British Columbia
• This Ain't the Rosedale Library in Toronto, Ontario (defunct)
• Toronto Women's Bookstore in Toronto, Ontario (defunct)
• The Word Bookstore in Montreal

France

• José Corti in Paris
• Shakespeare and Company in Paris

Germany

• BuchGourmet in Cologne

Greenland

• Atuagkat Bookstore in Nuuk

Ireland

• An Ceathrú Póilí in Belfast

Israel

• Sefer ve Sefel, Jerusalem

Jordan

• Al-Jahith's Treasury

Philippines

• Solidaridad book shop in the Ermita district of Manila^[1][2]

Singapore

• BooksActually in Tiong Bahru^[3][4]

South Africa

• Fascination Books^[5]

United Kingdom

• An Ceathrú Póilí in Belfast
• Arthur Probsthain in London
• Barter Books in Alnwick Station, Northumberland
• Compendium Books in London
• Daunt Books in London
• Grass Roots Books
• Housmans in London
• The Second Shelf in London^[6]
• Stanfords in London

United States

Main article: List of independent bookstores in the United States

See also

• Companies portal
• Books portal

• List of bookstore chains
• List of feminist bookstores

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.