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.

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NameCountryLocation(s)Notes
Foreign Language Bookshop Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Melbourne
Aqua Books Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Winnipeg, Manitoba (defunct)
Attic Books Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada London, Ontario
Bakka-Phoenix Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Toronto, Ontario
Bison Books Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Winnipeg, Manitoba
Book City Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Toronto, Ontario
The Book Room Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Halifax, Nova Scotia was, at the time of its 2008 closing, the oldest bookstore in Canada (defunct)
Camas Bookstore and Infoshop Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Victoria, British Columbia
Common Woman Books Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (feminist, defunct)
Glad Day Bookshop Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Toronto, Ontario
Highway Book Shop Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Cobalt, Ontario (defunct)
Hyman's Book and Art Shoppe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada independent Jewish bookstore in Toronto, Ontario (defunct)
John W. Doull, Bookseller Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Vancouver, British Columbia
McNally Robinson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada small independently run chain of stores across Canada
Mondragon Bookstore & Coffeehouse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Winnipeg, Manitoba(defunct)
The Monkey's Paw Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Toronto, Ontario
Munro's Books Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Victoria, British Columbia
Spartacus Books Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Vancouver, British Columbia
This Ain't the Rosedale Library Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Toronto, Ontario(defunct)
Toronto Women's Bookstore Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Toronto, Ontario(defunct)
The Word Bookstore Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Montreal
José Corti Flag of France.svg France Paris
Shakespeare and Company Flag of France.svg France Paris
BuchGourmet Flag of Germany.svg Germany Cologne
Atuagkat Bookstore Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland Nuuk
An Ceathrú Póilí Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Belfast
Sefer ve Sefel Flag of Israel.svg Israel Jerusalem
Al-Jahith's Treasury Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan
Solidaridad book shop Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Ermita district of Manila [1] [2]
BooksActually Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Tiong Bahru [3] [4]
Clarke's Bookshop Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Cape Town
Fascination Books [5] Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (defunct)
An Ceathrú Póilí Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Belfast
Arthur Probsthain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom London
Barter Books Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Alnwick Station, Northumberland
Compendium Books Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom London
Daunt Books Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom London
Grass Roots Books Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Housmans Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom London
Silver Moon Bookshop Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom (defunct)
The Second Shelf Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom London [6]
Stanfords Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom London

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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