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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

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

United States

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Main article: List of independent bookstores in the United States

See also

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References

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  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.