Bookstores in Almonte
If you judge a town by its bookshops, Almonte, Ontario gives you 1 to judge by. Just the one mapped bookstore in Almonte for now — treasure it, and check the used shelves first. Staff picks shelves are the fastest way to read a shop's personality.
This guide covers every bookstore we could verify in and around Almonte (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. The one to know is Mill Street Books. If a bookshop's missing from Almonte's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Almonte bookstore lineup
1 in Almonte, plus 20 more around Almonte below:
Mill Street Books
Bookstore0.2 km from Almonte
Mill Street Books — Bookstore on 52 Mill Street.
52 Mill Street
What the map tells us about bookstores in Almonte
None of the 1 has opening hours in the map data, so treat this as a browse-and-discover trip. Bookshops keep fairly standard hours, so a daytime visit is a safe bet.
The one mapped bookstore sits on 52 Mill Street — worth combining with whatever else brings you to that side of town.
Bookstore tips for Almonte
Browsing in Almonte? A little strategy helps:
- Browse by serendipity, buy by list at Mill Street Books. Keep a want-list on your phone for the hunt, but let the shelves surprise you too. The best finds are never the planned ones.
- Check the events board. Book clubs, writing groups, story times — bookshops are community centres that happen to sell books.
- The used section is underpriced everywhere. Books are heavy and slow to sell, so used shelves price to move. First editions hide here regularly.
- Magazines and journals matter. The little-magazine rack is where new writers appear first. Cheap, weird, and full of discoveries.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Almonte — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new bookstore in Almonte can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 1 that's closed, or a great bookstore we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.
We don't list prices — they change constantly and vary by edition. What we list is the where: real shops, verified by real mappers, in alphabetical order with no favourites.
If you run one of the 1 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Worth the trip: more bookstores around Almonte
20 more within about 40 km of Almonte — here are the 15 nearest:
Re-Read Used Books
Used bookstore21.6 km from Almonte
Re-Read Used Books — Used bookstore on 1488 Stittsville Main Street. Also worth knowing about Re-Read Used Books: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1488 Stittsville Main Street, K2S 1P3
Phone: +1-613-435-8344
Indigo
Bookstore23.9 km from Almonte
Indigo — Bookstore on 400 Earl Grey Drive. Also worth knowing about Indigo: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 10:00-19:00.
400 Earl Grey Drive, K2T 1B9
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 10:00-19:00
White Pine Books & Children's Boutique
Bookstore26.3 km from Almonte
White Pine Books & Children's Boutique is Bookstore on 152 John Street North.
152 John Street North
Bouquinart
Bookstore33.1 km from Almonte
Bouquinart — Bookstore, found on 110 Rue Principale in Gatineau.
110 Rue Principale, Gatineau, J9H 3M1
Coles
Bookstore33.2 km from Almonte
Coles is Bookstore on 100 Bayshore Drive.
100 Bayshore Drive
Librairie Michabou
Bookstore33.8 km from Almonte
Librairie Michabou — Bookstore on 181 Rue Principale.
181 Rue Principale
Indigo
Bookstore34.6 km from Almonte
Indigo — Bookstore on 2735 Iris Street. Also worth knowing about Indigo: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2735 Iris Street, K2C 3Z7
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-21:00
Phone: +1-613-596-3003
Indigo
Bookstore35.9 km from Almonte
Indigo — Bookstore on 125 Riocan Avenue. Also worth knowing about Indigo: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 09:30-21:30; Fr-Sa 09:30-22:00; Su 10:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
125 Riocan Avenue, K2J 5G5
Hours: Mo-Th 09:30-21:30; Fr-Sa 09:30-22:00; Su 10:00-21:00
Phone: +1-613-843-0045
Second Editions Used Book Store
Bookstore36.2 km from AlmonteRun by Friends of the Public Library
Second Editions Used Book Store is Bookstore run by Friends of the Public Library. Second Editions Used Book Store also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-15:00.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-15:00
Backbeat Books & Music
Bookstore36.5 km from Almonte
Backbeat Books & Music — Bookstore.
The Bookworm
Bookstore36.5 km from Almonte
The Bookworm — Bookstore on 76 Foster Street.
76 Foster Street
The Book Nook
Bookstore36.5 km from Almonte
The Book Nook is Bookstore.
Connections, the Campus Store
Bookstore36.9 km from Almonte
Connections, the Campus Store is Bookstore.
Coles
Bookstore37.1 km from Almonte
Coles is Bookstore on 2121 Carling Avenue.
2121 Carling Avenue
Tat's All
Bookstore37.5 km from Almonte
Tat's All is Bookstore on 7496 Roger Stevens Drive, Smiths Falls.
7496 Roger Stevens Drive, Smiths Falls, K7A 4X9
Bookstore listings for Almonte: 1 in Almonte and 20 more nearby mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.