Bookstores in Bari
If you judge a town by its bookshops, Bari, Apulia gives you 24 to judge by. That's 24 bookshops mapped around Bari, each with its own shelves and specialties. The used sections are where the real bargains hide. Staff picks shelves are the fastest way to read a shop's personality.
This guide covers every bookstore we could verify in and around Bari (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Piccinni 100 and Athena, plus Libreria 101. If a bookshop's missing from Bari's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Bari bookstore lineup
24 in Bari, plus 6 more around Bari below:
Piccinni 100
Bookstore0.1 km from Bari
Piccinni 100 — Bookstore on 100 Via Niccolò Piccinni.
100 Via Niccolò Piccinni
Athena
Used bookstore0.2 km from Bari
Athena is Used bookstore on 86 Via Marchese di Montrone, Bari. Athena also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-13:00, 16:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
86 Via Marchese di Montrone, Bari, 70100
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-13:00, 16:00-20:00
Phone: +39 080 523 5359
Libreria 101
Bookstore0.3 km from Bari
Libreria 101 is Bookstore on 101 Via Benedetto Cairoli.
101 Via Benedetto Cairoli
Fumettolandia
Bookstore0.3 km from Bari
Fumettolandia is Bookstore on 123A Via Principe Amedeo, Bari. Fumettolandia also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
123A Via Principe Amedeo, Bari, 70122
Libreria Liberrima
Bookstore0.4 km from BariRun by Liberrima s.r.l.
Libreria Liberrima is Bookstore run by Liberrima s.r.l. on 12 Via Alessandro Maria Calefati, Bari. Libreria Liberrima also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
12 Via Alessandro Maria Calefati, Bari, 70121
Phone: +39 0809198986
Libreria Laterza
Bookstore0.4 km from BariRun by Ubik S.r.l.
Libreria Laterza is Bookstore run by Ubik S.r.l. on 53 Via Dante Alighieri, Bari. Libreria Laterza also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 09:15-20:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
53 Via Dante Alighieri, Bari, 70121
Hours: Mo-Su 09:15-20:30
Phone: +39 0805211780
Libreria Cacucci
Bookstore0.4 km from Bari
Libreria Cacucci is Bookstore.
San Paolo
Bookstore0.5 km from Bari
San Paolo is Bookstore on Via Domenico Nicolai.
Via Domenico Nicolai
La Feltrinelli
Bookstore0.5 km from Bari
La Feltrinelli — Bookstore, found on 119 Via Melo da Bari in Bari. Also worth knowing about La Feltrinelli: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00; Su,PH 10:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
119 Via Melo da Bari, Bari, 70121
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00; Su,PH 10:00-21:00
Phone: +30 02 91947777
Libri & Libri
Bookstore0.5 km from Bari
Libri & Libri is Bookstore on Piazza Umberto Primo, Bari.
Piazza Umberto Primo, Bari, 70121
Mondadori
Bookstore0.6 km from Bari
Mondadori is Bookstore on 16 Via Scipione Crisanzio, Bari. Mondadori also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
16 Via Scipione Crisanzio, Bari, 70122
Phone: +39 0805212142
Libreria Roma
Bookstore0.7 km from Bari
Libreria Roma is Bookstore on 13, Bari. Libreria Roma also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
13, Bari, 70122
Phone: +39 0805211274
Neverland
Bookstore0.8 km from Bari
Neverland — Bookstore, found on 1C Corso Italia in Bari. Also worth knowing about Neverland: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1C Corso Italia, Bari, 70123
Phone: +39 0809642729
Prinz Zaum
Bookstore0.9 km from Bari
Prinz Zaum is Bookstore on Via Cardassi, Bari.
Via Cardassi, Bari, 70121
Arcadia
Used bookstore1.1 km from Bari
Arcadia — Used bookstore.
Libreria Medico Scientifica
Bookstore1.4 km from Bari
Libreria Medico Scientifica is Bookstore on 6 Piazza Giulio Cesare. Libreria Medico Scientifica also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
6 Piazza Giulio Cesare
Phone: +39 347 585 6733
Neverland
Bookstore1.4 km from Bari
Neverland — Bookstore on 15c,15d Via Enrico Toti. Also worth knowing about Neverland: it has a website with more detail.
15c,15d Via Enrico Toti, 70125
SvoltaStorie
Bookstore1.5 km from Bari
SvoltaStorie — Bookstore.
Kurama Shop
Used bookstore1.6 km from Bari
Kurama Shop — Used bookstore, found on 177/14 Via Giuseppe Re David in Bari.
177/14 Via Giuseppe Re David, Bari
Star Shop
Bookstore1.7 km from Bari
Star Shop — Bookstore, found on 86 Via Pasubio in Bari. Also worth knowing about Star Shop: it has a website with more detail.
86 Via Pasubio, Bari, 70125
Libreria Universitaria
Bookstore2.3 km from Bari
Libreria Universitaria — Bookstore.
Libreria Quintiliano
Bookstore2.5 km from Bari
Libreria Quintiliano — Bookstore.
La Feltrinelli
Bookstore4.4 km from Bari
La Feltrinelli — Bookstore, found on Strada Santa Caterina in Bari. Also worth knowing about La Feltrinelli: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00; Su 10:00-21:00.
Strada Santa Caterina, Bari
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00; Su 10:00-21:00
Giunti al Punto
Bookstore8.2 km from Bari
Giunti al Punto — Bookstore.
What the map tells us about bookstores in Bari
4 of the 24 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
7 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
3 of the shops are tagged as selling used books — the second-hand shelves are where out-of-print gems and first editions turn up for pocket change.
The Bari bookstore crawl
Making a day of it in Bari? Work this order: Piccinni 100 on 100 Via Niccolò Piccinni, Athena on 86 Via Marchese di Montrone, Libreria 101 on 101 Via Benedetto Cairoli, Fumettolandia on 123A Via Principe Amedeo, Libreria Liberrima on 12 Via Alessandro Maria Calefati, Libreria Laterza on 53 Via Dante Alighieri, Libreria Cacucci, and San Paolo on Via Domenico Nicolai. That's the bookstore crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 16 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Bari
Browsing in Bari? A little strategy helps:
- Buy the signed copy at Piccinni 100. Signed stock costs the same as unsigned and only goes up in charm. Ask at the till; shops often have signed copies behind the counter.
- Visit during author events at Athena. Readings and signings are usually free and turn a bookshop into the best evening out in town.
- Look for local history. The local-interest shelf tells you what a town thinks of itself. Great for visitors, better for new residents.
- Check condition before you pay. Used books: check for missing pages, water damage, and cracked spines. A quick flip-through takes ten seconds.
Good to know
We searched about 25 km around Bari — 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 Bari can take a while to appear. The 24 above are only as current as the community map. A bookstore that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
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 24 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 Bari
6 more within about 25 km of Bari, nearest first:
Erica e le Storte Storie
Bookstore10.3 km from Bari
Erica e le Storte Storie is Bookstore on 23A1 Via Napoli in Santo Spirito.
23A1 Via Napoli in Santo Spirito
La Libreria
Bookstore10.7 km from BariRun by Baba Yaga
La Libreria is Bookstore run by Baba Yaga on Piazza Roma.
Piazza Roma
Libreria del Teatro
Used bookstore14.8 km from Bari
Libreria del Teatro is Used bookstore on 7 Largo Teatro Umberto I, Bitonto. Libreria del Teatro also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
7 Largo Teatro Umberto I, Bitonto, 70032
Libreria Raffaello
Used bookstore14.9 km from Bari
Libreria Raffaello — Used bookstore, found on 3 Via Arco Galliani in Bitonto. Also worth knowing about Libreria Raffaello: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-13:00,16:30-20:30; Su off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3 Via Arco Galliani, Bitonto, 70032
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-13:00,16:30-20:30; Su off
Phone: +39 080 374 8742
Hansel e Gretel
Bookstore15.1 km from Bari
Hansel e Gretel — Bookstore, found on Via Ammiraglio Vacca in Bitonto.
Via Ammiraglio Vacca, Bitonto, 70032
Hamelin
Bookstore15.1 km from Bari
Hamelin is Bookstore on Via Giacomo Matteotti, Bitonto.
Via Giacomo Matteotti, Bitonto, 70032
Bookstore listings for Bari: 24 in Bari and 6 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.