Bookstores in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Karnataka has 82 bookstores on the map. That's 82 bookshops mapped around Bengaluru, each with its own shelves and specialties. The used sections are where the real bargains hide. Give yourself an hour minimum — bookshops are the one errand that always takes longer than planned.
This guide covers every bookstore we could verify in and around Bengaluru (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Tata Book Store and Blossom, plus Crossword. If a bookshop's missing from Bengaluru's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Bengaluru bookstore lineup
82 mapped within about 40 km — showing 60:
Tata Book Store
Bookstore
Tata Book Store — Bookstore.
Blossom
Bookstore
Blossom is Bookstore on Church Street. Blossom also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Church Street
Crossword
Bookstore
Crossword — Bookstore on Forum Value Mall.
Forum Value Mall
The Book Shelf
Bookstore
The Book Shelf — Bookstore on Forum Value Mall.
Forum Value Mall
Sapna Book House
Bookstore
Sapna Book House — Bookstore on 80 Feet Road(Sir C.V. Raman Hospital Road).
80 Feet Road(Sir C.V. Raman Hospital Road)
Kannada Sahitya Parishath
Bookstore
Kannada Sahitya Parishath is Bookstore.
Crossword
Bookstore
Crossword — Bookstore.
Just Books
Bookstore
Just Books is Bookstore.
The Book shoppe
Bookstore
The Book shoppe — Bookstore.
560095
Sapna Book Stall
Bookstore
Sapna Book Stall — Bookstore.
Ramakrishna Mutt
Bookstore
Ramakrishna Mutt — Bookstore.
Book World
Bookstore
Book World is Bookstore.
Book sale
Bookstore
Book sale is Bookstore.
Ganesh Book Store
Bookstore
Ganesh Book Store is Bookstore.
Blossom Book House
Bookstore
Blossom Book House — Bookstore, found on Church Street in Bengaluru. Also worth knowing about Blossom Book House: it has a website with more detail.
Church Street, Bengaluru, 560001
Page World India
Bookstore
Page World India — Bookstore.
Just Books
Bookstore
Just Books is Bookstore on 4th Main Road, Bangalore.
4th Main Road, Bangalore
Sapna Book House
Bookstore
Sapna Book House — Bookstore.
Map Sales Office
Bookstore
Map Sales Office — Bookstore.
Cross Words
Bookstore
Cross Words — Bookstore.
Select Bookshop
BookstoreRun by KSS Murthy
Run by KSS Murthy, Select Bookshop is Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Select Bookshop: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:30-19:00; Su 11:30-18:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:30-19:00; Su 11:30-18:30
Phone: +91 78298 03202
CLS Book Shop
Bookstore
CLS Book Shop is Bookstore. CLS Book Shop also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 09:00-20:00.
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-20:00
Page3
Bookstore
Page3 is Bookstore.
The Book Room
Bookstore
The Book Room — Bookstore.
Sutradhar
Bookstore
Sutradhar — Bookstore.
T.K. News Agencies
Bookstore
T.K. News Agencies is Bookstore on Chinmaya Mission Hospital Road.
Chinmaya Mission Hospital Road
Navakarnataka
Bookstore
Navakarnataka is Bookstore.
Sacred Heart Church Religious Stall
Bookstore
Sacred Heart Church Religious Stall is Bookstore.
RR Enterprises
Bookstore
RR Enterprises — Bookstore.
Ganga Bookstore
Bookstore
Ganga Bookstore — Bookstore.
Anjana Stationery
Bookstore
Anjana Stationery is Bookstore.
Sapna Book House
Bookstore
Sapna Book House — Bookstore, found on Survey No. 132P, 133P, & 134P, Nagawara Junction, Manayata Tech Park Thanisandra Main Road in Bangalore. Also worth knowing about Sapna Book House: the map lists its hours as 10:00-22:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Survey No. 132P, 133P, & 134P, Nagawara Junction, Manayata Tech Park Thanisandra Main Road, Bangalore, 560077
Hours: 10:00-22:30
Phone: 80672 941 51
CrossWord
Bookstore
CrossWord — Bookstore, found on LG-34 Sampige Road in Bengaluru. Also worth knowing about CrossWord: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
LG-34 Sampige Road, Bengaluru, 560003
Phone: +918022667499
Hema Book Store
Bookstore
Hema Book Store — Bookstore.
Millat Book Depot
Bookstore
Millat Book Depot is Bookstore.
Sharada stores
Bookstore
Sharada stores is Bookstore on Swamy Vivekananda Road (Old Madras Road).
Swamy Vivekananda Road (Old Madras Road), 560008
Apna Computer and Books Shop
Bookstore
Apna Computer and Books Shop is Bookstore. Apna Computer and Books Shop also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su,PH 08:00-21:00.
Hours: Mo-Su,PH 08:00-21:00
Aravind Book Store
Bookstore
Aravind Book Store is Bookstore.
Maruthi Bookstore
Bookstore
Maruthi Bookstore — Bookstore.
Sudha Book House
Bookstore
Sudha Book House is Bookstore.
Blossom Book House
Bookstore
Blossom Book House — Bookstore, found on 2 Church Street in Bengaluru. Also worth knowing about Blossom Book House: the map lists its hours as 10:30-22:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2 Church Street, Bengaluru, 560001
Hours: 10:30-22:00
Phone: +91 94493 73202
Champaca Bookstore, Library & Cafe
Bookstore
Champaca Bookstore, Library & Cafe — Bookstore, found on 7/1 Edward Road in Bengaluru. Also worth knowing about Champaca Bookstore, Library & Cafe: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
7/1 Edward Road, Bengaluru, 560052
Hours: Tu-Su 11:00-19:00
Phone: +91 93536 08989
SFS Publications
Bookstore
SFS Publications — Bookstore.
Sri Hema Book World
Bookstore
Sri Hema Book World — Bookstore.
Nandi Stationary
Bookstore
Nandi Stationary is Bookstore on 547.
547
Navakarnataka Publications
Bookstore
Navakarnataka Publications is Bookstore.
The Bookhive
Bookstore
The Bookhive is Bookstore.
Goobe's Book Republic
Bookstore
Goobe's Book Republic is Bookstore on Church Street, Bangalore.
Church Street, Bangalore, 560001
The Bookworm
Used bookstore
The Bookworm — Used bookstore, found on 62 Church Street in Bangalore. Also worth knowing about The Bookworm: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
62 Church Street, Bangalore, 560001
Phone: 9845076757
Bharath Book Center
Bookstore
Bharath Book Center — Bookstore.
Crossword Bookstores
Bookstore
Crossword Bookstores — Bookstore.
Atta Galatta
Bookstore
Atta Galatta is Bookstore.
Crossword Bookstores
Bookstore
Crossword Bookstores — Bookstore.
Sapna Book House
Bookstore
Sapna Book House — Bookstore.
Bookstop
Bookstore
Bookstop — Bookstore.
Skyward Publishers
Bookstore
Skyward Publishers is Bookstore.
Surya Book Stall
Bookstore
Surya Book Stall is Bookstore.
Sadan
Bookstore
Sadan — Bookstore.
Atta Galatta
Bookstore
Atta Galatta is Bookstore on 178 5th Main Road. Atta Galatta also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
178 5th Main Road
Crossword Bookstores
Bookstore
Crossword Bookstores — Bookstore.
Bengaluru, 560092
What the map tells us about bookstores in Bengaluru
10 of the 82 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
9 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
There's a cluster: 4 of them sit on Church Street, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
The Bengaluru bookstore crawl
The efficient Bengaluru bookstore crawl strings these together: Tata Book Store, Blossom on Church Street, Crossword on Forum Value Mall, The Book Shelf on Forum Value Mall, Sapna Book House on 80 Feet Road(Sir C.V. Raman Hospital Road), Kannada Sahitya Parishath, Crossword, and Just Books — 82 stops, one logical order. 74 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Bengaluru
Browsing in Bengaluru? A little strategy helps:
- Don't judge by the window display at Tata Book Store. The front table is marketing. The back shelves are the shop's real taste. Walk the whole floor.
- Visit during author events at Blossom. Readings and signings are usually free and turn a bookshop into the best evening out in town.
- Magazines and journals matter. The little-magazine rack is where new writers appear first. Cheap, weird, and full of discoveries.
- Note the shop's specialties. Sci-fi, travel, art books, philosophy — every good shop leans somewhere. Find the lean that matches yours.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Bengaluru — 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 Bengaluru can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 82, or a bookstore we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.
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 82 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.
Bookstore listings for Bengaluru: 82 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.