Bookstores in Brantford
Brantford, ON has 33 bookstores on the map. That's 33 bookshops mapped around Brantford, 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 Brantford (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Indigo and Lookin' For Heroes, plus Cambridge Book Nook. If a bookshop's missing from Brantford's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Brantford bookstore lineup
33 mapped within about 40 km:
Indigo
BookstoreRun by Indigo
Run by Indigo, Indigo is Bookstore.
Lookin' For Heroes
Bookstore
Lookin' For Heroes is Bookstore on 83 Ontario Street South, Kitchener. Lookin' For Heroes also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo,Tu 10:00-18:00; We-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-17:30; Su 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
83 Ontario Street South, Kitchener, N2G 1X5
Hours: Mo,Tu 10:00-18:00; We-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-17:30; Su 12:00-17:00
Phone: +1-519-570-0873
Cambridge Book Nook
Bookstore
Cambridge Book Nook is Bookstore on 649 King Street East.
649 King Street East
Indigo
Bookstore
Indigo — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Indigo: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +1-905-578-3658
A Second Look
Used bookstore
A Second Look — Used bookstore, found on 109 King Street West in Kitchener. Also worth knowing about A Second Look: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
109 King Street West, Kitchener, N2G 1A7
Phone: +1-519-744-2274
Campus Store
Bookstore
Campus Store — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Campus Store: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 09:00-17:00; Fr 09:00-16:00; Sa-Su off; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-17:00; Fr 09:00-16:00; Sa-Su off
King W. Books
Bookstore
King W. Books is Bookstore on 1060 King Street West, Hamilton.
1060 King Street West, Hamilton, L8S 1L7
Epic Books
Bookstore
Epic Books — Bookstore on 226 Locke Street South. Also worth knowing about Epic Books: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 10:00-18:00; Su 12:00-16:00; Sa 10:00-17:00; Mo off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
226 Locke Street South, L8P 4B7
Hours: Tu-Fr 10:00-18:00; Su 12:00-16:00; Sa 10:00-17:00; Mo off
Phone: +1-905-525-6538
Pickwick Books
Used bookstore
Pickwick Books — Used bookstore on 325 Dundas Street East. Also worth knowing about Pickwick Books: it has a website with more detail.
325 Dundas Street East, L0R 2H5
KW Bookstore
Bookstore
KW Bookstore is Bookstore on 308 King Street West, Kitchener. KW Bookstore also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 10:00-18:00; Fr,Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
308 King Street West, Kitchener, N2G 1B7
Hours: Mo-Th 10:00-18:00; Fr,Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 12:00-17:00
Phone: +1 519-742-1261
Christian Science Reading Room
Bookstore
Christian Science Reading Room is Bookstore.
Comic Book Warehouse
Bookstore
Comic Book Warehouse — Bookstore.
Coles
Bookstore
Coles is Bookstore.
Indigo
Bookstore
Indigo — Bookstore.
Coles
Bookstore
Coles is Bookstore.
Barely Bent Books
Bookstore
Barely Bent Books is Bookstore on 46 King Street East, Dundas. Barely Bent Books also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Th 10:00-18:00, Fr 14:30-18:00, Sa 10:00-17:00.
46 King Street East, Dundas, L9H 1B8
Hours: Tu-Th 10:00-18:00, Fr 14:30-18:00, Sa 10:00-17:00
Big B Comics
Bookstore
Big B Comics — Bookstore on 1045 Upper James Street. Also worth knowing about Big B Comics: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-19:00; Sa 11:00-18:00; Su 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1045 Upper James Street, L9C 3A6
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-19:00; Sa 11:00-18:00; Su 11:00-17:00
Phone: +1-905-318-9636
Aardvark Comics
Bookstore
Aardvark Comics — Bookstore.
Booked Experiences
Bookstore
Booked Experiences is Bookstore.
The Gospel Lighthouse
Bookstore
The Gospel Lighthouse — Bookstore.
Indigo
Bookstore
Indigo — Bookstore.
Westside Stories
Bookstore
Westside Stories — Bookstore.
Conspiracy Comics
Bookstore
Conspiracy Comics is Bookstore.
Love Books
Bookstore
Love Books — Bookstore.
J.H. Gordon Books
Used bookstore
J.H. Gordon Books is Used bookstore on 314 King Street East.
314 King Street East
Beach Reads Bookshop
Bookstore
Beach Reads Bookshop — Bookstore on 230 St George Street. Also worth knowing about Beach Reads Bookshop: it has a website with more detail.
230 St George Street
The Bookshop
Bookstore
The Bookshop is Bookstore. The Bookshop also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 09:30-16:30; Sa 09:00-15:00; Su,Mo off; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Fr 09:30-16:30; Sa 09:00-15:00; Su,Mo off
Riverside Bookshelf
Bookstore
Riverside Bookshelf — Bookstore on 32a Dundas Street West. Also worth knowing about Riverside Bookshelf: the map lists its hours as We-Su 10:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
32a Dundas Street West
Hours: We-Su 10:00-18:00
Phone: +15194429799
N2N Books - Used book store
Bookstore
N2N Books - Used book store — Bookstore on 28 Athens Street. Also worth knowing about N2N Books - Used book store: the map lists its hours as Mo-We, Fr 09:30-15:30; Th 09:30-18:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
28 Athens Street
Hours: Mo-We, Fr 09:30-15:30; Th 09:30-18:30
Phone: +1-905-574-1334
The City & The City Books
Bookstore
The City & The City Books is Bookstore on 181 Ottawa Street North.
181 Ottawa Street North, L8H3Z4
Brantford Bookworm
Bookstore
Brantford Bookworm is Bookstore on 331 Brant Avenue. Brantford Bookworm also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
331 Brant Avenue, N3T 3J9
The Printed Word
Bookstore
The Printed Word — Bookstore.
Mountain Bookstore
Bookstore
Mountain Bookstore — Bookstore.
What the map tells us about bookstores in Brantford
9 of the 33 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
11 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 Brantford bookstore crawl
Making a day of it in Brantford? Work this order: Indigo, Lookin' For Heroes on 83 Ontario Street South, Cambridge Book Nook on 649 King Street East, Indigo, A Second Look on 109 King Street West, Campus Store, King W. Books on 1060 King Street West, and Epic Books on 226 Locke Street South. That's the bookstore crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 25 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Brantford
Browsing in Brantford? A little strategy helps:
- Check for a café corner at Indigo. A bookshop with coffee is a trap in the best way. Plan accordingly; you won't be leaving soon.
- Ask for the out-of-print hunters at Lookin' For Heroes. Some used shops will hunt down out-of-print titles for you. It takes patience, but the find is worth it.
- Check the bargain carts outside. Sidewalk carts are the shop's clearance rack. A dollar a book, and the turnover is fast.
- Visit during author events. Readings and signings are usually free and turn a bookshop into the best evening out in town.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Brantford — 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 Brantford can take a while to appear. The 33 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 33 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 Brantford: 33 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.