Bookstores in Brasília
Bookstores reward the browsers. Brasília, Distrito Federal has 24 mapped right now. That's 24 bookshops mapped around Brasília, each with its own shelves and specialties. The used sections are where the real bargains hide.
This guide covers every bookstore we could verify in and around Brasília (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Livraria Universidade and Banca de Revista, plus Armazém do Livro Usado. If a bookshop's missing from Brasília's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Brasília bookstore lineup
24 mapped within about 40 km:
Livraria Universidade
Bookstore
Livraria Universidade is Bookstore.
Banca de Revista
Bookstore
Banca de Revista is Bookstore.
Armazém do Livro Usado
Bookstore
Armazém do Livro Usado — Bookstore, found on CLN 402 Bloco C in Brasília.
CLN 402 Bloco C, Brasília
Cope
Bookstore
Cope — Bookstore, found on Bloco D CLN 409 in Brasília. Also worth knowing about Cope: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Bloco D CLN 409, Brasília
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-14:00
Phone: +55 61 98102 8682

Sebinho
Bookstore
Sebinho is Bookstore on Bloco C CLN 406, Brasília. Sebinho also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Bloco C CLN 406, Brasília
Phone: +55 61 3447 4444
Investilivros
Bookstore
Investilivros is Bookstore on CLN 409 Bloco C Loja 9, Brasília. Investilivros also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
CLN 409 Bloco C Loja 9, Brasília
Phone: +55 61 3447 5430
Cotidiano
Bookstore
Cotidiano — Bookstore.
SBS Livraria Internacional
Bookstore
SBS Livraria Internacional is Bookstore.

Leitura
Bookstore
Leitura — Bookstore.
Livraria Hildebrando
Bookstore
Livraria Hildebrando — Bookstore.
Tatu Bomba
Bookstore
Tatu Bomba is Bookstore.
Livraria Vozes
Bookstore
Livraria Vozes — Bookstore.

Espaco Vip Livraria
Bookstore
Espaco Vip Livraria — Bookstore.
Leitura
Bookstore
Leitura — Bookstore.
Livreiro da 214 Norte
Bookstore
Livreiro da 214 Norte is Bookstore.
Livraria e Galeria UnB
Bookstore
Livraria e Galeria UnB is Bookstore.
Nobel
Bookstore
Nobel is Bookstore.
Sebo do Livro
Bookstore
Sebo do Livro is Bookstore on CLN 405.
CLN 405
Comic House
Bookstore
Comic House is Bookstore.
Aplicada
Bookstore
Aplicada — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Aplicada: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +55 61 3349 0399
Livraria da Travessa
Bookstore
Livraria da Travessa — Bookstore on 22 SGCV (ST GARAGENS E CONCES DE VEICULOS). Also worth knowing about Livraria da Travessa: it has a website with more detail.
22 SGCV (ST GARAGENS E CONCES DE VEICULOS)
Lib Livraria
Bookstore
Lib Livraria is Bookstore. Lib Livraria also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Phone: +556132637631
Livraria Internacional do Brasil
Bookstore
Livraria Internacional do Brasil is Bookstore. Livraria Internacional do Brasil also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 08:00-18:00; Fr 08:00-17:00; Sa 09:00-12:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Brasília
Hours: Mo-Th 08:00-18:00; Fr 08:00-17:00; Sa 09:00-12:00
Phone: +55 61 3242-9331
Leitura
Bookstore
Leitura — Bookstore on SAI/SO Área 6580.
SAI/SO Área 6580, 71219-900
What the map tells us about bookstores in Brasília
2 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.
4 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
The Brasília bookstore crawl
Making a day of it in Brasília? Work this order: Livraria Universidade, Banca de Revista, Armazém do Livro Usado on CLN 402 Bloco C, Cope on Bloco D CLN 409, Sebinho on Bloco C CLN 406, Investilivros on CLN 409 Bloco C Loja 9, Cotidiano, and SBS Livraria Internacional. That's the bookstore crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 16 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Brasília
A few things worth knowing before you work through Brasília's bookstores:
- Ask the booksellers at Livraria Universidade. A good bookseller lives for the question 'what should I read next?' Give them three books you loved and watch them work.
- Poetry lives in bookshops at Banca de Revista. Poetry barely exists online as a browsing experience. The poetry shelf in a real shop is a different world.
- Visit during author events. Readings and signings are usually free and turn a bookshop into the best evening out in town.
- Don't judge by the window display. The front table is marketing. The back shelves are the shop's real taste. Walk the whole floor.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Brasília — 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 Brasília can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 24, 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 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.
Bookstore listings for Brasília: 24 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.