Bookstores in Bucharest
Bookstores reward the browsers. Bucharest, Bucharest has 78 mapped right now. That's 78 bookshops mapped around Bucharest, 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 Bucharest (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Libmag and Târgul Cărții, plus Antic Exlibris. If a bookshop's missing from Bucharest's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Bucharest bookstore lineup
78 mapped within about 40 km — showing the 60 closest to Bucharest, nearest first:
Libmag
Bookstore0.0 km from Bucharest
Libmag is Bookstore on 3 Strada Ion Ghica, București. Libmag also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 10:00-20:00.
3 Strada Ion Ghica, București, 030044
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 10:00-20:00
Târgul Cărții
Bookstore0.1 km from Bucharest
Târgul Cărții — Bookstore, found on 27-29 Strada Doamnei in București. Also worth knowing about Târgul Cărții: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 10:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
27-29 Strada Doamnei, București, 030052
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 10:00-20:00
Phone: +40 21 308 1776
Antic Exlibris
Bookstore0.1 km from Bucharest
Antic Exlibris — Bookstore, found on 23 Strada Doamnei in București. Also worth knowing about Antic Exlibris: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-22:00.
23 Strada Doamnei, București, 030052
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
Anticariat "Antic Exlibris"
Bookstore0.3 km from Bucharest
Anticariat "Antic Exlibris" — Bookstore.
București
Cărturești Carusel
Bookstore0.3 km from BucharestRun by Cărturești
Cărturești Carusel is Bookstore run by Cărturești on 55 Strada Lipscani, București. Cărturești Carusel also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-22:00; it has a website with more detail.
55 Strada Lipscani, București, 030033
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
Librăria Mihai Eminescu
Bookstore0.3 km from Bucharest
Librăria Mihai Eminescu — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Librăria Mihai Eminescu: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-15:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
București
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-15:00
Phone: +40 021 314 2383
Humanitas
Bookstore0.3 km from Bucharest
Humanitas — Bookstore, found on 42 Strada Lipscani in București. Also worth knowing about Humanitas: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-22:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
42 Strada Lipscani, București, 030036
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
Phone: +40 745 399 865
Librăria CLB Mihail Sadoveanu
Bookstore0.3 km from Bucharest
Librăria CLB Mihail Sadoveanu is Bookstore on 7 Strada Academiei, București. Librăria CLB Mihail Sadoveanu also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-14:00.
7 Strada Academiei, București, 010011
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-14:00
Diverta
Bookstore0.3 km from Bucharest
Diverta — Bookstore, found on 30-34 Strada Lipscani in București. Also worth knowing about Diverta: 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.
30-34 Strada Lipscani, București, 030067
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-21:00
Phone: +40 730 071 366
Cărturești & friends
Bookstore0.3 km from Bucharest
Cărturești & friends is Bookstore on 7 Strada Edgar Quinet, București. Cărturești & friends also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 12:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
7 Strada Edgar Quinet, București, 010017
Hours: Tu-Su 12:00-20:00
Phone: +40732 003 004
Cărturești Modul
Bookstore0.3 km from Bucharest
Cărturești Modul is Bookstore on 18-20 Strada Academiei, București. Cărturești Modul also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 12:00-20:00.
18-20 Strada Academiei, București, 010014
Hours: Mo-Sa 12:00-20:00
LIBRĂRIA PAULINE
Bookstore0.4 km from Bucharest
LIBRĂRIA PAULINE — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about LIBRĂRIA PAULINE: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00.
București
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00
Trored Anticariat
Bookstore0.5 km from Bucharest
Trored Anticariat — Bookstore, found on 2 Strada Patriei in București. Also worth knowing about Trored Anticariat: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2 Strada Patriei, București
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00
Phone: +40 21 313 6627
Antiquariat
Bookstore0.6 km from Bucharest
Antiquariat — Bookstore.
București
Humanitas
Bookstore0.6 km from Bucharest
Humanitas — Bookstore, found on Bulevardul Regina Elisabeta in București.
Bulevardul Regina Elisabeta, București
Librăria Humanitas
Bookstore0.6 km from Bucharest
Librăria Humanitas is Bookstore. Librăria Humanitas also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 11:00-19:00.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 11:00-19:00
Anthony Frost English Bookshop
Bookstore0.7 km from Bucharest
Anthony Frost English Bookshop is Bookstore. Anthony Frost English Bookshop also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-We 10:00-19:00; Th-Su 09:30-18:00.
Hours: Mo-We 10:00-19:00; Th-Su 09:30-18:00
Librariile Humanitas
Bookstore0.7 km from Bucharest
Librariile Humanitas — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Librariile Humanitas: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 11:00-18:00.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 11:00-18:00
Anticariat Galeriile Cismigiu
Bookstore0.7 km from Bucharest
Anticariat Galeriile Cismigiu — Bookstore, found on 29 Strada Ion Brezoianu in București.
29 Strada Ion Brezoianu, București, 010131
Stephanus
Bookstore1.0 km from Bucharest
Stephanus is Bookstore.
București
Librăria Sophia
Bookstore1.0 km from Bucharest
Librăria Sophia — Bookstore.
București
Librăria Bizantină
Bookstore1.0 km from Bucharest
Librăria Bizantină — Bookstore, found on 20 Strada Bibescu Vodă in București. Also worth knowing about Librăria Bizantină: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
20 Strada Bibescu Vodă, București, 040152
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00
Cărturești
Bookstore1.0 km from Bucharest
Cărturești — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Cărturești: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-22:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
București
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
Phone: +40 21 3173459
Librăria CLB
Bookstore1.0 km from Bucharest
Librăria CLB is Bookstore.
București
Librăria Luceafărul
Bookstore1.0 km from Bucharest
Librăria Luceafărul is Bookstore.
București
Librarul
Bookstore1.0 km from Bucharest
Librarul is Bookstore on 63 Bulevardul Regina Elisabeta, București. Librarul also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00.
63 Bulevardul Regina Elisabeta, București, 050015
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00
Tritonic
Bookstore1.1 km from Bucharest
Tritonic — Bookstore on Bulevardul Schitu Măgureanu.
Bulevardul Schitu Măgureanu
Hathor House
Bookstore1.1 km from Bucharest
Hathor House — Bookstore on 13 Strada Cristofor Columb. Also worth knowing about Hathor House: it has a website with more detail.
13 Strada Cristofor Columb
Librăria din fundul Curții - Humanitas
Bookstore1.1 km from Bucharest
Librăria din fundul Curții - Humanitas — Bookstore.
București
CLB
Bookstore1.2 km from Bucharest
CLB is Bookstore. CLB also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo,We-Fr 10:00-18:00; Tu 09:00-17:00; Sa,Su,PH off.
Hours: Mo,We-Fr 10:00-18:00; Tu 09:00-17:00; Sa,Su,PH off
Librăria Papirus
Bookstore1.2 km from Bucharest
Librăria Papirus is Bookstore. Librăria Papirus also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-14:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-14:00
Librăria Sf. Iosif
Bookstore1.3 km from Bucharest
Librăria Sf. Iosif is Bookstore. Librăria Sf. Iosif also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Libraire Francaise Kyralina
Bookstore1.4 km from Bucharest
Libraire Francaise Kyralina — Bookstore on 10 Strada Biserica Amzei. Also worth knowing about Libraire Francaise Kyralina: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su-Mo 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
10 Strada Biserica Amzei, 010392
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su-Mo 12:00-18:00
Phone: +4021 367 2867
Librăria AGIR
Bookstore1.4 km from Bucharest
Librăria AGIR — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Librăria AGIR: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00
Librarul
Bookstore1.5 km from Bucharest
Librarul is Bookstore. Librarul also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-15:00; PH off.
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-15:00; PH off
Târgul Cărții
Bookstore2.1 km from Bucharest
Târgul Cărții — Bookstore on Bulevardul Iancu de Hunedoara.
Bulevardul Iancu de Hunedoara
Editura Medicală
Bookstore2.1 km from Bucharest
Editura Medicală — Bookstore.
Librăria CLB
Bookstore2.1 km from Bucharest
Librăria CLB is Bookstore.
București
Librăria CLB
Bookstore2.2 km from Bucharest
Librăria CLB is Bookstore. Librăria CLB also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-13:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-13:00
Târgul Cărții
Bookstore2.2 km from Bucharest
Târgul Cărții — Bookstore, found on 1 Bulevardul Gheorghe Șincai in București. Also worth knowing about Târgul Cărții: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 10:00-20:00.
1 Bulevardul Gheorghe Șincai, București, 040315
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 10:00-20:00
Librarul Dulimex
Bookstore2.3 km from Bucharest
Librarul Dulimex — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Librarul Dulimex: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00.
București
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00
Târgul Cărții
Bookstore2.3 km from Bucharest
Târgul Cărții — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Târgul Cărții: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 10:00-20:00.
București
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 10:00-20:00
Diverta
Bookstore2.4 km from BucharestRun by Diverta Online SRL
Run by Diverta Online SRL, Diverta is Bookstore, found on 55-59 Calea Vitan in București. Also worth knowing about Diverta: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-22:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
55-59 Calea Vitan, București, 031281
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
Phone: +40 722 654 112
Cărturești
Bookstore2.5 km from Bucharest
Cărturești — Bookstore, found on 55-59 Calea Vitan in București. Also worth knowing about Cărturești: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-22:00.
55-59 Calea Vitan, București, 031281
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
Librarie CLB
Bookstore2.5 km from Bucharest
Librarie CLB is Bookstore. Librarie CLB also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-13:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-13:00
Librarul
Bookstore2.6 km from Bucharest
Librarul is Bookstore on 3 Șoseaua Nicolae Titulescu, București. Librarul also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-15:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3 Șoseaua Nicolae Titulescu, București, 011131
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-15:00
Phone: +40 21 3130 668
Cărturești
Bookstore2.6 km from Bucharest
Cărturești — Bookstore, found on 4-8 Șoseaua Nicolae Titulescu in București. Also worth knowing about Cărturești: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 11:00-20:00; Fr 10:00-20:00; Sa 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4-8 Șoseaua Nicolae Titulescu, București, 011131
Hours: Mo-Th 11:00-20:00; Fr 10:00-20:00; Sa 11:00-19:00
Phone: +40 732 550 968
Librăria CLB
Bookstore2.7 km from Bucharest
Librăria CLB is Bookstore on 168 Calea Dorobanților, București. Librăria CLB also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
168 Calea Dorobanților, București
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-14:00
Phone: +40770738056;+40212300880
Verso Cărturești
Bookstore2.9 km from Bucharest
Verso Cărturești is Bookstore.
Cărturești
Bookstore2.9 km from Bucharest
Cărturești — Bookstore, found on 23 Strada Ziduri Moși in București. Also worth knowing about Cărturești: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-22:00.
23 Strada Ziduri Moși, București, 023498
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
Printre Cărți
Bookstore3.0 km from Bucharest
Printre Cărți — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Printre Cărți: it has a website with more detail.
București
Librăria Nautilus English Books
Bookstore3.2 km from Bucharest
Librăria Nautilus English Books is Bookstore. Librăria Nautilus English Books also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 09:30-13:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 09:30-13:00
CLB Librarie
Bookstore3.3 km from Bucharest
CLB Librarie is Bookstore on Bulevardul Lacul Tei, București. CLB Librarie also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00.
Bulevardul Lacul Tei, București
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00
Librăria 109 CLB
Bookstore3.8 km from BucharestRun by CLB
Librăria 109 CLB is Bookstore run by CLB. Librăria 109 CLB also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-13:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-13:00
Cărturești
Bookstore4.0 km from BucharestRun by Direct Client Services SRL
Run by Direct Client Services SRL, Cărturești is Bookstore, found on 4 Strada Liviu Rebreanu in București. Also worth knowing about Cărturești: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-22:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4 Strada Liviu Rebreanu, București, 031773
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
Phone: +40 732 550 898
Cărturești
Bookstore4.0 km from BucharestRun by Direct Client Services SRL
Run by Direct Client Services SRL, Cărturești is Bookstore, found on 4 Bulevardul General Paul Teodorescu in București. Also worth knowing about Cărturești: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 10:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-23:00; Su 10:00-22:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4 Bulevardul General Paul Teodorescu, București, 061346
Hours: Mo-Th 10:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-23:00; Su 10:00-22:00
Phone: +40 734 554 426
Cărturești
Bookstore4.0 km from Bucharest
Cărturești — Bookstore.
CLB
Bookstore4.2 km from Bucharest
CLB is Bookstore on 18 Drumul Taberei, București. CLB also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00.
18 Drumul Taberei, București, 061385
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00
Baroque Books & Arts SRL
Bookstore4.3 km from Bucharest
Baroque Books & Arts SRL — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Baroque Books & Arts SRL: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 9:30-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 9:30-17:00
Folder
Bookstore4.3 km from Bucharest
Folder — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Folder: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:30-20:00; Sa 09:00-14:00.
București
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-20:00; Sa 09:00-14:00
What the map tells us about bookstores in Bucharest
54 of the 78 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
28 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
There's a cluster: 2 of them sit on 55-59 Calea Vitan, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
The Bucharest bookstore crawl
Making a day of it in Bucharest? Work this order: Libmag on 3 Strada Ion Ghica, Târgul Cărții on 27-29 Strada Doamnei, Antic Exlibris on 23 Strada Doamnei, Anticariat "Antic Exlibris", Cărturești Carusel on 55 Strada Lipscani, Librăria Mihai Eminescu, Humanitas on 42 Strada Lipscani, and Librăria CLB Mihail Sadoveanu on 7 Strada Academiei. That's the bookstore crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 70 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Bucharest
Browsing in Bucharest? A little strategy helps:
- Don't skip the small press section at Libmag. The weird, wonderful stuff lives here. Small presses take the risks the big publishers won't.
- Magazines and journals matter at Târgul Cărții. The little-magazine rack is where new writers appear first. Cheap, weird, and full of discoveries.
- Check condition before you pay. Used books: check for missing pages, water damage, and cracked spines. A quick flip-through takes ten seconds.
- Don't overlook the classics wall. Every shop has one. Cheap editions of the books everyone claims to have read — your chance to actually read them.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Bucharest — 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 Bucharest can take a while to appear. The 78 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 78 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 Bucharest: 78 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.