Bookstores in Como
If you judge a town by its bookshops, Como, Lombardy gives you 17 to judge by. That's 17 bookshops mapped around Como, 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 Como (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Feltrinelli Como and Libreria Andreoli, plus Libreria Noseda. If a bookshop's missing from Como's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Como bookstore lineup
17 in Como, plus 243 more around Como below:
Feltrinelli Como
Bookstore0.1 km from ComoRun by Feltrinelli
Run by Feltrinelli, Feltrinelli Como is Bookstore, found on 17 Via Cesare Cantù in Como.
17 Via Cesare Cantù, Como, 22100
Libreria Andreoli
Bookstore0.1 km from Como
Libreria Andreoli — Bookstore, found on 23 Via Giuseppe Rovelli in Como. Also worth knowing about Libreria Andreoli: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
23 Via Giuseppe Rovelli, Como, 22100
Phone: +39031262298
Libreria Noseda
Bookstore0.1 km from Como
Libreria Noseda is Bookstore.
ubik
Bookstore0.2 km from Como
ubik is Bookstore.
La Ciurma
Bookstore0.2 km from Como
La Ciurma — Bookstore, found on 83 Viale Lecco in Como. Also worth knowing about La Ciurma: the map lists its hours as Mo 15:00-19:00, Tu-Fr 09:00-19:00, Sa 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
83 Viale Lecco, Como, 22100
Hours: Mo 15:00-19:00, Tu-Fr 09:00-19:00, Sa 10:00-19:00
Phone: +39 351 569 8461
Libreria Paoline
Bookstore0.2 km from Como
Libreria Paoline is Bookstore.
Libreria dei Ragazzi
Bookstore0.3 km from Como
Libreria dei Ragazzi — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Libreria dei Ragazzi: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Phone: +39 031 271625
Il Libraccio
Bookstore0.3 km from Como
Il Libraccio — Bookstore, found on 10 Via Giorgio Giulini in Como. Also worth knowing about Il Libraccio: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
10 Via Giorgio Giulini, Como, 22100
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-19:00
Phone: +39 031 272458
Mentana
Bookstore0.4 km from Como
Mentana is Bookstore.
Plinio il Vecchio
Bookstore0.5 km from Como
Plinio il Vecchio is Bookstore on 14 Via Vitani, Como. Plinio il Vecchio also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-13:00,14:30-19:00; Sa 10:00-13:00,14:00-19:30; Su off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
14 Via Vitani, Como, 22100
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-13:00,14:30-19:00; Sa 10:00-13:00,14:00-19:30; Su off
Phone: +39 031 271612
Giunti al Punto
Bookstore3.6 km from Como
Giunti al Punto — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Giunti al Punto: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-20:30; Sa 08:30-20:30; Su 09:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-20:30; Sa 08:30-20:30; Su 09:00-20:00
Phone: +39031341242
Giunti al Punto
Bookstore3.8 km from Como
Giunti al Punto — Bookstore.
Libreria S. Vitale
Bookstore5.3 km from Como
Libreria S. Vitale is Bookstore on Corso San Gottardo. Libreria S. Vitale also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 14:30-17:30; Sa 10:00-12:00.
Corso San Gottardo
Hours: Mo-Fr 14:30-17:30; Sa 10:00-12:00
Leggere Libreria In Chiasso
Bookstore5.6 km from Como
Leggere Libreria In Chiasso — Bookstore on Corso San Gottardo. Also worth knowing about Leggere Libreria In Chiasso: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Corso San Gottardo
Phone: +41 91 683 10 05
Libreria dei Ragazzi Sagl
Bookstore6.0 km from Como
Libreria dei Ragazzi Sagl — Bookstore.
Libreria CTLL
Bookstore7.5 km from Como
Libreria CTLL — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Libreria CTLL: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +41 91 683 44 14
Cartoleria Libreria Cerutti
Bookstore7.6 km from Como
Cartoleria Libreria Cerutti is Bookstore on 67 Via San Gottardo, Balerna. Cartoleria Libreria Cerutti also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
67 Via San Gottardo, Balerna, 6828
Phone: +41 91 683 30 64
What the map tells us about bookstores in Como
5 of the 17 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
3 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
There's a cluster: 2 of them sit on Corso San Gottardo, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
Most of the bookstores in Como list a phone number. Useful for checking whether a specific title is in stock before you visit.
The Como bookstore crawl
The efficient Como bookstore crawl strings these together: Feltrinelli Como on 17 Via Cesare Cantù, Libreria Andreoli on 23 Via Giuseppe Rovelli, Libreria Noseda, ubik, La Ciurma on 83 Viale Lecco, Libreria Paoline, Libreria dei Ragazzi, and Il Libraccio on 10 Via Giorgio Giulini — 17 stops, one logical order. 9 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Como
A few things worth knowing before you work through Como's bookstores:
- Browse by serendipity, buy by list at Feltrinelli Como. Keep a want-list on your phone for the hunt, but let the shelves surprise you too. The best finds are never the planned ones.
- Check for a café corner at Libreria Andreoli. A bookshop with coffee is a trap in the best way. Plan accordingly; you won't be leaving soon.
- Kids' sections are goldmines. Even without kids. The picture-book art alone is worth the browse, and the middle-grade shelves hold genuine classics.
- 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 Como — 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 Como can take a while to appear. The 17 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 17 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 Como
243 more within about 40 km of Como — here are the 15 nearest:
Libreria dei ragazzi + bar
Bookstore10.1 km from Como
Libreria dei ragazzi + bar is Bookstore on 9A Via Paolo Torriani, Mendrisio. Libreria dei ragazzi + bar also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-12:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
9A Via Paolo Torriani, Mendrisio, 6850
Hours: Tu-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-12:00
Phone: +41 91 646 39 83
Libreria Al Ponte
Bookstore10.2 km from Como
Libreria Al Ponte — Bookstore, found on 20 Via Luigi Lavizzari in Mendrisio. Also worth knowing about Libreria Al Ponte: the map lists its hours as Mo 13:30-18:30; Tu-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
20 Via Luigi Lavizzari, Mendrisio, 6850
Hours: Mo 13:30-18:30; Tu-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-17:00
Phone: +41 91 646 74 37
Dal Libraio
Bookstore10.2 km from Como
Dal Libraio is Bookstore. Dal Libraio also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu,Fr 09:00-12:00,14:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-12:00,14:00-17:00.
Hours: Tu,Fr 09:00-12:00,14:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-12:00,14:00-17:00
Libri da rileggere
Bookstore10.2 km from Como
Libri da rileggere — Bookstore, found on 67 Via Agostino Maspoli in Mendrisio. Also worth knowing about Libri da rileggere: the map lists its hours as We, Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-12:00; it has a website with more detail.
67 Via Agostino Maspoli, Mendrisio, 6850
Hours: We, Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-12:00
L' angolino dei libri
Bookstore10.3 km from Como
L' angolino dei libri — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about L' angolino dei libri: it has a website with more detail.
Giunti al Punto
Bookstore10.6 km from Como
Giunti al Punto — Bookstore.
Libreria di Via Volta
Bookstore11.0 km from Como
Libreria di Via Volta — Bookstore, found on 28 Via Alessandro Volta in Erba. Also worth knowing about Libreria di Via Volta: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 09:30-12:30, 16:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
28 Via Alessandro Volta, Erba, 22036
Hours: Tu-Sa 09:30-12:30, 16:00-19:00
Phone: +39 031 3355128
Edicolé
Bookstore12.7 km from Como
Edicolé is Bookstore.
Sottobosco
Bookstore12.8 km from Como
Sottobosco is Bookstore on 3 Viale Trento, Lomazzo. Sottobosco also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 09:30-12:30,15:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
3 Viale Trento, Lomazzo, 22074
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 09:30-12:30,15:00-19:00
Phone: +39 0299240931
Libreria Torriani
Bookstore15.2 km from Como
Libreria Torriani is Bookstore on 6/8 Via Brusa, Canzo.
6/8 Via Brusa, Canzo, 22035
Libreria San Giorgio e il drago
Bookstore15.6 km from Como
Libreria San Giorgio e il drago — Bookstore, found on 8 Piazza San Giorgio in Venegono Superiore. Also worth knowing about Libreria San Giorgio e il drago: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
8 Piazza San Giorgio, Venegono Superiore, 21040
Phone: +39 0331 071847
Libreria Sistina
Bookstore15.8 km from Como
Libreria Sistina — Bookstore.
Mariano Libri
Bookstore16.4 km from Como
Mariano Libri — Bookstore, found on 95 Via Sant'Antonio Da Padova in Mariano Comense.
95 Via Sant'Antonio Da Padova, Mariano Comense, 22066
Bookshop
Bookstore16.9 km from Como
Bookshop is Bookstore on 1 Vicolo Chiuso, Meda. Bookshop also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
1 Vicolo Chiuso, Meda, 20821
Libreria San Carlo
Bookstore17.4 km from Como
Libreria San Carlo is Bookstore. Libreria San Carlo also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +39 0331 811005
Bookstore listings for Como: 17 in Como and 243 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.