Bookstores in Dortmund
Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia has 21 bookstores on the map. That's 21 bookshops mapped around Dortmund, 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 Dortmund (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Mayersche and Thalia, plus bodo - Buchladen. If a bookshop's missing from Dortmund's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Dortmund bookstore lineup
21 in Dortmund, plus 74 more around Dortmund below:
Mayersche
Bookstore0.1 km from Dortmund
Mayersche is Bookstore on 40-42 Westenhellweg, Dortmund. Mayersche also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
40-42 Westenhellweg, Dortmund, 44137
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00
Phone: +49 231 809050
Thalia
Bookstore0.5 km from Dortmund
Thalia is Bookstore. Thalia also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00
bodo - Buchladen
Bookstore0.5 km from Dortmund
bodo - Buchladen — Bookstore, found on 36 - 38 Schwanenwall in Dortmund. Also worth knowing about bodo - Buchladen: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
36 - 38 Schwanenwall, Dortmund, 44135
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-14:00
Phone: +49 231 9509780
Press & Books
Bookstore0.6 km from Dortmund
Press & Books is Bookstore. Press & Books also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 06:00-20:00.
Hours: Mo-Su 06:00-20:00
Press & Books
Bookstore0.6 km from Dortmund
Press & Books is Bookstore. Press & Books also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su,PH 05:00-22:00.
Hours: Mo-Su,PH 05:00-22:00
Taranta Babu
Bookstore0.8 km from Dortmund
Taranta Babu is Bookstore. Taranta Babu also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:30, Sa 10:00-14:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:30, Sa 10:00-14:00
Buchhandlung Anton Reiser
Bookstore1.0 km from DortmundRun by Anton Reiser
Buchhandlung Anton Reiser is Bookstore run by Anton Reiser on 4 Kleine Beurhausstraße, Dortmund. Buchhandlung Anton Reiser also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 10:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
4 Kleine Beurhausstraße, Dortmund, 44137
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 10:00-14:00
Phone: +49 231 1811411
LITFASS Bücher & Medien GmbH
Bookstore1.3 km from Dortmund
LITFASS Bücher & Medien GmbH — Bookstore, found on 107 Münsterstraße in Dortmund. Also worth knowing about LITFASS Bücher & Medien GmbH: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
107 Münsterstraße, Dortmund, 44145
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-14:00
Phone: +492314966660
Comic Haus
Bookstore1.4 km from Dortmund
Comic Haus — Bookstore, found on 122 Kaiserstraße in Dortmund. Also worth knowing about Comic Haus: the map lists its hours as Mo-We,Fr 12:00-18:30; Th 12:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
122 Kaiserstraße, Dortmund, 44135
Hours: Mo-We,Fr 12:00-18:30; Th 12:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-14:00
Phone: +49 231 521182
Basari Buchhandlung
Bookstore1.5 km from Dortmund
Basari Buchhandlung is Bookstore on 141 Münsterstraße, Dortmund. Basari Buchhandlung also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
141 Münsterstraße, Dortmund, 44145
Phone: +49 231 5809065
Black Pigeon
Bookstore1.5 km from DortmundRun by Buch- und Kulturladen zur Förderung libertärer Philosophie e.V.
Run by Buch- und Kulturladen zur Förderung libertärer Philosophie e.V., Black Pigeon is Bookstore, found on 50 Scharnhorststraße in Dortmund. Also worth knowing about Black Pigeon: the map lists its hours as Fr 13:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
50 Scharnhorststraße, Dortmund, 44147
Hours: Fr 13:00-19:00
Phone: +49 231 33882752
transfer. bücher und medien.
Bookstore3.7 km from Dortmund
transfer. bücher und medien. is Bookstore. transfer. bücher und medien. also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 09:30-19:00; Sa 09:30-16:00; Su,Mo,PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Fr 09:30-19:00; Sa 09:30-16:00; Su,Mo,PH off
Phone: +49 231 286 58 39 0
Buchhandlung Seitenreich
Bookstore4.0 km from Dortmund
Buchhandlung Seitenreich — Bookstore, found on 352 Huckarder Straße in Dortmund. Also worth knowing about Buchhandlung Seitenreich: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-13:00, Mo-Fr 15:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
352 Huckarder Straße, Dortmund, 44369
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-13:00, Mo-Fr 15:00-18:00
Phone: +49 231 39602787
Mayersche
Bookstore4.6 km from Dortmund
Mayersche is Bookstore. Mayersche also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-18:30; Sa 09:30-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-18:30; Sa 09:30-16:00
Phone: +49 231 77666630
dreesen-lesen Die Buchhandlung
Bookstore5.7 km from Dortmund
dreesen-lesen Die Buchhandlung — Bookstore, found on 136 Brackeler Hellweg in Dortmund. Also worth knowing about dreesen-lesen Die Buchhandlung: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-18:00; Sa 09:00-14:00; Su off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
136 Brackeler Hellweg, Dortmund, 44309
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-18:00; Sa 09:00-14:00; Su off
Phone: +49 231 96 73 45 15
Ewaldi Buchhandlung
Bookstore6.7 km from Dortmund
Ewaldi Buchhandlung is Bookstore.
Schreibwaren- und Buchhandlung Michelbrink
Bookstore8.6 km from Dortmund
Schreibwaren- und Buchhandlung Michelbrink is Bookstore on 5 Siegburgstraße, Dortmund. Schreibwaren- und Buchhandlung Michelbrink also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-13:00, Mo-Fr 15:00-18:30.
5 Siegburgstraße, Dortmund, 44359
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-13:00, Mo-Fr 15:00-18:30
Buchhandlung am Amtshaus
Bookstore8.7 km from Dortmund
Buchhandlung am Amtshaus — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Buchhandlung am Amtshaus: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00 -18:00, Sa 09:00-13:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00 -18:00, Sa 09:00-13:00
Pascals ComicKiste
Bookstore9.2 km from DortmundRun by Pascal Schmidt
Pascals ComicKiste is Bookstore run by Pascal Schmidt. Pascals ComicKiste also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 13:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-14:00; Su-Mo,PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Fr 13:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-14:00; Su-Mo,PH off
Phone: +49 177 3407292
Buuks
Bookstore9.7 km from Dortmund
Buuks is Bookstore.
Comicland
Used bookstore9.8 km from Dortmund
Comicland — Used bookstore, found on 364 Provinzialstraße in Dortmund. Also worth knowing about Comicland: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 15:00-20:00; Sa 10:30-16:00; PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
364 Provinzialstraße, Dortmund, 44388
Hours: Mo-Fr 15:00-20:00; Sa 10:30-16:00; PH off
Phone: +49 231 691758
What the map tells us about bookstores in Dortmund
18 of the 21 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
12 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
Most of the bookstores in Dortmund list a phone number. Useful for checking whether a specific title is in stock before you visit.
The Dortmund bookstore crawl
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Mayersche on 40-42 Westenhellweg, Thalia, bodo - Buchladen on 36 - 38 Schwanenwall, Press & Books, Press & Books, Taranta Babu, Buchhandlung Anton Reiser on 4 Kleine Beurhausstraße, and LITFASS Bücher & Medien GmbH on 107 Münsterstraße. That's 21 stops on the Dortmund bookstore crawl. 13 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Dortmund
A few things worth knowing before you work through Dortmund's bookstores:
- The used section is underpriced everywhere at Mayersche. Books are heavy and slow to sell, so used shelves price to move. First editions hide here regularly.
- Look for local history at Thalia. The local-interest shelf tells you what a town thinks of itself. Great for visitors, better for new residents.
- Poetry lives in bookshops. Poetry barely exists online as a browsing experience. The poetry shelf in a real shop is a different world.
- Check condition before you pay. Used books: check for missing pages, water damage, and cracked spines. A quick flip-through takes ten seconds.
Good to know
We searched about 25 km around Dortmund — 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 Dortmund can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 21 that's closed, or a great bookstore we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.
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 21 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 Dortmund
74 more within about 25 km of Dortmund — here are the 15 nearest:
k presse + buch
Bookstore10.3 km from Dortmund
k presse + buch is Bookstore. k presse + buch also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 05:00-20:00; Sa 07:00-19:00; Su 08:00-19:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 05:00-20:00; Sa 07:00-19:00; Su 08:00-19:00
Bücher Bachmann
Bookstore10.7 km from Dortmund
Bücher Bachmann — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Bücher Bachmann: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-14:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-14:00
Ruhrtal-Buchhandlung
Bookstore10.7 km from Dortmund
Ruhrtal-Buchhandlung — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Ruhrtal-Buchhandlung: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:30-18:30; Sa 08:30-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-18:30; Sa 08:30-16:00
Phone: +49 2304 18040
Gimmerthal
Bookstore11.1 km from Dortmund
Gimmerthal is Bookstore on 39 Alte Bahnhofstraße, Bochum. Gimmerthal also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-13:00,15:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-13:00; it has a website with more detail.
39 Alte Bahnhofstraße, Bochum, 44892
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-13:00,15:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-13:00
Thalia
Bookstore11.1 km from DortmundRun by Netto
Thalia is Bookstore run by Netto.
Bücherstübchen
Bookstore11.2 km from Dortmund
Bücherstübchen is Bookstore. Bücherstübchen 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: +49 2302 1752707
Welt-Laden
Bookstore11.4 km from Dortmund
Welt-Laden is Bookstore. Welt-Laden also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Th,Sa 10:00-13:00; Fr 15:00-18:00.
Hours: Tu-Th,Sa 10:00-13:00; Fr 15:00-18:00
Castroper LeseLust
Bookstore11.4 km from DortmundRun by Martina Tielker
Run by Martina Tielker, Castroper LeseLust is Bookstore, found on 14 Münsterstraße in Castrop-Rauxel. Also worth knowing about Castroper LeseLust: the map lists its hours as Sa 09:00-16:00; Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
14 Münsterstraße, Castrop-Rauxel, 44575
Hours: Sa 09:00-16:00; Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30
Phone: +49 2305 9234166
Mayersche
Bookstore11.4 km from Dortmund
Mayersche is Bookstore on 5 Münsterstraße, Castrop-Rauxel. Mayersche also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-18:30; Sa 09:00-16:00; PH,Su off.
5 Münsterstraße, Castrop-Rauxel, 44575
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-18:30; Sa 09:00-16:00; PH,Su off
Thalia
Bookstore11.8 km from Dortmund
Thalia is Bookstore on 44 Lange Straße, Lünen. Thalia also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-19:00; Sa 09:30-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
44 Lange Straße, Lünen, 44532
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-19:00; Sa 09:30-18:00
Lippe Buchhandlung
Bookstore12.0 km from Dortmund
Lippe Buchhandlung — Bookstore, found on 1c Münsterstraße in Lünen. Also worth knowing about Lippe Buchhandlung: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1c Münsterstraße, Lünen, 44534
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-14:00
Phone: +49 2306 55998
Lehmkul
Bookstore12.2 km from DortmundRun by Sabine Wirths-Hohagen
Lehmkul is Bookstore run by Sabine Wirths-Hohagen. Lehmkul also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30, Sa 09:00-14:00; PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30, Sa 09:00-14:00; PH off
Phone: +49 2302 51910
Herdecker Bücherstube
Bookstore12.2 km from DortmundRun by Frau Dr. Mariel Brunert
Run by Frau Dr. Mariel Brunert, Herdecker Bücherstube is Bookstore on 4 Gerhard-Kienle-Weg. Also worth knowing about Herdecker Bücherstube: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-14:00; PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4 Gerhard-Kienle-Weg
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-14:00; PH off
Phone: +49 2330 73915
Versandbuchhandlung Jörg Henning
Bookstore12.3 km from DortmundRun by Jörg Henning
Versandbuchhandlung Jörg Henning is Bookstore run by Jörg Henning on 17 Kleine Rosenstraße, Castrop-Rauxel. Versandbuchhandlung Jörg Henning also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-13:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
17 Kleine Rosenstraße, Castrop-Rauxel, 44575
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-13:00
Phone: +49 2305 18639
Mayersche
Bookstore12.3 km from DortmundRun by Mayersche Buchhandlung
Mayersche is Bookstore run by Mayersche Buchhandlung. Mayersche also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-19:00; Sa 09:30-18:00; Su,PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-19:00; Sa 09:30-18:00; Su,PH off
Phone: +49 2302 282800
Bookstore listings for Dortmund: 21 in Dortmund and 74 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.