Bookstores in Dubrovnik
Bookstores reward the browsers. Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva has 6 mapped right now. That's 6 bookshops mapped around Dubrovnik, 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 Dubrovnik (within about 30 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Algoritiam and Školska knjiga, plus Knjižara - Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva. If a bookshop's missing from Dubrovnik's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Dubrovnik bookstore lineup
6 mapped within about 30 km:
Algoritiam
Bookstore
Algoritiam — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Algoritiam: the map lists its hours as PH,Mo-Su 08:00-20:00.
Hours: PH,Mo-Su 08:00-20:00
Školska knjiga
Bookstore
Školska knjiga is Bookstore on Poljana Paska Miličevića. Školska knjiga also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 08:00-20:00; Su off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Poljana Paska Miličevića
Hours: Mo-Sa 08:00-20:00; Su off
Phone: +385 20 638655
Knjižara - Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva
Bookstore
Knjižara - Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva — Bookstore, found on Svetosavska in Trebinje. Also worth knowing about Knjižara - Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 07:00-20:00; Sa 08:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Svetosavska, Trebinje, 89101
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:00-20:00; Sa 08:00-18:00
Phone: 059272241
Knjižara Hercegovina
Bookstore
Knjižara Hercegovina is Bookstore on 34 Preobraženska, Trebinje. Knjižara Hercegovina also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 08:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
34 Preobraženska, Trebinje, 89101
Hours: Mo-Sa 08:00-21:00
Phone: 059222170
Crkvena knjižara Vidoslov
Bookstore
Crkvena knjižara Vidoslov is Bookstore. Crkvena knjižara Vidoslov also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00; Sa 08:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00; Sa 08:00-14:00
Phone: 059272180
Algebra
Bookstore
Algebra is Bookstore on 9 Placa, Dubrovnik. Algebra also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 08:30-22:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
9 Placa, Dubrovnik, 20000
Hours: Mo-Su 08:30-22:30
Phone: +385 20 323217
What the map tells us about bookstores in Dubrovnik
6 of the 6 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
Most of the bookstores in Dubrovnik list a phone number. Useful for checking whether a specific title is in stock before you visit.
The Dubrovnik bookstore crawl
Making a day of it in Dubrovnik? Work this order: Algoritiam, Školska knjiga on Poljana Paska Miličevića, Knjižara - Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva on Svetosavska, Knjižara Hercegovina on 34 Preobraženska, Crkvena knjižara Vidoslov, and Algebra on 9 Placa. That's the bookstore crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking.
Bookstore tips for Dubrovnik
The regulars' playbook for Dubrovnik's bookshops:
- Bring a tote bag at Algoritiam. Bookshops and tote bags are a natural pair. You'll need it — nobody leaves with the one book they came for.
- Learn your editions at Školska knjiga. A first edition, first printing is the collectible one. Booksellers will show you how to check the copyright page.
- Don't skip the small press section. The weird, wonderful stuff lives here. Small presses take the risks the big publishers won't.
- Look for local history. The local-interest shelf tells you what a town thinks of itself. Great for visitors, better for new residents.
Good to know
We searched about 30 km around Dubrovnik — 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 Dubrovnik can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 6, 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 6 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 Dubrovnik: 6 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.