Bookstores in Edmonton
If you judge a town by its bookshops, Edmonton, AB gives you 35 to judge by. That's 35 bookshops mapped around Edmonton, 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 Edmonton (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Indigo and Audrey's Books, plus U of A Bookstore. If a bookshop's missing from Edmonton's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Edmonton bookstore lineup
35 mapped within about 40 km:
Indigo
BookstoreRun by Indigo
Run by Indigo, Indigo is Bookstore.
Audrey's Books
Bookstore
Audrey's Books — Bookstore, found on 10702 Jasper Avenue NW in Edmonton. Also worth knowing about Audrey's Books: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-18:00; Sa 09:30-17:30; Su 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
10702 Jasper Avenue NW, Edmonton, T5J 3J5
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-18:00; Sa 09:30-17:30; Su 12:00-17:00
Phone: +1-780-423-3487
U of A Bookstore
Bookstore
U of A Bookstore — Bookstore.
Education Station
Bookstore
Education Station is Bookstore.
Indigo
Bookstore
Indigo — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Indigo: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 05:00-21:00.
Hours: Mo-Su 05:00-21:00
Magpie Books
Bookstore
Magpie Books — Bookstore, found on 9553 76 Avenue NW in Edmonton. Also worth knowing about Magpie Books: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
9553 76 Avenue NW, Edmonton, T6C 0K1
Phone: +17804350538
Edmonton Book Store
Bookstore
Edmonton Book Store — Bookstore on 105 33 Whyte Avenue NW. Also worth knowing about Edmonton Book Store: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-17:30; Su 12:00-17:00.
105 33 Whyte Avenue NW
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-17:30; Su 12:00-17:00
Indigo
Bookstore
Indigo — Bookstore, found on 8882 170 Street NW in Edmonton.
8882 170 Street NW, Edmonton, T5T 4J2
Calendar Corner
Bookstore
Calendar Corner is Bookstore.
Edmonton
Indigospirit
Bookstore
Indigospirit — Bookstore.
Comic King
Bookstore
Comic King — Bookstore.
Ultimate Key Issue Comics
Bookstore
Ultimate Key Issue Comics is Bookstore.
The Core
BookstoreRun by NorQuest College
The Core is Bookstore run by NorQuest College.
Wee Book Inn
Bookstore
Wee Book Inn — Bookstore, found on 10332 Jasper Avenue NW in Edmonton. Also worth knowing about Wee Book Inn: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 09:00-21:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
10332 Jasper Avenue NW, Edmonton, T5J 1Y7
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-21:30
Phone: +1 780 423 1434
Wee Book Inn
Bookstore
Wee Book Inn — Bookstore.
Wee Book Inn
Bookstore
Wee Book Inn — Bookstore, found on 8101 118 Avenue NW in Edmonton.
8101 118 Avenue NW, Edmonton, T5B 0R9
Variant Edition Graphic Novels & Comics
Bookstore
Variant Edition Graphic Novels & Comics — Bookstore, found on 10086 164 Street NW in Edmonton. Also worth knowing about Variant Edition Graphic Novels & Comics: the map lists its hours as We-Fr 11:00-19:00, Sa-Su 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
10086 164 Street NW, Edmonton, T5P 4Y3
Hours: We-Fr 11:00-19:00, Sa-Su 11:00-17:00
Phone: +1-780-452-9886
Indigospirit
Bookstore
Indigospirit — Bookstore.
Porch Light Books
Bookstore
Porch Light Books is Bookstore on 9867 89 Avenue NW. Porch Light Books also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:00-18:00; Su 11:00-16:00; it has a website with more detail.
9867 89 Avenue NW
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-18:00; Su 11:00-16:00
Porch Light Books
Bookstore
Porch Light Books is Bookstore on 9867 89 Avenue NW. Porch Light Books also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:00-18:00; Su 11:00-16:00; it has a website with more detail.
9867 89 Avenue NW
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-18:00; Su 11:00-16:00
We Have Issues
Bookstore
We Have Issues is Bookstore on 9633 66 Avenue NW.
9633 66 Avenue NW, T6E 1b8
Indigo
Bookstore
Indigo — Bookstore.
The Book Boudoir
Bookstore
The Book Boudoir is Bookstore on 12017 102 Avenue NW, Edmonton. The Book Boudoir also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
12017 102 Avenue NW, Edmonton, T5K 0R8
Phone: +15879899367
Daisy Chain Book Co.
Bookstore
Daisy Chain Book Co. — Bookstore, found on 12525 102 Avenue NW in Edmonton. Also worth knowing about Daisy Chain Book Co.: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
12525 102 Avenue NW, Edmonton, T5N 0M4
Phone: +18255121342
Paper Birch Books
Bookstore
Paper Birch Books is Bookstore on 10825 95 Street NW, Edmonton. Paper Birch Books also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
10825 95 Street NW, Edmonton, T5H 2E2
Phone: +15874003207
The Bookseller
Bookstore
The Bookseller — Bookstore, found on 9562 82 Avenue NW in Edmonton. Also worth knowing about The Bookseller: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
9562 82 Avenue NW, Edmonton, T6C 0Z8
Phone: +17804969193
Ukrainian Bookstore
Bookstore
Ukrainian Bookstore is Bookstore.
Chapters
Bookstore
Chapters — Bookstore.
Wee Book Inn
Bookstore
Wee Book Inn — Bookstore.
Warp 1 Comics and Games
Bookstore
Warp 1 Comics and Games is Bookstore on 9917-9921 Whyte Avenue NW, Edmonton.
9917-9921 Whyte Avenue NW, Edmonton
Alhambra Books
Bookstore
Alhambra Books is Bookstore.
Indigo
Bookstore
Indigo — Bookstore.
Shop at NAIT
Bookstore
Shop at NAIT is Bookstore.
SHAVA (Sturgeon Hospital Auxiliary Volunteer Association)
Used bookstore
SHAVA (Sturgeon Hospital Auxiliary Volunteer Association) is Used bookstore.
Indigo
Bookstore
Indigo — Bookstore.
What the map tells us about bookstores in Edmonton
7 of the 35 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
9 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
There's a cluster: 2 of them sit on 9867 89 Avenue NW, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
The Edmonton bookstore crawl
Making a day of it in Edmonton? Work this order: Indigo, Audrey's Books on 10702 Jasper Avenue NW, U of A Bookstore, Education Station, Indigo, Magpie Books on 9553 76 Avenue NW, Edmonton Book Store on 105 33 Whyte Avenue NW, and Indigo on 8882 170 Street NW. That's the bookstore crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 27 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Edmonton
A few things worth knowing before you work through Edmonton's bookstores:
- Visit during author events at Indigo. Readings and signings are usually free and turn a bookshop into the best evening out in town.
- Learn your editions at Audrey's Books. A first edition, first printing is the collectible one. Booksellers will show you how to check the copyright page.
- Ask about the book club discount. Many shops discount book-club orders. If your club buys local, everyone wins.
- Buy the signed copy. Signed stock costs the same as unsigned and only goes up in charm. Ask at the till; shops often have signed copies behind the counter.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Edmonton — 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 Edmonton can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 35 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 35 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 Edmonton: 35 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.