Bookstores in Graz
If you judge a town by its bookshops, Graz, Styria gives you 26 to judge by. That's 26 bookshops mapped around Graz, 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 Graz (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Bücherstube and Buchbinderei Folkhard, plus Thalia. If a bookshop's missing from Graz's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Graz bookstore lineup
26 in Graz, plus 6 more around Graz below:
Bücherstube
Bookstore0.1 km from GrazRun by Angelika Schimunek
Bücherstube is Bookstore run by Angelika Schimunek on 16 Prokopigasse, Graz.
16 Prokopigasse, Graz, 8010
Buchbinderei Folkhard
Bookstore0.1 km from GrazRun by Erich Folkhard
Buchbinderei Folkhard is Bookstore run by Erich Folkhard on 7 Glockenspielplatz, Graz. Buchbinderei Folkhard also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 08:30-16:30; Fr 08:30-12:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
7 Glockenspielplatz, Graz, 8010
Hours: Mo-Th 08:30-16:30; Fr 08:30-12:00
Phone: +43 316 832348
Thalia
Bookstore0.2 km from Graz
Thalia is Bookstore. Thalia also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-18:00; 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 09:00-18:00
Phone: +43 732 7615 46517
Libro
Bookstore0.2 km from Graz
Libro — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Libro: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Graz, 8010
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-18:00
Phone: +43 316 811314
Leopold Stocker Verlag
Bookstore0.2 km from Graz
Leopold Stocker Verlag is Bookstore on 5 Hofgasse, Graz. Leopold Stocker Verlag also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 07:30-16:30; Fr 07:30-12:00.
5 Hofgasse, Graz, 8010
Hours: Mo-Th 07:30-16:30; Fr 07:30-12:00
Moser
Bookstore0.3 km from Graz
Moser — Bookstore, found on 1 Am Eisernen Tor in Graz. Also worth knowing about Moser: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1 Am Eisernen Tor, Graz, 8010
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-18:00
Phone: +43 316 83 01 10
Graztiax
Bookstore0.4 km from Graz
Graztiax is Bookstore on 14 Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Kai, Graz. Graztiax also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-12:30,15:00-18:00.
14 Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Kai, Graz, 8010
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-12:30,15:00-18:00
Büchersegler
Bookstore0.5 km from GrazRun by Beatrice Baumann
Büchersegler is Bookstore run by Beatrice Baumann on 5 Mariahilferplatz, Graz. Büchersegler also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 10:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
5 Mariahilferplatz, Graz, 8020
Hours: Tu-Fr 10:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-14:00
Phone: +43 316 22 55 04
Avalon
Bookstore0.5 km from Graz
Avalon is Bookstore on 6 Reitschulgasse, Graz. Avalon also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-13:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
6 Reitschulgasse, Graz, 8010
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-13:00
Phone: +43 316 383071
Bücher-Wolf
Bookstore0.6 km from GrazRun by Wolfgang Wagner
Run by Wolfgang Wagner, Bücher-Wolf is Bookstore, found on 9 Jakoministraße in Graz. Also worth knowing about Bücher-Wolf: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:30-13:00,15:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
9 Jakoministraße, Graz, 8010
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:30-13:00,15:00-18:00
Phone: +43 664 2114519
Libro
Bookstore0.6 km from Graz
Libro — Bookstore, found on 16 Reitschulgasse in Graz. Also worth knowing about Libro: the map lists its hours as Mo-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.
16 Reitschulgasse, Graz, 8010
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-17:00
Phone: +43 316 834653
Sparbuch Gruber
Bookstore0.9 km from Graz
Sparbuch Gruber is Bookstore. Sparbuch Gruber also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo,Fr,Sa 10:30-14:00; Tu-Th 10:30-16:00.
Hours: Mo,Fr,Sa 10:30-14:00; Tu-Th 10:30-16:00
uni-buchladen
Bookstore1.0 km from Graz
uni-buchladen is Bookstore on 25 Zinzendorfgasse, Graz. uni-buchladen also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-17:00; Su,PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
25 Zinzendorfgasse, Graz, 8010
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-17:00; Su,PH off
Phone: +43 316 327952
Books4Life
Bookstore1.1 km from GrazRun by Verein Books4Life
Books4Life is Bookstore run by Verein Books4Life on 45 Leonhardstraße, Graz. Books4Life also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as We,Th,Fr 14:00-18:00, Sa 10:00-18:00.
45 Leonhardstraße, Graz, 8010
Hours: We,Th,Fr 14:00-18:00, Sa 10:00-18:00
Morawa
Bookstore1.5 km from Graz
Morawa — Bookstore.
Press & Books
Bookstore1.7 km from Graz
Press & Books is Bookstore on 5 Europaplatz, Graz. Press & Books also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 06:00-21:00; PH,Su 07:00-20:30.
5 Europaplatz, Graz, 8020
Hours: Mo-Sa 06:00-21:00; PH,Su 07:00-20:30
Libro
Bookstore2.2 km from Graz
Libro — Bookstore, found on 72 Plüddemanngasse in Graz. Also worth knowing about Libro: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:30-18:30; Sa 08:30-17:00.
72 Plüddemanngasse, Graz, 8010
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-18:30; Sa 08:30-17:00
Edition Keiper
Bookstore2.2 km from GrazRun by Textzentrum e.U. – Anita Keiper
Edition Keiper is Bookstore run by Textzentrum e.U. – Anita Keiper on 17 Puchstraße, Graz. Edition Keiper also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
17 Puchstraße, Graz, 8020
Phone: +43 316 269298
Medical Books & More
Bookstore2.5 km from Graz
Medical Books & More is Bookstore on 6 Neue Stiftingtalstraße, Graz. Medical Books & More also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00.
6 Neue Stiftingtalstraße, Graz, 8010
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00
Thalia
Bookstore3.8 km from Graz
Thalia is Bookstore on 3 Ostbahnstraße, Graz. Thalia also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-19:30; Sa 09:00-18:00; PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3 Ostbahnstraße, Graz, 8041
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-19:30; Sa 09:00-18:00; PH off
Phone: +43 732 761566617
Libro
Bookstore3.9 km from Graz
Libro — Bookstore, found on 14 Weinzöttlstraße in Graz. Also worth knowing about Libro: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
14 Weinzöttlstraße, Graz, 8045
Phone: +43 316 67 08 59
OASE Buch & Spezerei KG
Bookstore4.2 km from Graz
OASE Buch & Spezerei KG is Bookstore on 182 Sankt-Peter-Hauptstraße, Graz. OASE Buch & Spezerei KG also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
182 Sankt-Peter-Hauptstraße, Graz, 8042
Thalia
Bookstore5.0 km from Graz
Thalia is Bookstore.
Hexenschule Graz
Bookstore5.5 km from Graz
Hexenschule Graz — Bookstore, found on 355a Kärntner Straße in Graz. Also worth knowing about Hexenschule Graz: the map lists its hours as Sa 09:00-15:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
355a Kärntner Straße, Graz, 8054
Hours: Sa 09:00-15:00
Phone: +43 664 4235250
Thalia
Bookstore6.8 km from Graz
Thalia is Bookstore.
Morawa
Bookstore6.9 km from Graz
Morawa — Bookstore.
What the map tells us about bookstores in Graz
18 of the 26 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 Graz list a phone number. Useful for checking whether a specific title is in stock before you visit.
The Graz bookstore crawl
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Bücherstube on 16 Prokopigasse, Buchbinderei Folkhard on 7 Glockenspielplatz, Thalia, Libro, Leopold Stocker Verlag on 5 Hofgasse, Moser on 1 Am Eisernen Tor, Graztiax on 14 Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Kai, and Büchersegler on 5 Mariahilferplatz. That's 26 stops on the Graz bookstore crawl. 18 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Graz
Browsing in Graz? A little strategy helps:
- Read the first page in the shop at Bücherstube. The first-page test never lies. If it doesn't grab you standing there, it won't grab you at home.
- Note the shop's specialties at Buchbinderei Folkhard. Sci-fi, travel, art books, philosophy — every good shop leans somewhere. Find the lean that matches yours.
- Don't judge by the window display. The front table is marketing. The back shelves are the shop's real taste. Walk the whole floor.
- 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 Graz — 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 Graz can take a while to appear. The 26 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 26 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 Graz
6 more within about 25 km of Graz, nearest first:
Best of Spirits
Bookstore11.8 km from GrazRun by Nast & Rehak OG
Best of Spirits is Bookstore run by Nast & Rehak OG on 6 Kalsdorfer Straße. Best of Spirits also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
6 Kalsdorfer Straße, 8072
Libro
Bookstore20.4 km from Graz
Libro — Bookstore, found on 26 Ludwig-Binder-Straße in Gleisdorf.
26 Ludwig-Binder-Straße, Gleisdorf, 8200
Plautz
Bookstore21.0 km from Graz
Plautz — Bookstore, found on 2 Sparkassenplatz in Gleisdorf.
2 Sparkassenplatz, Gleisdorf, 8200
HAAS Buch-Papier-Idee EU
Bookstore21.6 km from Graz
HAAS Buch-Papier-Idee EU is Bookstore on 6 Europa-Allee, Weiz.
6 Europa-Allee, Weiz, 8160
Libro
Bookstore22.0 km from Graz
Libro — Bookstore, found on 35 Hauptplatz in Voitsberg. Also worth knowing about Libro: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:00-18:30; Sa 08:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
35 Hauptplatz, Voitsberg, 8570
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-18:30; Sa 08:00-17:00
Phone: +43 3142 23846
Lesezeichen
Bookstore22.3 km from Graz
Lesezeichen — Bookstore, found on 4 Conrad-von-Hötzendorf-Straße in Voitsberg.
4 Conrad-von-Hötzendorf-Straße, Voitsberg, 8570
Bookstore listings for Graz: 26 in Graz and 6 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.