Bookstores in Guatemala City
Bookstores reward the browsers. Guatemala City, Guatemala Department has 63 mapped right now. That's 63 bookshops mapped around Guatemala City, 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 Guatemala City (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Casa del Conde and Office Depot, plus Librería Cristiana Bisel. If a bookshop's missing from Guatemala City's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Guatemala City bookstore lineup
63 mapped within about 40 km — showing 60:
Casa del Conde
Bookstore
Casa del Conde is Bookstore on 4 5a Avenida Norte, Antigua Guatemala. Casa del Conde also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
4 5a Avenida Norte, Antigua Guatemala
Phone: +50278323322
Office Depot
Bookstore
Office Depot — Bookstore.
Librería Cristiana Bisel
Bookstore
Librería Cristiana Bisel is Bookstore.
Centro de Copiado
Bookstore
Centro de Copiado is Bookstore.
Librería Cristiana
Bookstore
Librería Cristiana is Bookstore.
Fotocopias
Bookstore
Fotocopias is Bookstore.
Librería Jurídica
Bookstore
Librería Jurídica is Bookstore.
Venta de Leyes
Bookstore
Venta de Leyes is Bookstore.
Importadora Gala
Bookstore
Importadora Gala — Bookstore.
Oasis
Bookstore
Oasis is Bookstore.
Artemis Edinter
Bookstore
Artemis Edinter is Bookstore.
Librería ie
Bookstore
Librería ie — Bookstore.
Papelería San José
Bookstore
Papelería San José is Bookstore.
Importadora Laper
Bookstore
Importadora Laper is Bookstore.
Papelería El Ángel
Bookstore
Papelería El Ángel is Bookstore.
Papelería Arriola
Bookstore
Papelería Arriola is Bookstore.
Fondo de Cultura Económica
Bookstore
Fondo de Cultura Económica — Bookstore.
Editorial Raf Guatemala
Bookstore
Editorial Raf Guatemala is Bookstore.
Librería Marquense
Bookstore
Librería Marquense — Bookstore.
Libreria
Bookstore
Libreria is Bookstore on 11 Calle, Ciudad de Guatemala.
11 Calle, Ciudad de Guatemala
Librería Encinal
Bookstore
Librería Encinal — Bookstore on 20 Calle.
20 Calle
Librería Oscar De León
Bookstore
Librería Oscar De León is Bookstore on 2a Calle, Ciudad De Guatemala.
2a Calle, Ciudad De Guatemala
Antigua Books
Bookstore
Antigua Books — Bookstore.
Antigua Guatemala, 03001
VH3 (Super Gangas)
Bookstore
VH3 (Super Gangas) is Bookstore. VH3 (Super Gangas) also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:00-18:30; Sa 08:00-13:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-18:30; Sa 08:00-13:00
VH3
Bookstore
VH3 — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about VH3: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:00-18:30; Sa 08:00-13:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-18:30; Sa 08:00-13:00
Excelencia Librería
Bookstore
Excelencia Librería is Bookstore.
Librería Pec
Bookstore
Librería Pec is Bookstore on 2a Calle. Librería Pec also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 09:00-21:15.
2a Calle
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-21:15
Librería Jireh
Bookstore
Librería Jireh is Bookstore on 3a Calle Zona 4.
3a Calle Zona 4
Librería La Hormiguita
Bookstore
Librería La Hormiguita is Bookstore on 2a Calle.
2a Calle
Duende Santiago
Bookstore
Duende Santiago is Bookstore.
Librería Alfa y Omega
Bookstore
Librería Alfa y Omega is Bookstore on 1a Avenida.
1a Avenida
Librería La Abejita
Bookstore
Librería La Abejita is Bookstore on 2a Calle.
2a Calle
Librería Santiaguito
Bookstore
Librería Santiaguito — Bookstore on 2a Calle. Also worth knowing about Librería Santiaguito: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 07:00-18:30; Sa-Su 01:30-02:30.
2a Calle
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:00-18:30; Sa-Su 01:30-02:30
Librería Shalom
Bookstore
Librería Shalom is Bookstore on 5a Calle.
5a Calle
Librería Mis Pasitos
Bookstore
Librería Mis Pasitos — Bookstore on 6a Avenida.
6a Avenida
Librería K & S
Bookstore
Librería K & S — Bookstore on 6a Avenida.
6a Avenida
Variedades Vicky
Bookstore
Variedades Vicky is Bookstore on 4a Avenida.
4a Avenida
Librería Adonai
Bookstore
Librería Adonai is Bookstore on 2a Calle.
2a Calle
Librería Samuel
Bookstore
Librería Samuel — Bookstore, found on 10-17 Apto. B 29 Calle in Mixco. Also worth knowing about Librería Samuel: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 06:20-21:00; Su 12:00-21:00.
10-17 Apto. B 29 Calle, Mixco, 010576
Hours: Mo-Sa 06:20-21:00; Su 12:00-21:00
Librería Marlon
Bookstore
Librería Marlon — Bookstore.
Nidia
Bookstore
Nidia — Bookstore.
Fotocopias
Bookstore
Fotocopias is Bookstore.
Sophos
Bookstore
Sophos is Bookstore.
Librería San Pablo
BookstoreRun by Santuario Arquidiocesano de Adoración Perpetua
Librería San Pablo is Bookstore run by Santuario Arquidiocesano de Adoración Perpetua on 4-54 Calzada Roosevelt Km 15, Zona 7 Mixco.
4-54 Calzada Roosevelt Km 15, Zona 7 Mixco, 01901
Librería Loyola
Bookstore
Librería Loyola is Bookstore.
Librería Noem
Bookstore
Librería Noem — Bookstore.
El nacimiento
Bookstore
El nacimiento is Bookstore.
Librería Ciencia y Cultura
Bookstore
Librería Ciencia y Cultura — Bookstore.
Librería y Miscelánea La Económica
Bookstore
Librería y Miscelánea La Económica is Bookstore.
Librería Mundo Verde
Bookstore
Librería Mundo Verde is Bookstore.
Catafixia
Bookstore
Catafixia — Bookstore.
Libreria Mimy
Bookstore
Libreria Mimy is Bookstore on 27 Calle.
27 Calle
Librería San Pablo
Bookstore
Librería San Pablo is Bookstore.
Librería Génesis
Bookstore
Librería Génesis — Bookstore, found on 10a Avenida C in Zona 19, Ciudad de Guatemala.
10a Avenida C, Zona 19, Ciudad de Guatemala
Librería Lucy
Bookstore
Librería Lucy is Bookstore on 2a Calle A, Zona 19, Ciudad de Guatemala.
2a Calle A, Zona 19, Ciudad de Guatemala
Librería Kimkarol
Bookstore
Librería Kimkarol — Bookstore on 15 Calle A.
15 Calle A
Librería San Ignacio
Bookstore
Librería San Ignacio — Bookstore on 13 Avenida.
13 Avenida
Librería
Bookstore
Librería is Bookstore on 9a Avenida, Mixco.
9a Avenida, Mixco
Libreria y Curiodsidades Eli
Bookstore
Libreria y Curiodsidades Eli is Bookstore on 2a Calle, Mixco.
2a Calle, Mixco
Librería
Bookstore
Librería is Bookstore.
What the map tells us about bookstores in Guatemala City
6 of the 63 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
There's a cluster: 7 of them sit on 2a Calle, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
The Guatemala City bookstore crawl
Making a day of it in Guatemala City? Work this order: Casa del Conde on 4 5a Avenida Norte, Office Depot, Librería Cristiana Bisel, Centro de Copiado, Librería Cristiana, Fotocopias, Librería Jurídica, and Venta de Leyes. That's the bookstore crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 55 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Guatemala City
The regulars' playbook for Guatemala City's bookshops:
- Visit during author events at Casa del Conde. Readings and signings are usually free and turn a bookshop into the best evening out in town.
- Bring a tote bag at Office Depot. Bookshops and tote bags are a natural pair. You'll need it — nobody leaves with the one book they came for.
- Don't skip the small press section. The weird, wonderful stuff lives here. Small presses take the risks the big publishers won't.
- Support the shop's own publishing. Some independents publish local authors or print their own anthologies. Buying them funds the ecosystem directly.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Guatemala City — 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 Guatemala City can take a while to appear. The 63 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 63 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 Guatemala City: 63 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.