Bookstores in Hanover
Bookstores reward the browsers. Hanover, New Hampshire has 7 mapped right now. That's 7 bookshops mapped around Hanover, 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 Hanover (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Left Bank Books and Still North Books & Bar, plus Christian Science Reading Room. If a bookshop's missing from Hanover's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Hanover bookstore lineup
7 in Hanover, plus 4 more around Hanover below:
Left Bank Books
Bookstore0.0 km from Hanover
Left Bank Books — Bookstore, found on 9 South Main Street in Hanover. Also worth knowing about Left Bank Books: the map lists its hours as Su 12:00-16:00; We-Sa 09:30-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
9 South Main Street, Hanover, 03755
Hours: Su 12:00-16:00; We-Sa 09:30-17:00
Phone: +1-603-643-4479
Still North Books & Bar
Bookstore0.1 km from Hanover
Still North Books & Bar is Bookstore on 3 Allen Street, Hanover. Still North Books & Bar also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-We,Sa 09:00-18:00; Th,Fr 09:00-21:00; Su 11:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3 Allen Street, Hanover, 03755
Hours: Mo-We,Sa 09:00-18:00; Th,Fr 09:00-21:00; Su 11:00-16:00
Phone: +1-603-676-7856
Christian Science Reading Room
Bookstore0.2 km from Hanover
Christian Science Reading Room is Bookstore on 1 School Street, Hanover. Christian Science Reading Room also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Jul-Aug Tu,Th 14:00-16:00; Jul-Aug We 17:00-19:00; Jul-Aug Fr 12:00-14:00; Sep-Jun Mo,Tu,Th 14:00-16:00; Sep-Jun We 17:00-19:00; Sep-Jun Fr 12:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
1 School Street, Hanover, 03755
Hours: Jul-Aug Tu,Th 14:00-16:00; Jul-Aug We 17:00-19:00; Jul-Aug Fr 12:00-14:00; Sep-Jun Mo,Tu,Th 14:00-16:00; Sep-Jun We 17:00-19:00; Sep-Jun Fr 12:00-14:00
Phone: +1-603-643-3919
Norwich Bookstore
Bookstore2.0 km from Hanover
Norwich Bookstore is Bookstore on 291 Main Street, Norwich. Norwich Bookstore also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
291 Main Street, Norwich, 05055
Newbury Comics
Bookstore8.0 km from Hanover
Newbury Comics is Bookstore on 200 South Main Street, West Lebanon. Newbury Comics also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
200 South Main Street, West Lebanon, 03784
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 12:00-18:00
Phone: +1-603-298-2167
Books-A-Million
Bookstore8.0 km from Hanover
Books-A-Million — Bookstore, found on 200 South Main Street in West Lebanon. Also worth knowing about Books-A-Million: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
200 South Main Street, West Lebanon, 03784
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 11:00-19:00
Phone: +1-603-298-0241
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore8.5 km from Hanover
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 250 Plainfield Road in West Lebanon. Also worth knowing about Barnes & Noble: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-21:00; Su 09:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
250 Plainfield Road, West Lebanon, 03784
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-21:00; Su 09:00-19:00
Phone: +1-603-697-4466
What the map tells us about bookstores in Hanover
6 of the 7 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
4 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
There's a cluster: 2 of them sit on 200 South Main Street, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
Most of the bookstores in Hanover list a phone number. Useful for checking whether a specific title is in stock before you visit.
The Hanover bookstore crawl
Making a day of it in Hanover? Work this order: Left Bank Books on 9 South Main Street, Still North Books & Bar on 3 Allen Street, Christian Science Reading Room on 1 School Street, Norwich Bookstore on 291 Main Street, Newbury Comics on 200 South Main Street, Books-A-Million on 200 South Main Street, and Barnes & Noble on 250 Plainfield Road. That's the bookstore crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking.
Bookstore tips for Hanover
Browsing in Hanover? A little strategy helps:
- Poetry lives in bookshops at Left Bank Books. Poetry barely exists online as a browsing experience. The poetry shelf in a real shop is a different world.
- Ask about the book club discount at Still North Books & Bar. Many shops discount book-club orders. If your club buys local, everyone wins.
- Gift buying? Ask for wrapping. Many independents wrap beautifully and free. It beats a gift bag every time.
- Learn your editions. A first edition, first printing is the collectible one. Booksellers will show you how to check the copyright page.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Hanover — 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 Hanover can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 7, 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 7 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 Hanover
4 more within about 40 km of Hanover, nearest first:
Pleasant Street Book Store
Bookstore19.7 km from Hanover
Pleasant Street Book Store — Bookstore, found on 48 Pleasant Street in Woodstock.
48 Pleasant Street, Woodstock, 05091
The Yankee Book Shop
Bookstore20.3 km from Hanover
The Yankee Book Shop is Bookstore.
Violet's Book Exchange
Bookstore36.8 km from Hanover
Violet's Book Exchange — Bookstore.
Miriam Rose Books
Bookstore36.9 km from Hanover
Miriam Rose Books is Bookstore.
Bookstore listings for Hanover: 7 in Hanover and 4 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.