Bookstores in Houston
Houston, TX has 37 bookstores on the map. That's 37 bookshops mapped around Houston, each with its own shelves and specialties. The used sections are where the real bargains hide. Give yourself an hour minimum — bookshops are the one errand that always takes longer than planned.
This guide covers every bookstore we could verify in and around Houston (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Brown Book Shop and Kaboom Books, plus Kindred Stories. If a bookshop's missing from Houston's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Houston bookstore lineup
37 mapped within about 40 km:
Brown Book Shop
Bookstore1.1 km from Houston
Brown Book Shop — Bookstore, found on 1517 San Jacinto Street in Houston.
1517 San Jacinto Street, Houston
Kaboom Books
Bookstore2.9 km from HoustonRun by Kaboom Books
Run by Kaboom Books, Kaboom Books is Bookstore, found on 3116 Houston Avenue in Houston. Also worth knowing about Kaboom Books: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 12:00-18:00.
3116 Houston Avenue, Houston, 77009
Hours: Mo-Su 12:00-18:00
Kindred Stories
Bookstore3.0 km from Houston
Kindred Stories is Bookstore on 2304 Stuart Street. Kindred Stories also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
2304 Stuart Street
Gulf Coast Cosmos Comicbook Co
Bookstore3.0 km from Houston
Gulf Coast Cosmos Comicbook Co — Bookstore on 2306 Stuart Street. Also worth knowing about Gulf Coast Cosmos Comicbook Co: it has a website with more detail.
2306 Stuart Street, 77004
Menil Collection Bookstore
Bookstore3.8 km from HoustonRun by Menil Collection
Run by Menil Collection, Menil Collection Bookstore is Bookstore, found on 1520 Sul Ross Street in Houston. Also worth knowing about Menil Collection Bookstore: it has a website with more detail.
1520 Sul Ross Street, Houston, 77006
Bedrock City Comic Company
Used bookstore3.8 km from Houston
Bedrock City Comic Company — Used bookstore, found on 4602 Washington Avenue in Houston. Also worth knowing about Bedrock City Comic Company: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4602 Washington Avenue, Houston, 77007
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 12:00-17:00
Phone: +1 713 862 0100
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore4.0 km from Houston
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Barnes & Noble: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 10:00-20:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 11:00-19:00.
Hours: Mo-Th 10:00-20:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 11:00-19:00
Barnes & Noble at The University of Houston
Bookstore5.3 km from Houston
Barnes & Noble at The University of Houston is Bookstore.
Textbook Brokers
Bookstore5.6 km from Houston
Textbook Brokers is Bookstore.
Rice University Campus Store
Bookstore5.7 km from Houston
Rice University Campus Store is Bookstore. Rice University Campus Store also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00
Brazos Bookstore
Bookstore6.0 km from Houston
Brazos Bookstore is Bookstore on 2421 Bissonnet Street, Houston. Brazos Bookstore also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2421 Bissonnet Street, Houston
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 12:00-18:00
Phone: +1-713-523-0701
Third Planet Sci-Fi Superstore
Bookstore6.0 km from Houston
Third Planet Sci-Fi Superstore — Bookstore on 2718 Southwest Freeway Frontage Road. Also worth knowing about Third Planet Sci-Fi Superstore: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2718 Southwest Freeway Frontage Road, 77098
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 12:00-18:00
Phone: +1-713-528-1067
Lakeshore Learning Store
Bookstore9.0 km from Houston
Lakeshore Learning Store is Bookstore on 2405 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston.
2405 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston
HCC Bookstore
Bookstore9.3 km from Houston
HCC Bookstore is Bookstore.
Bedrock City Comic Company
Used bookstore12.8 km from Houston
Bedrock City Comic Company — Used bookstore, found on 6516 Westheimer Road in Houston. Also worth knowing about Bedrock City Comic Company: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
6516 Westheimer Road, Houston, 77057
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 12:00-17:00
Phone: +1-713-780-0675
LifeWay Christian Store
Bookstore16.0 km from Houston
LifeWay Christian Store — Bookstore, found on 7505 Southwest Freeway in Houston.
7505 Southwest Freeway, Houston
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore18.5 km from Houston
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 12850 Memorial Drive in Houston.
12850 Memorial Drive, Houston, 77024
Half Price Books
Bookstore22.4 km from Houston
Half Price Books — Bookstore, found on 2556 Smith Ranch Road in Pearland.
2556 Smith Ranch Road, Pearland, 77584
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore23.1 km from Houston
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 11200 West Broadway Street in Pearland.
11200 West Broadway Street, Pearland, 77584
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore24.4 km from Houston
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore on 5656 Fairmont Parkway.
5656 Fairmont Parkway
The homeschool store
Bookstore27.6 km from Houston
The homeschool store is Bookstore. The homeschool store also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00
Phone: +1-281-890-4295
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore28.0 km from Houston
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore.
Bedrock City Comic Company
Used bookstore28.1 km from Houston
Bedrock City Comic Company — Used bookstore, found on 4683 FM 1960 Road West in Houston. Also worth knowing about Bedrock City Comic Company: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4683 FM 1960 Road West, Houston, 77069
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 12:00-17:00
Phone: +1 281 444 9763
Half Price Books
Bookstore28.7 km from Houston
Half Price Books — Bookstore.
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore29.1 km from Houston
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore.
Half Price Books
Used bookstore29.5 km from HoustonRun by Half Price Books, Records, Magazines, Incorporated
Run by Half Price Books, Records, Magazines, Incorporated, Half Price Books is Used bookstore, found on 3203 State Highway 6 South in Sugar Land. Also worth knowing about Half Price Books: the map lists its hours as Mo,Th-Su 10:00-20:00; Tu 10:00-18:00; We 12:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3203 State Highway 6 South, Sugar Land, 77478
Hours: Mo,Th-Su 10:00-20:00; Tu 10:00-18:00; We 12:00-20:00
Phone: +1 281-265-0900
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore29.6 km from Houston
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 7026 Highway 6 North in Houston. Also worth knowing about Barnes & Noble: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 11:00-19:00; Dec 22-23 10:00-22:00; Dec 24 08:00-18:00; Dec 25 off; Dec 26 09:00-21:00; Dec 31 10:00-18:00; Jan 01 11:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
7026 Highway 6 North, Houston, 77095
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 11:00-19:00; Dec 22-23 10:00-22:00; Dec 24 08:00-18:00; Dec 25 off; Dec 26 09:00-21:00; Dec 31 10:00-18:00; Jan 01 11:00-21:00
Phone: +1 281-861-6842
Half Price Books
Bookstore30.0 km from Houston
Half Price Books — Bookstore.
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore31.0 km from Houston
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 16535 Southwest Freeway in Sugar Land. Also worth knowing about Barnes & Noble: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
16535 Southwest Freeway, Sugar Land, 77479
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 11:00-19:00
Phone: +1-281-313-8323
Copperfield's Book Shop
Bookstore32.5 km from Houston
Copperfield's Book Shop is Bookstore on 8220 Louetta Rd. Copperfield's Book Shop also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
8220 Louetta Rd
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 12:00-17:00
Phone: +1-832-761-5559
Mardel Christian Bookstore
Bookstore33.8 km from Houston
Mardel Christian Bookstore is Bookstore.
Bedrock City Comic Company
Used bookstore33.8 km from Houston
Bedrock City Comic Company — Used bookstore, found on 1266 North Fry Road in Katy. Also worth knowing about Bedrock City Comic Company: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1266 North Fry Road, Katy, 77084
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 12:00-17:00
Phone: +1 713 628 8684
Katy Budget Books
Bookstore34.1 km from Houston
Katy Budget Books is Bookstore. Katy Budget 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.
Phone: +1 281 578 7770
Cards and Comics
Bookstore34.1 km from Houston
Cards and Comics is Bookstore.
Monster Textbooks
Bookstore34.7 km from Houston
Monster Textbooks is Bookstore on 9110 Barker Cypress Road, Cypress. Monster Textbooks also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 08:00-17:00; Fr 08:00-15:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
9110 Barker Cypress Road, Cypress, 77433
Hours: Mo-Th 08:00-17:00; Fr 08:00-15:00
Phone: +1 281 463 7179
Half Price Books
Bookstore34.7 km from Houston
Half Price Books — Bookstore, found on 961 NASA Parkway in Houston.
961 NASA Parkway, Houston, 77058
Katy Budget Books
Bookstore37.0 km from Houston
Katy Budget Books is Bookstore.
What the map tells us about bookstores in Houston
15 of the 37 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
16 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
5 of the shops are tagged as selling used books — the second-hand shelves are where out-of-print gems and first editions turn up for pocket change.
The Houston bookstore crawl
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Brown Book Shop on 1517 San Jacinto Street, Kaboom Books on 3116 Houston Avenue, Kindred Stories on 2304 Stuart Street, Gulf Coast Cosmos Comicbook Co on 2306 Stuart Street, Menil Collection Bookstore on 1520 Sul Ross Street, Bedrock City Comic Company on 4602 Washington Avenue, Barnes & Noble, and Barnes & Noble at The University of Houston. That's 37 stops on the Houston bookstore crawl. 29 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Houston
A few things worth knowing before you work through Houston's bookstores:
- Learn the remainders table at Brown Book Shop. Publisher overstocks sold cheap. Great for gift buying — new books at used prices.
- Poetry lives in bookshops at Kaboom 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. Many shops discount book-club orders. If your club buys local, everyone wins.
- Check the sale shelf rhythm. Shops clear shelves on cycles. Ask when the next cull happens — that's when the bargains land.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Houston — 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 Houston can take a while to appear. The 37 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 37 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 Houston: 37 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.