Bookstores in Jakarta
Bookstores reward the browsers. Jakarta, Jakarta has 41 mapped right now. That's 41 bookshops mapped around Jakarta, 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 Jakarta (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Immanuel and Gramedia, plus Gunung Agung. If a bookshop's missing from Jakarta's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Jakarta bookstore lineup
41 mapped within about 40 km:
Immanuel
Bookstore0.8 km from Jakarta
Immanuel is Bookstore.
Gramedia
Bookstore1.3 km from Jakarta
Gramedia — Bookstore.
Gunung Agung
Bookstore3.1 km from Jakarta
Gunung Agung is Bookstore on 38.
38
BPK Gunung Mulia
Bookstore3.1 km from Jakarta
BPK Gunung Mulia is Bookstore.
Gramedia
Bookstore3.1 km from Jakarta
Gramedia — Bookstore.
Kinokuniya
Bookstore3.2 km from Jakarta
Kinokuniya — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Kinokuniya: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +62 21 2358 0100
Toko Buku Gunung Agung
Bookstore3.3 km from Jakarta
Toko Buku Gunung Agung — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Toko Buku Gunung Agung: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:30-20:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-20:00
Toko Buku Restu
Bookstore3.3 km from Jakarta
Toko Buku Restu — Bookstore, found on Jalan Kramat Kwitang in Jakarta Pusat.
Jalan Kramat Kwitang, Jakarta Pusat, 10420
Toko Buku Kamiko
Bookstore3.4 km from Jakarta
Toko Buku Kamiko — Bookstore.
Toko Buku Setia Kawan - Nilam Raya
Bookstore5.8 km from Jakarta
Toko Buku Setia Kawan - Nilam Raya is Bookstore on Jalan Nilam Raya, Sumur Batu.
Jalan Nilam Raya, Sumur Batu
eureka!
Bookstore5.9 km from Jakarta
eureka! is Bookstore.
Gramedia
Bookstore6.3 km from Jakarta
Gramedia — Bookstore.
Gramedia
Bookstore6.8 km from Jakarta
Gramedia — Bookstore.
Toko Buku Zidane
Bookstore7.1 km from Jakarta
Toko Buku Zidane — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Toko Buku Zidane: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +62 813 1991 5595
Literatur Perkantas
Bookstore7.2 km from Jakarta
Literatur Perkantas is Bookstore on 35 Kesejahteraan. Literatur Perkantas also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
35 Kesejahteraan, 11130
Phone: +622198216536
Kusuma
Bookstore7.2 km from Jakarta
Kusuma is Bookstore.
Spektra Anugerahabadi
Bookstore7.5 km from Jakarta
Spektra Anugerahabadi — Bookstore, found on 149 Jalan Tanjung Duren Raya in Jakarta Barat. Also worth knowing about Spektra Anugerahabadi: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
149 Jalan Tanjung Duren Raya, Jakarta Barat, 11470
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00
Phone: +6281212001845
Mentari Books
Bookstore7.9 km from Jakarta
Mentari Books is Bookstore.
Gramedia
Bookstore8.0 km from Jakarta
Gramedia — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Gramedia: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-22:00.
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
Gramedia
Bookstore9.2 km from Jakarta
Gramedia — Bookstore.
Periplus
Bookstore9.3 km from Jakarta
Periplus — Bookstore.
Toko Foto Copy
Bookstore10.7 km from Jakarta
Toko Foto Copy is Bookstore.
Gramedia
Bookstore13.5 km from Jakarta
Gramedia — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Gramedia: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-22:00.
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
Intermedia Bookstore
Bookstore13.6 km from Jakarta
Intermedia Bookstore — Bookstore on Bintaro Utama 3A.
Bintaro Utama 3A
Toko Buku Cak Tarno
Bookstore17.0 km from Jakarta
Toko Buku Cak Tarno — Bookstore.
Gramedia
Bookstore17.7 km from Jakarta
Gramedia — Bookstore.
Warung ATK
Bookstore17.8 km from Jakarta
Warung ATK is Bookstore.
Eureka
Bookstore18.0 km from Jakarta
Eureka — Bookstore.
Gramedia
Bookstore18.1 km from Jakarta
Gramedia — Bookstore, found on Jl. Margonda Raya in Pondok Cina, Beji, Depok, West Java. Also worth knowing about Gramedia: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 08:00-22:00; PH 10:00-22:00.
Jl. Margonda Raya, Pondok Cina, Beji, Depok, West Java, 16431
Hours: Mo-Su 08:00-22:00; PH 10:00-22:00
Intermedia
Bookstore18.4 km from Jakarta
Intermedia — Bookstore.
Intermedia
Bookstore18.6 km from Jakarta
Intermedia — Bookstore.
Toko Buku Muslim
Bookstore20.9 km from Jakarta
Toko Buku Muslim — Bookstore.
Gramedia
Bookstore21.7 km from Jakarta
Gramedia — Bookstore.
Toko Buku Irene
Bookstore21.9 km from Jakarta
Toko Buku Irene is Bookstore. Toko Buku Irene also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +62 818 661 065
Toko Buku Nufa
Bookstore22.6 km from Jakarta
Toko Buku Nufa is Bookstore on Jalan Zamrud Utara, Bekasi.
Jalan Zamrud Utara, Bekasi, 16340
Gramedia
Bookstore22.6 km from Jakarta
Gramedia — Bookstore.
Periplus
Bookstore22.9 km from Jakarta
Periplus — Bookstore.
Periplus
Bookstore23.5 km from Jakarta
Periplus — Bookstore.
WHSmith
Bookstore23.5 km from Jakarta
WHSmith is Bookstore.
Gramedia World
Bookstore24.6 km from Jakarta
Gramedia World is Bookstore.
Books & Beyond
Bookstore26.2 km from Jakarta
Books & Beyond is Bookstore.
What the map tells us about bookstores in Jakarta
5 of the 41 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
2 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
The Jakarta bookstore crawl
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Immanuel, Gramedia, Gunung Agung on 38, BPK Gunung Mulia, Gramedia, Kinokuniya, Toko Buku Gunung Agung, and Toko Buku Restu on Jalan Kramat Kwitang. That's 41 stops on the Jakarta bookstore crawl. 33 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Jakarta
A few things worth knowing before you work through Jakarta's bookstores:
- Check the staff picks shelf first at Immanuel. It's the fastest read of a shop's personality. If the picks excite you, the rest of the store will too.
- Note the shop's specialties at Gramedia. Sci-fi, travel, art books, philosophy — every good shop leans somewhere. Find the lean that matches yours.
- Check the cookbook section. Cookbooks are the most browsed and least bought section, which means the used shelf is full of barely-touched gems.
- 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 Jakarta — 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 Jakarta can take a while to appear. The 41 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 41 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 Jakarta: 41 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.