Bookstores in Knoxville
If you judge a town by its bookshops, Knoxville, Tennessee gives you 9 to judge by. That's 9 bookshops mapped around Knoxville, 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 Knoxville (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include News Break Magazine Shop and Union Ave Books, plus Addison's Books. If a bookshop's missing from Knoxville's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Knoxville bookstore lineup
9 in Knoxville, plus 6 more around Knoxville below:
News Break Magazine Shop
Bookstore0.4 km from Knoxville
News Break Magazine Shop — Bookstore.
Union Ave Books
Bookstore0.4 km from Knoxville
Union Ave Books — Bookstore on 517 Union Avenue. Also worth knowing about Union Ave Books: the map lists its hours as Su 12:00-18:00; Mo-Fr 12:00-20:00; Sa 12:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
517 Union Avenue, 37902
Hours: Su 12:00-18:00; Mo-Fr 12:00-20:00; Sa 12:00-19:00
Phone: +1-865-951-2180
Addison's Books
Bookstore0.8 km from Knoxville
Addison's Books is Bookstore on 126 South Gay Street, Knoxville.
126 South Gay Street, Knoxville, 37902
Comix Exchange
Bookstore2.4 km from Knoxville
Comix Exchange is Bookstore.
The Bottom
Bookstore3.1 km from Knoxville
The Bottom — Bookstore on 2340 East Magnolia Avenue. Also worth knowing about The Bottom: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:00-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
2340 East Magnolia Avenue
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-18:00
Fable Hollow Bookshoppe
Bookstore7.1 km from Knoxville
Fable Hollow Bookshoppe is Bookstore on 2910 Tazewell Pike. Fable Hollow Bookshoppe also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 08:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-19:00; Su 10:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2910 Tazewell Pike
Hours: Tu-Fr 08:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-19:00; Su 10:00-17:00
Phone: +1-865-801-9370
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore12.0 km from Knoxville
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 8029 Kingston Pike in Knoxville. Also worth knowing about Barnes & Noble: the map lists its hours as Su 11:00-19:00;Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
8029 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, 37919
Hours: Su 11:00-19:00;Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00
Phone: +1 865-670-0773
Snake Eyes Comics
Bookstore16.4 km from Knoxville
Snake Eyes Comics is Bookstore on 9317 Kingston Pike, Knoxville. Snake Eyes Comics also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu 11:00-18:00, We-Sa 11:00-17:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
9317 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, 37922
Hours: Tu 11:00-18:00, We-Sa 11:00-17:30
Phone: +1-865-691-0203
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore22.6 km from Knoxville
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 11334 Parkside Drive in Knoxville. Also worth knowing about Barnes & Noble: the map lists its hours as Su 11:00-19:00; Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
11334 Parkside Drive, Knoxville, 37922
Hours: Su 11:00-19:00; Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00
Phone: +1 865 563 8501
What the map tells us about bookstores in Knoxville
6 of the 9 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
6 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
Most of the bookstores in Knoxville list a phone number. Useful for checking whether a specific title is in stock before you visit.
The Knoxville bookstore crawl
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: News Break Magazine Shop, Union Ave Books on 517 Union Avenue, Addison's Books on 126 South Gay Street, Comix Exchange, The Bottom on 2340 East Magnolia Avenue, Fable Hollow Bookshoppe on 2910 Tazewell Pike, Barnes & Noble on 8029 Kingston Pike, and Snake Eyes Comics on 9317 Kingston Pike. That's 9 stops on the Knoxville bookstore crawl. 1 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Knoxville
The regulars' playbook for Knoxville's bookshops:
- Learn the remainders table at News Break Magazine Shop. Publisher overstocks sold cheap. Great for gift buying — new books at used prices.
- Read the first page in the shop at Union Ave Books. The first-page test never lies. If it doesn't grab you standing there, it won't grab you at home.
- Look for local history. The local-interest shelf tells you what a town thinks of itself. Great for visitors, better for new residents.
- 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 Knoxville — 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 Knoxville can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 9, 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 9 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 Knoxville
6 more within about 40 km of Knoxville, nearest first:
Good Girl Books
Bookstore11.1 km from Knoxville
Good Girl Books is Bookstore on 7685 South Northshore Drive. Good Girl Books also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Th 10:00-18:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 12:00-17:00.
7685 South Northshore Drive, 37919
Hours: Tu-Th 10:00-18:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 12:00-17:00
Southland Books & Cafe
Bookstore21.5 km from Knoxville
Southland Books & Cafe is Bookstore.
Lifeway Christian Store
Bookstore21.6 km from Knoxville
Lifeway Christian Store — Bookstore.
Neighborly Books
Bookstore23.2 km from Knoxville
Neighborly Books — Bookstore, found on 106 East Broadway Avenue in Maryville. Also worth knowing about Neighborly Books: the map lists its hours as Tu-Th 10:00-17:00, Fr 12:00-19:00, Sa 10:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
106 East Broadway Avenue, Maryville, 37804
Hours: Tu-Th 10:00-17:00, Fr 12:00-19:00, Sa 10:00-17:00
Phone: +1-865-213-5253
Books-A-Million
Bookstore30.6 km from Knoxville
Books-A-Million — Bookstore, found on 310 South Illinois Avenue in Oak RIdge. Also worth knowing about Books-A-Million: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00;Su 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
310 South Illinois Avenue, Oak RIdge, 37830
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00;Su 11:00-19:00
Phone: +1-865-220-9800
Book Market
Bookstore34.9 km from Knoxville
Book Market — Bookstore.
Bookstore listings for Knoxville: 9 in Knoxville 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.