Bookstores in Marseille
Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur has 104 bookstores on the map. That's 104 bookshops mapped around Marseille, 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 Marseille (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Bookineur and Le Capricorne, plus La Réserve à Bulles. If a bookshop's missing from Marseille's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Marseille bookstore lineup
104 mapped within about 40 km — showing 60:
Bookineur
Bookstore
Bookineur — Bookstore.
Le Capricorne
Bookstore
Le Capricorne — Bookstore.
La Réserve à Bulles
Bookstore
La Réserve à Bulles — Bookstore.
Bouquinerie Des Soeurs & Frères de la Côte
Used bookstore
Bouquinerie Des Soeurs & Frères de la Côte — Used bookstore.
Maupetit
Bookstore
Maupetit is Bookstore. Maupetit also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00.
13001
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00
Marchand de journaux
Bookstore
Marchand de journaux is Bookstore.
Histoire de l'Œil
Bookstore
Histoire de l'Œil — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Histoire de l'Œil: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00
Phone: +33 4 91 48 29 92
L'Odeur du Temps
BookstoreRun by COURS JULIEN
L'Odeur du Temps is Bookstore run by COURS JULIEN on 35 Rue Pavillon, Marseille. L'Odeur du Temps also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
35 Rue Pavillon, Marseille, 13001
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00
Phone: +33 491548156
Librairie Maritime & Outremer
Bookstore
Librairie Maritime & Outremer is Bookstore. Librairie Maritime & Outremer also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Librairie Orientale
Bookstore
Librairie Orientale — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Librairie Orientale: it has a website with more detail.
Librairie El Feth
Bookstore
Librairie El Feth — Bookstore.
Librairie de la Bourse
Bookstore
Librairie de la Bourse — Bookstore.
Librairie Prado-Paradis
Bookstore
Librairie Prado-Paradis is Bookstore. Librairie Prado-Paradis also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 10:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Marseille, 13008
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 10:00-18:00
Phone: +33 4 91 76 55 96
Librairie Musicale Internationale
Bookstore
Librairie Musicale Internationale — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Librairie Musicale Internationale: the map lists its hours as Mo 14:00-19:00; Tu-Sa 10:00-13:00,14:00-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo 14:00-19:00; Tu-Sa 10:00-13:00,14:00-19:00
L'Atinoir
Bookstore
L'Atinoir is Bookstore.
Arcadia
Bookstore
Arcadia — Bookstore.
Locus Solus
Used bookstore
Locus Solus — Used bookstore on 104. Also worth knowing about Locus Solus: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-14:00,15:30-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
104
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-14:00,15:30-19:00
Les Voix des Chapitres
Bookstore
Les Voix des Chapitres is Bookstore on 31. Les Voix des Chapitres also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
31
Phone: +33 4 91 48 61 60
Librairie des Facultés
Bookstore
Librairie des Facultés is Bookstore. Librairie des Facultés also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Librairie Jeanne Laffitte
Bookstore
Librairie Jeanne Laffitte is Bookstore. Librairie Jeanne Laffitte also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo 12:00-19:00; Tu-Sa 10:00-19:15; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo 12:00-19:00; Tu-Sa 10:00-19:15
Phone: +33 4 91 59 80 37
L'Alinéa
Bookstore
L'Alinéa — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about L'Alinéa: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 09:00-12:30,14:00-19:00.
Hours: Tu-Sa 09:00-12:30,14:00-19:00
La Rêveuse
Bookstore
La Rêveuse is Bookstore on Boulevard Chave. La Rêveuse also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 09:30-20:00.
Boulevard Chave
Hours: Tu-Sa 09:30-20:00
PressLoto
Bookstore
PressLoto — Bookstore.
Livres anciens et modernes
Bookstore
Livres anciens et modernes is Bookstore. Livres anciens et modernes also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 14:00-18:30.
Hours: Tu-Sa 14:00-18:30
L'Ombre de Marx
Used bookstore
L'Ombre de Marx — Used bookstore. Also worth knowing about L'Ombre de Marx: it has a website with more detail.
L'Attrape-Mots
Bookstore
L'Attrape-Mots — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about L'Attrape-Mots: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00.
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00
L'Étudiant
Bookstore
L'Étudiant is Bookstore.
Librairie des éditions Imbernon
Bookstore
Librairie des éditions Imbernon is Bookstore on 280 Boulevard Michelet. Librairie des éditions Imbernon also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
280 Boulevard Michelet
Librairie Les Sauvages
Bookstore
Librairie Les Sauvages — Bookstore, found on 27 Boulevard Philippon in Marseille. Also worth knowing about Librairie Les Sauvages: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-13:00, 15:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
27 Boulevard Philippon, Marseille, 13004
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-13:00, 15:00-19:00
Phone: +33 9 55 80 21 18
La Bible Pour Tous
Bookstore
La Bible Pour Tous — Bookstore, found on 187 in Marseille. Also worth knowing about La Bible Pour Tous: the map lists its hours as Apr-Jul,Sep-Oct Tu-Fr 15:00-19:00; Apr-Jul,Nov-Mar,Sep-Oct Sa 10:00-12:00; Nov-Mar Tu-Fr 14:30-18:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
187, Marseille
Hours: Apr-Jul,Sep-Oct Tu-Fr 15:00-19:00; Apr-Jul,Nov-Mar,Sep-Oct Sa 10:00-12:00; Nov-Mar Tu-Fr 14:30-18:30
Phone: +33 4 91 78 26 26
Librairie Transit
Bookstore
Librairie Transit — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Librairie Transit: it has a website with more detail.
Cultura
BookstoreRun by SOCULTUR
Run by SOCULTUR, Cultura is Bookstore, found on 13 Traverse de la Montre in Marseille. Also worth knowing about Cultura: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
13 Traverse de la Montre, Marseille, 13011
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-20:00
Phone: +33 9 39 03 03 21
Fnac
Bookstore
Fnac is Bookstore. Fnac also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00
Librairie de la Salle des Machines
BookstoreRun by Maupetit- Actes Sud,L’Odeur du temps.L’Histoire de l’œil
Librairie de la Salle des Machines is Bookstore run by Maupetit- Actes Sud,L’Odeur du temps.L’Histoire de l’œil. Librairie de la Salle des Machines also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo 11:00-18:00; Tu-Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 13:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo 11:00-18:00; Tu-Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 13:00-19:00
Phone: +33 4 95 04 95 95
Librairie du Mucem
BookstoreRun by Maupetit- Actes Sud,L’Odeur du temps.L’Histoire de l’œil
Librairie du Mucem is Bookstore run by Maupetit- Actes Sud,L’Odeur du temps.L’Histoire de l’œil. Librairie du Mucem also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Librairie du Musée Cantini
BookstoreRun by Maupetit- Actes Sud,L’Odeur du temps.L’Histoire de l’œil
Librairie du Musée Cantini is Bookstore run by Maupetit- Actes Sud,L’Odeur du temps.L’Histoire de l’œil.
Librairie Des livres et vous
Bookstore
Librairie Des livres et vous is Bookstore. Librairie Des livres et vous also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
à L'Encre bleue
Bookstore
à L'Encre bleue — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about à L'Encre bleue: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-13:00,14:00-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-13:00,14:00-19:00
Même Pas Mal
Bookstore
Même Pas Mal is Bookstore.
Gibert Joseph
Bookstore
Gibert Joseph — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Gibert Joseph: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00.
Marseille
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00
L'antre du Snorgleux
Bookstore
L'antre du Snorgleux — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about L'antre du Snorgleux: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:00-18:30; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-18:30
Librairie Papeterie du Lycée
Bookstore
Librairie Papeterie du Lycée is Bookstore on 13 Avenue Loulou Delfieu, Aubagne. Librairie Papeterie du Lycée also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 09:00-12:00; Tu 16:00-19:00; We 17:00-19:00; Th-Fr 16:00-19:00; Sa 15:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
13 Avenue Loulou Delfieu, Aubagne, 13400
Hours: Tu-Sa 09:00-12:00; Tu 16:00-19:00; We 17:00-19:00; Th-Fr 16:00-19:00; Sa 15:00-19:00
Phone: +33 4 42 03 17 90
Librairie Préambule
Bookstore
Librairie Préambule is Bookstore on 8 Rue Pierre Eydin, Cassis. Librairie Préambule also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:03-17:57; Su 10:03-12:57; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
8 Rue Pierre Eydin, Cassis, 13260
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:03-17:57; Su 10:03-12:57
Phone: +33 4 42 01 30 83
La bédérie
Bookstore
La bédérie — Bookstore, found on 43 Rue des Cordeliers in Aix-en-Provence. Also worth knowing about La bédérie: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
43 Rue des Cordeliers, Aix-en-Provence, 13100
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00
Phone: +33 9 81 77 75 45
Tabac-Presse de la Pounche
Bookstore
Tabac-Presse de la Pounche — Bookstore.
Objectif bulle !!!
Bookstore
Objectif bulle !!! — Bookstore.
Librairie de l'hôtel Boyer d'Eguilles
Bookstore
Librairie de l'hôtel Boyer d'Eguilles — Bookstore, found on 6 Rue Espariat in Aix-en-Provence. Also worth knowing about Librairie de l'hôtel Boyer d'Eguilles: it has a website with more detail.
6 Rue Espariat, Aix-en-Provence, 13090
Book in Bar
Bookstore
Book in Bar is Bookstore on 4 Rue Joseph Cabassol, Aix-en-Provence. Book in Bar also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4 Rue Joseph Cabassol, Aix-en-Provence, 13100
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00
Phone: +33 4 42 26 60 07
Librairie Goulard
Bookstore
Librairie Goulard — Bookstore on 9 Rue Papassaudi.
9 Rue Papassaudi
Librairie Goulard
Bookstore
Librairie Goulard — Bookstore on 7 Rue Papassaudi. Also worth knowing about Librairie Goulard: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00.
7 Rue Papassaudi, 13100
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00
Oh ! Les papilles
Bookstore
Oh ! Les papilles — Bookstore on 25 Rue des Cordeliers.
25 Rue des Cordeliers
Milles Vies et 1KF
Bookstore
Milles Vies et 1KF — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Milles Vies et 1KF: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00.
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00
Nazeroued
Used bookstore
Nazeroued — Used bookstore, found on 19 H in Marseille.
19 H, Marseille
Éditions Parenthèses
Bookstore
Éditions Parenthèses — Bookstore.
L'Argonaute
BookstoreRun by SARL L'argonaute2.0
L'Argonaute is Bookstore run by SARL L'argonaute2.0 on 12 Rue Alphonse de Lamartine, Martigues. L'Argonaute also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 09:30-12:30,14:30-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
12 Rue Alphonse de Lamartine, Martigues, 13500
Hours: Tu-Sa 09:30-12:30,14:30-19:00
Phone: +33 4 42 45 77 92
Librairie Goulard
Used bookstore
Librairie Goulard — Used bookstore on 37 Cours Mirabeau. Also worth knowing about Librairie Goulard: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
37 Cours Mirabeau, 13100
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00
Librairie Pantagruel
BookstoreRun by Emilie, Chiara et Patricia
Librairie Pantagruel is Bookstore run by Emilie, Chiara et Patricia on 44 Rue Paul Codaccioni, Marseille. Librairie Pantagruel also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
44 Rue Paul Codaccioni, Marseille
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00
Phone: +33 9 54 44 28 24
Tabac Presse des Catalans
Bookstore
Tabac Presse des Catalans — Bookstore on 10 Rue des Catalans. Also worth knowing about Tabac Presse des Catalans: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 07:30-19:30; Sa 08:00-19:30; Su 08:00-12:30.
10 Rue des Catalans
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:30-19:30; Sa 08:00-19:30; Su 08:00-12:30
Arts et Bulles
Bookstore
Arts et Bulles — Bookstore, found on 4 in Marseille.
4, Marseille
Le Poisson Lune
Bookstore
Le Poisson Lune is Bookstore. Le Poisson Lune also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00
What the map tells us about bookstores in Marseille
56 of the 104 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
46 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
8 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 Marseille bookstore crawl
The efficient Marseille bookstore crawl strings these together: Bookineur, Le Capricorne, La Réserve à Bulles, Bouquinerie Des Soeurs & Frères de la Côte, Maupetit, Marchand de journaux, Histoire de l'Œil, and L'Odeur du Temps on 35 Rue Pavillon — 104 stops, one logical order. 96 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Marseille
The regulars' playbook for Marseille's bookshops:
- Ask about ordering at Bookineur. Independent shops will order anything in print, often in a day or two. No need to default to the big online retailer.
- Look for local history at Le Capricorne. The local-interest shelf tells you what a town thinks of itself. Great for visitors, better for new residents.
- Check condition before you pay. Used books: check for missing pages, water damage, and cracked spines. A quick flip-through takes ten seconds.
- Poetry lives in bookshops. Poetry barely exists online as a browsing experience. The poetry shelf in a real shop is a different world.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Marseille — 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 Marseille can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 104, 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 104 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 Marseille: 104 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.