Bookstores in Memphis

Bookstores reward the browsers. Memphis, Tennessee has 6 mapped right now. That's 6 bookshops mapped around Memphis, 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 Memphis (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Episcopal Bookshop and Church Of God In Christ Bookstore, plus Medical Center Book & Supply. If a bookshop's missing from Memphis's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Memphis bookstore lineup

6 in Memphis, plus 6 more around Memphis below:

What the map tells us about bookstores in Memphis

None of the 6 has opening hours in the map data, so treat this as a browse-and-discover trip. Bookshops keep fairly standard hours, so a daytime visit is a safe bet.

The Memphis bookstore crawl

Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Episcopal Bookshop on 672 Poplar Avenue, Church Of God In Christ Bookstore on 285 South Main Street, Medical Center Book & Supply on 737 Monroe Avenue, Book Juggler on 548 South Main Street, Old South Books on 180 Azalea Garden Way, and Barnes & Noble on 2774 North Germantown Parkway. That's 6 stops on the Memphis bookstore crawl.

Bookstore tips for Memphis

A few things worth knowing before you work through Memphis's bookstores:

• Gift buying? Ask for wrapping at Episcopal Bookshop. Many independents wrap beautifully and free. It beats a gift bag every time.
• Ask about the book club discount at Church Of God In Christ Bookstore. Many shops discount book-club orders. If your club buys local, everyone wins.
• Buy the signed copy. Signed stock costs the same as unsigned and only goes up in charm. Ask at the till; shops often have signed copies behind the counter.
• Come back seasonally. Stock turns over with the publishing seasons. The shop you browsed in spring is a different shop by autumn.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Memphis — 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 Memphis can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 6, 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 6 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 Memphis

6 more within about 40 km of Memphis, nearest first: