Bookstores in Miami
Bookstores reward the browsers. Miami, FL has 18 mapped right now. That's 18 bookshops mapped around Miami, 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 Miami (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Libreri Mapou Bookstore and Barnes & Noble, plus Barnes & Noble. If a bookshop's missing from Miami's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Miami bookstore lineup
18 mapped within about 40 km:
Libreri Mapou Bookstore
Bookstore
Libreri Mapou Bookstore is Bookstore on 5919 Northeast 2nd Avenue, Miami.
5919 Northeast 2nd Avenue, Miami
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 11820 Pines Boulevard in Pembroke Pines.
11820 Pines Boulevard, Pembroke Pines, 33026
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore.
TASCHEN
Bookstore
TASCHEN — Bookstore, found on 1117 Lincoln Road in Miami Beach. Also worth knowing about TASCHEN: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1117 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, 33139
Phone: +1 305 538 6185
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore on 5701 Sunset Drive. 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.
5701 Sunset Drive
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 11:00-19:00
Phone: +1 305-662-4770
Librería San Pablo
BookstoreRun by The Society of St Paul
Librería San Pablo is Bookstore run by The Society of St Paul on 5800 Southwest 8th Street, West Miami. Librería San Pablo also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00; Sa 09:00-15:00.
5800 Southwest 8th Street, West Miami, 33144
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00; Sa 09:00-15:00
Books and Books
Bookstore
Books and Books is Bookstore.
Booklink and Cafe
Bookstore
Booklink and Cafe is Bookstore.
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 152 Miracle Mile in Coral Gables. Also worth knowing about Barnes & Noble: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 11:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
152 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables, 33134
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 11:00-20:00
Phone: +1-305-446-4152
Books & Books
Bookstore
Books & Books is Bookstore on 263 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables. Books & Books also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-23:00; Su 09:00-22:00.
263 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, 33134
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-23:00; Su 09:00-22:00
Souz Russian Books & Gifts
Bookstore
Souz Russian Books & Gifts is Bookstore on 18090 Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach.
18090 Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach, 33160
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore on 8525 Mills Drive. Also worth knowing about Barnes & Noble: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-21:00; Sa 10:00-22:00; Su 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
8525 Mills Drive, 33183
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-21:00; Sa 10:00-22:00; Su 10:00-19:00
Phone: +1 786-843-4413
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore.
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 12405 Southwest 88th Street in Miami.
12405 Southwest 88th Street, Miami, 33186
University of Miami Campus Store
BookstoreRun by University of Miami
University of Miami Campus Store is Bookstore run by University of Miami on 1306 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables. University of Miami Campus Store also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
1306 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables, 33146
Phone: +1-305-284-4101
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore.
Barnes & Noble
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Barnes & Noble — Bookstore.
Books and Books Bookstore/Cafe
Bookstore
Books and Books Bookstore/Cafe — Bookstore, found on 265 Aragon Avenue in Coral Gables.
265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, 33134
What the map tells us about bookstores in Miami
5 of the 18 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
3 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
The Miami bookstore crawl
Making a day of it in Miami? Work this order: Libreri Mapou Bookstore on 5919 Northeast 2nd Avenue, Barnes & Noble on 11820 Pines Boulevard, Barnes & Noble, TASCHEN on 1117 Lincoln Road, Barnes & Noble on 5701 Sunset Drive, Librería San Pablo on 5800 Southwest 8th Street, Books and Books, and Booklink and Cafe. That's the bookstore crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 10 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Miami
Browsing in Miami? A little strategy helps:
- Buy the signed copy at Libreri Mapou Bookstore. 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.
- Don't skip the small press section at Barnes & Noble. The weird, wonderful stuff lives here. Small presses take the risks the big publishers won't.
- Read the first page in the shop. The first-page test never lies. If it doesn't grab you standing there, it won't grab you at home.
- 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 Miami — 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 Miami can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 18, 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 18 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 Miami: 18 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.