Bookstores in Modena
Modena, Emilia-Romagna has 19 bookstores on the map. That's 19 bookshops mapped around Modena, 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 Modena (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Giunti al Punto and Librerie.Coop Modena, plus Emily Bookshop. If a bookshop's missing from Modena's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Modena bookstore lineup
19 in Modena, plus 30 more around Modena below:
Giunti al Punto
Bookstore0.1 km from Modena
Giunti al Punto — Bookstore, found on 263 Via Emilia Centro in Modena.
263 Via Emilia Centro, Modena, 41121
Librerie.Coop Modena
Bookstore0.1 km from ModenaRun by Coop
Librerie.Coop Modena is Bookstore run by Coop on 39 Corso Duomo, Modena. Librerie.Coop Modena also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 09:00-19:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
39 Corso Duomo, Modena, 41121
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-19:30
Phone: +390594341086
Emily Bookshop
Bookstore0.2 km from Modena
Emily Bookshop — Bookstore, found on 9 Via Fonte d’Abisso in Modena. Also worth knowing about Emily Bookshop: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
9 Via Fonte d’Abisso, Modena, 41121
Phone: +39 349 5369707
ERE
Bookstore0.2 km from Modena
ERE — Bookstore, found on 19 Via Castellaro in Modena. Also worth knowing about ERE: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
19 Via Castellaro, Modena, 41121
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-19:00
Phone: +390598753255
Ubik
Bookstore0.3 km from Modena
Ubik is Bookstore on 22 Via Dei Tintori, Modena. Ubik also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
22 Via Dei Tintori, Modena, 41121
Salvo Libri
Bookstore0.3 km from Modena
Salvo Libri — Bookstore, found on 44/a Via Canalino in Modena. Also worth knowing about Salvo Libri: the map lists its hours as Mo,Tu,Th,Fr 10:00-14:00; We 09:00-14:00; Sa 10:00-14:00,17:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
44/a Via Canalino, Modena, 41121
Hours: Mo,Tu,Th,Fr 10:00-14:00; We 09:00-14:00; Sa 10:00-14:00,17:00-20:00
Phone: +39 339 7498529
Iori
Bookstore0.5 km from Modena
Iori — Bookstore, found on 40 Corso Adriano in Modena.
40 Corso Adriano, Modena, 41121
La Bottega Di Merlino
Bookstore0.8 km from Modena
La Bottega Di Merlino — Bookstore, found on 30 Via Ciro Menotti in Modena. Also worth knowing about La Bottega Di Merlino: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 16:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-13:00,16:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
30 Via Ciro Menotti, Modena, 41121
Hours: Mo-Fr 16:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-13:00,16:00-19:00
Phone: +39059212221
Christian Book Shop
Bookstore0.9 km from Modena
Christian Book Shop — Bookstore, found on 18 Viale Francesco Crispi in Modena.
18 Viale Francesco Crispi, Modena, 41121
Libri su Misura
Bookstore0.9 km from Modena
Libri su Misura is Bookstore on 60 Via Piave, Modena. Libri su Misura also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
60 Via Piave, Modena, 41121
Phone: +39 331 8862890
Il Cercalibro
Used bookstore0.9 km from Modena
Il Cercalibro is Used bookstore on 22 Viale Medaglie D'Oro, Modena.
22 Viale Medaglie D'Oro, Modena, 41124
Artestampa Edizioni srl
Bookstore0.9 km from Modena
Artestampa Edizioni srl — Bookstore, found on 170 Via Ciro Menotti in Modena. Also worth knowing about Artestampa Edizioni srl: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
170 Via Ciro Menotti, Modena, 41121
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00
Phone: +39059243449
Mondadori
Bookstore1.3 km from ModenaRun by Mondadori
Mondadori is Bookstore run by Mondadori on 36 Via Bartolomeo Paganelli, Modena.
36 Via Bartolomeo Paganelli, Modena, 41122
Tanzi snc
Bookstore1.4 km from Modena
Tanzi snc is Bookstore on 240 Strada Vignolese, Modena. Tanzi snc also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
240 Strada Vignolese, Modena, 41124
Phone: +39 059 393030
Giunti al Punto
Bookstore2.5 km from Modena
Giunti al Punto — Bookstore, found on 50/15 Viale Dello Sport in Modena. Also worth knowing about Giunti al Punto: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
50/15 Viale Dello Sport, Modena, 41122
Phone: +39 059 375458
Tesori di Carta
Bookstore2.9 km from Modena
Tesori di Carta — Bookstore, found on 500/15 Strada Morane in Modena. Also worth knowing about Tesori di Carta: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
500/15 Strada Morane, Modena, 41126
Phone: +39 339 6627292
Giunti al Punto
Bookstore2.9 km from Modena
Giunti al Punto — Bookstore, found on 500/2 Strada Morane in Modena. Also worth knowing about Giunti al Punto: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
500/2 Strada Morane, Modena, 41126
Phone: +39 059 8756835
La Feltrinelli
Bookstore5.7 km from Modena
La Feltrinelli — Bookstore, found on 1480 Via Emilia Ovest in Modena.
1480 Via Emilia Ovest, Modena, 41123
Agora
Bookstore10.0 km from Modena
Agora — Bookstore.
What the map tells us about bookstores in Modena
5 of the 19 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
5 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
Most of the bookstores in Modena list a phone number. Useful for checking whether a specific title is in stock before you visit.
The Modena bookstore crawl
The efficient Modena bookstore crawl strings these together: Giunti al Punto on 263 Via Emilia Centro, Librerie.Coop Modena on 39 Corso Duomo, Emily Bookshop on 9 Via Fonte d’Abisso, ERE on 19 Via Castellaro, Ubik on 22 Via Dei Tintori, Salvo Libri on 44/a Via Canalino, Iori on 40 Corso Adriano, and La Bottega Di Merlino on 30 Via Ciro Menotti — 19 stops, one logical order. 11 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Modena
Browsing in Modena? A little strategy helps:
- Ask for the out-of-print hunters at Giunti al Punto. Some used shops will hunt down out-of-print titles for you. It takes patience, but the find is worth it.
- Don't judge by the window display at Librerie.Coop Modena. The front table is marketing. The back shelves are the shop's real taste. Walk the whole floor.
- Don't skip the small press section. The weird, wonderful stuff lives here. Small presses take the risks the big publishers won't.
- Don't overlook the classics wall. Every shop has one. Cheap editions of the books everyone claims to have read — your chance to actually read them.
Good to know
We searched about 25 km around Modena — 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 Modena can take a while to appear. The 19 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 19 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 Modena
30 more within about 25 km of Modena — here are the 15 nearest:
Libreria Tre Lune
Bookstore11.5 km from Modena
Libreria Tre Lune — Bookstore, found on 303 Corso Martiri in Castelfranco Emilia. Also worth knowing about Libreria Tre Lune: the map lists its hours as Mo-We 09:00-12:30, 15:30-19:00; Fr-Sa 09:00-12:30, 15:30-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
303 Corso Martiri, Castelfranco Emilia, 41013
Hours: Mo-We 09:00-12:30, 15:30-19:00; Fr-Sa 09:00-12:30, 15:30-19:00
Phone: +39 059 875 3415
B G Cartoleria
Bookstore15.0 km from Modena
B G Cartoleria is Bookstore.
Funside
Bookstore15.2 km from Modena
Funside — Bookstore, found on 31 Corso Alberto Pio in Carpi. Also worth knowing about Funside: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 10:00-13:30, 15:30-19:30; Sa 10:00-19:30; Su 10:00-13:30, 15:30-19:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
31 Corso Alberto Pio, Carpi, 41012
Hours: Tu-Fr 10:00-13:30, 15:30-19:30; Sa 10:00-19:30; Su 10:00-13:30, 15:30-19:30
Phone: +39 334 841 2968
La fenice libreria
Bookstore15.3 km from ModenaRun by ubik
Run by ubik, La fenice libreria is Bookstore.
Mondadori
Bookstore15.4 km from Modena
Mondadori is Bookstore on 8 Piazza dei Martiri, Carpi.
8 Piazza dei Martiri, Carpi, 41012
Libreria Mondadori
Bookstore16.3 km from Modena
Libreria Mondadori is Bookstore.
Moby Dick
Bookstore17.9 km from Modena
Moby Dick is Bookstore.
Libreria Ligabue
Bookstore18.0 km from Modena
Libreria Ligabue — Bookstore.
Libreria Marco Polo
Bookstore19.7 km from Modena
Libreria Marco Polo is Bookstore on 14a Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, Scandiano. Libreria Marco Polo also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:30-12:30,16:00-19:30; We 09:30-12:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
14a Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, Scandiano, 42019
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:30-12:30,16:00-19:30; We 09:30-12:30
Phone: +393381372401
Libreria Carta Bianca a Bazzano
Bookstore20.2 km from Modena
Libreria Carta Bianca a Bazzano — Bookstore, found on 12 Via Borgo Romano in Bazzano.
12 Via Borgo Romano, Bazzano, 40053
Libreria degli orsi
Bookstore20.7 km from Modena
Libreria degli orsi is Bookstore on 3 Piazza del Popolo, San Giovanni in Persiceto. Libreria degli orsi also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
3 Piazza del Popolo, San Giovanni in Persiceto
Mondadori
Bookstore23.0 km from Modena
Mondadori is Bookstore.
Inchiostro&nuvole
Bookstore23.5 km from Modena
Inchiostro&nuvole is Bookstore.
Libreria Talami
Bookstore23.5 km from Modena
Libreria Talami — Bookstore.
Libreria Uver
Bookstore23.6 km from Modena
Libreria Uver is Bookstore.
Bookstore listings for Modena: 19 in Modena and 30 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.