Bookstores in Mumbai
Mumbai, Maharashtra has 52 bookstores on the map. That's 52 bookshops mapped around Mumbai, 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 Mumbai (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Oxford Bookstore and Chirag Book, plus Jignesh Book. If a bookshop's missing from Mumbai's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Mumbai bookstore lineup
52 mapped within about 40 km:
Oxford Bookstore
Bookstore
Oxford Bookstore — Bookstore.
Chirag Book
Bookstore
Chirag Book — Bookstore on Hanuman Road.
Hanuman Road, 400057
Jignesh Book
Bookstore
Jignesh Book is Bookstore on Hanuman Road.
Hanuman Road, 400057
Sandip Book
Bookstore
Sandip Book is Bookstore on Hanuman Road.
Hanuman Road, 400057
Aanand Book
Bookstore
Aanand Book — Bookstore on Hanuman Road.
Hanuman Road, 400057
Cross Word
Bookstore
Cross Word is Bookstore on Parulekar Road.
Parulekar Road
Strand Book Stall
Bookstore
Strand Book Stall — Bookstore on Sayed Abdullah Brevi Road. Also worth knowing about Strand Book Stall: it has a website with more detail.
Sayed Abdullah Brevi Road
Street Book Shop
Bookstore
Street Book Shop — Bookstore.
Mahavir Book Store
Bookstore
Mahavir Book Store — Bookstore, found on Ganesh Gawde Road in Mulund (West).
Ganesh Gawde Road, Mulund (West), 400080
The Marine Sports
Bookstore
The Marine Sports — Bookstore, found on 63A Gokhale Road North in Mumbai.
63A Gokhale Road North, Mumbai, 400028
Rajhans Publishers
Bookstore
Rajhans Publishers — Bookstore.
Prince Books
Bookstore
Prince Books is Bookstore.
Parle Book Cenre
Bookstore
Parle Book Cenre is Bookstore on D Joshi Marg.
D Joshi Marg
Kitab Khana
Bookstore
Kitab Khana — Bookstore.
Title Waves
Bookstore
Title Waves — Bookstore.
Chinmaya Store
Bookstore
Chinmaya Store — Bookstore.
Bharat Book Depot
Bookstore
Bharat Book Depot — Bookstore.
SK bookstall
Bookstore
SK bookstall is Bookstore on 15/B/4 Jain Mandir Road, Mumbai. SK bookstall also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:30-18:30.
15/B/4 Jain Mandir Road, Mumbai, 400022
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:30-18:30
Paras Bookwallah
Bookstore
Paras Bookwallah is Bookstore.
Book Lovers
Bookstore
Book Lovers is Bookstore.
Majestic
Bookstore
Majestic — Bookstore.
Andheri Book Depot
Bookstore
Andheri Book Depot is Bookstore.
Books Emporium
Bookstore
Books Emporium is Bookstore.
Jyoti Book Mall
Bookstore
Jyoti Book Mall — Bookstore, found on Eucalyptus Apartment Ghodbunder Road in Thane West. Also worth knowing about Jyoti Book Mall: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Eucalyptus Apartment Ghodbunder Road, Thane West, 400607
Phone: +91 7400210004
Trilogy Curated Bookshop and Library
Bookstore
Trilogy Curated Bookshop and Library is Bookstore. Trilogy Curated Bookshop and Library also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 11:30-13:30, 14:30-18:30.
Hours: Tu-Su 11:30-13:30, 14:30-18:30
Granth
Bookstore
Granth — Bookstore.
Navin Book Shop
Bookstore
Navin Book Shop is Bookstore on 72 Aramnagar Part 2, Mumbai.
72 Aramnagar Part 2, Mumbai, 400061
Crossword
Bookstore
Crossword — Bookstore.
Pethani Book store
Bookstore
Pethani Book store — Bookstore.
Prabhat Book House
Bookstore
Prabhat Book House — Bookstore.
Crossword
Bookstore
Crossword — Bookstore.
Book Stall
Bookstore
Book Stall — Bookstore.
Navjivan Book Centre
Bookstore
Navjivan Book Centre — Bookstore.
Ganesh Bookc enter
Bookstore
Ganesh Bookc enter — Bookstore.
Prakash Book Depot
Bookstore
Prakash Book Depot — Bookstore.
Janta Bookstore
Bookstore
Janta Bookstore — Bookstore.
Happy Book Stall
Bookstore
Happy Book Stall — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Happy Book Stall: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: 022 2640 0019
Fictionary
Bookstore
Fictionary — Bookstore on 558 36th Road. Also worth knowing about Fictionary: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 10:00-20:00.
558 36th Road, 400025
Hours: Tu-Su 10:00-20:00
Crossword Kemps Corner
Bookstore
Crossword Kemps Corner — Bookstore on Kemps Corner Flyover. Also worth knowing about Crossword Kemps Corner: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-22:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Kemps Corner Flyover, 400026
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
Phone: 085302 06759
KAMAL BOOKSTORE KK
Bookstore
KAMAL BOOKSTORE KK — Bookstore.
Giri Bookstore
Bookstore
Giri Bookstore is Bookstore.
Crossword Bookstores
Bookstore
Crossword Bookstores — Bookstore.
Paperback@Prithvi Bookshop
Bookstore
Paperback@Prithvi Bookshop is Bookstore.
Granth Bookstore
Bookstore
Granth Bookstore — Bookstore.
Vimal Jyoti
Bookstore
Vimal Jyoti — Bookstore.
Step-In Circulating Library & Book House
Bookstore
Step-In Circulating Library & Book House — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Step-In Circulating Library & Book House: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +91 98191 91698;+91 98692 47927
Granthali's Pratibhangan
Bookstore
Granthali's Pratibhangan — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Granthali's Pratibhangan: it has a website with more detail.
Jaihind books & paper mart
Bookstore
Jaihind books & paper mart is Bookstore on Chatrapati Sambhaji Road, Thane. Jaihind books & paper mart also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 10:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Chatrapati Sambhaji Road, Thane, 400602
Hours: Tu-Su 10:00-20:00
Phone: 02225423444
Metro Books
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Metro Books — Bookstore.
Crossword Bookstores
Bookstore
Crossword Bookstores — Bookstore.
Crossword Bookstores
Bookstore
Crossword Bookstores — Bookstore.
Title Waves
Bookstore
Title Waves — Bookstore.
What the map tells us about bookstores in Mumbai
5 of the 52 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
2 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
There's a cluster: 4 of them sit on Hanuman Road, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
The Mumbai bookstore crawl
Making a day of it in Mumbai? Work this order: Oxford Bookstore, Chirag Book on Hanuman Road, Jignesh Book on Hanuman Road, Sandip Book on Hanuman Road, Aanand Book on Hanuman Road, Cross Word on Parulekar Road, Strand Book Stall on Sayed Abdullah Brevi Road, and Street Book Shop. That's the bookstore crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 44 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Mumbai
Browsing in Mumbai? A little strategy helps:
- Don't skip the small press section at Oxford Bookstore. The weird, wonderful stuff lives here. Small presses take the risks the big publishers won't.
- Don't judge by the window display at Chirag Book. The front table is marketing. The back shelves are the shop's real taste. Walk the whole floor.
- Check the sale shelf rhythm. Shops clear shelves on cycles. Ask when the next cull happens — that's when the bargains land.
- 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 Mumbai — 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 Mumbai can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 52 that's closed, or a great bookstore we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.
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 52 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 Mumbai: 52 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.