Bookstores in Niagara Falls
Bookstores reward the browsers. Niagara Falls, ON has 28 mapped right now, and 1 of them deal in used books. That's 28 bookshops mapped around Niagara Falls, 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 Niagara Falls (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Chapters and Barnes & Noble, plus Campus Store. If a bookshop's missing from Niagara Falls's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Niagara Falls bookstore lineup
28 mapped within about 40 km:
Chapters
BookstoreRun by Indigo
Run by Indigo, Chapters is Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Chapters: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-21:00; Sa-Su 10:00-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-21:00; Sa-Su 10:00-19:00
Barnes & Noble
BookstoreRun by NCCC College Association
Run by NCCC College Association, Barnes & Noble is Bookstore, found on 3111 Saunders Settlement Road in Sanborn.
3111 Saunders Settlement Road, Sanborn, 14132
Campus Store
Bookstore
Campus Store — Bookstore.
Talking Leaves
Bookstore
Talking Leaves is Bookstore on 951 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo. Talking Leaves also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
951 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, 14222
Phone: +17168849524
Heritage Christian Book Store
Bookstore
Heritage Christian Book Store is Bookstore.
Chestnut Lane Books
Bookstore
Chestnut Lane Books is Bookstore.
Book Outlet
Bookstore
Book Outlet is Bookstore.
Mostly Comics
Bookstore
Mostly Comics is Bookstore.
Coles
Bookstore
Coles is Bookstore.
Burning Books
BookstoreRun by Burning Books
Run by Burning Books, Burning Books is Bookstore, found on 420 Connecticut Street in Buffalo. Also worth knowing about Burning Books: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
420 Connecticut Street, Buffalo, 14213
Hours: Tu-Su 11:00-19:00
Phone: +1-716-881-0791
Coles
Bookstore
Coles is Bookstore.
Fiction Addiction
Bookstore
Fiction Addiction — Bookstore.
The Write Bookshop
Bookstore
The Write Bookshop — Bookstore, found on St. Paul Street in St. Catharines.
St. Paul Street, St. Catharines
Booksmart
Bookstore
Booksmart — Bookstore on 350 Scott Street.
350 Scott Street
Rust Belt Books
Bookstore
Rust Belt Books — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Rust Belt Books: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +17168859535
Fitz Books
Bookstore
Fitz Books is Bookstore on 1426 Main Street, Buffalo. Fitz Books also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 12:00-18:00; Su 12:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1426 Main Street, Buffalo, 14209
Hours: Mo-Sa 12:00-18:00; Su 12:00-16:00
Phone: +1-716-249-0523
Queen City Bookstore
Bookstore
Queen City Bookstore — Bookstore, found on 3184 Main Street in Buffalo. Also worth knowing about Queen City Bookstore: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3184 Main Street, Buffalo, 14214
Phone: +17168336220
Alice, Ever After Books
Bookstore
Alice, Ever After Books is Bookstore on 295 Parkside Avenue, Buffalo.
295 Parkside Avenue, Buffalo, 14214
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 1565 Niagara Falls Boulevard in Buffalo. Also worth knowing about Barnes & Noble: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1565 Niagara Falls Boulevard, Buffalo, 14228
Phone: +1 716 837 7209
Gutter Pop Comics
Bookstore
Gutter Pop Comics — Bookstore, found on 1421 Hertel Avenue in Buffalo. Also worth knowing about Gutter Pop Comics: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1421 Hertel Avenue, Buffalo, 14216
Phone: +17164364806
Greeks & Sneaks
Bookstore
Greeks & Sneaks — Bookstore, found on 3230 Main Street in Buffalo. Also worth knowing about Greeks & Sneaks: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
3230 Main Street, Buffalo, 14214
Phone: +17168334913
Alphabet Bookshop
Bookstore
Alphabet Bookshop — Bookstore on 145 Main Street West. Also worth knowing about Alphabet Bookshop: it has a website with more detail.
145 Main Street West
The Hope Chest
Bookstore
The Hope Chest is Bookstore on 3711 West Main Street. The Hope Chest also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-We,Fr,Sa 10:00-17:00; Th 10:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
3711 West Main Street
Hours: Mo-We,Fr,Sa 10:00-17:00; Th 10:00-18:00
Phone: +1 905 382 1582
Evening House Books
Bookstore
Evening House Books — Bookstore, found on 523 Main Street in Buffalo. Also worth knowing about Evening House Books: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 12:00-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
523 Main Street, Buffalo, 14203
Hours: Tu-Sa 12:00-19:00
SUNY Erie - North Campus Bookstore
Bookstore
SUNY Erie - North Campus Bookstore — Bookstore, found on 6205 Main Street in Williamsville. Also worth knowing about SUNY Erie - North Campus Bookstore: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 09:00-15:00, Fr 09:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
6205 Main Street, Williamsville, 14221
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-15:00, Fr 09:00-14:00
Phone: +1-716-851-1264
Old Niagara Bookshop
Bookstore
Old Niagara Bookshop — Bookstore.
Niagara-on-the-Lake
University Bookstore
Used bookstoreRun by Follet Corporation
University Bookstore is Used bookstore run by Follet Corporation on 75 Lee Road, University At Buffalo. University Bookstore also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
75 Lee Road, University At Buffalo, 14260
Phone: +1 716-636-6291
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 4401 Transit Road in Buffalo.
4401 Transit Road, Buffalo, 14221
What the map tells us about bookstores in Niagara Falls
6 of the 28 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
10 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
The Niagara Falls bookstore crawl
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Chapters, Barnes & Noble on 3111 Saunders Settlement Road, Campus Store, Talking Leaves on 951 Elmwood Avenue, Heritage Christian Book Store, Chestnut Lane Books, Book Outlet, and Mostly Comics. That's 28 stops on the Niagara Falls bookstore crawl. 20 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Niagara Falls
A few things worth knowing before you work through Niagara Falls's bookstores:
- Gift buying? Ask for wrapping at Chapters. Many independents wrap beautifully and free. It beats a gift bag every time.
- Learn your editions at Barnes & Noble. A first edition, first printing is the collectible one. Booksellers will show you how to check the copyright page.
- Come back seasonally. Stock turns over with the publishing seasons. The shop you browsed in spring is a different shop by autumn.
- Bring a tote bag. Bookshops and tote bags are a natural pair. You'll need it — nobody leaves with the one book they came for.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Niagara Falls — 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 Niagara Falls can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 28 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 28 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 Niagara Falls: 28 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.