Bookstores in Nicosia
Nicosia, Nicosia has 28 bookstores on the map. That's 28 bookshops mapped around Nicosia, 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 Nicosia (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Deniz Plaza and Ozanköy Bookshop, plus NAN bookshop. If a bookshop's missing from Nicosia's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Nicosia bookstore lineup
28 mapped within about 40 km:
Deniz Plaza
Bookstore
Deniz Plaza is Bookstore.
Ozanköy Bookshop
Bookstore
Ozanköy Bookshop — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Ozanköy Bookshop: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +903928152853
NAN bookshop
Bookstore
NAN bookshop is Bookstore.
Αγρότης
Bookstore
Αγρότης — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Αγρότης: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:00-19:00; Sa 08:00-15:00; Su off.
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-19:00; Sa 08:00-15:00; Su off
Bozer
Bookstore
Bozer is Bookstore on Doktor Fazıl Küçük Boulevard.
Doktor Fazıl Küçük Boulevard
Rainbow Agencies Limited
Bookstore
Rainbow Agencies Limited is Bookstore on Constantinou Palaiologou.
Constantinou Palaiologou
Art and antiques
Bookstore
Art and antiques is Bookstore.
βιβλιοπωλείο Academic & General
Bookstore
βιβλιοπωλείο Academic & General is Bookstore on 41 Ermou. βιβλιοπωλείο Academic & General also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
41 Ermou, 6023
Phone: +357 24 620374
Academic & General bookshop
Bookstore
Academic & General bookshop is Bookstore.
6023
Parga Book center
Bookstore
Parga Book center — Bookstore on 9 Λεωφόρος Στρατηγού Τιμαγία. Also worth knowing about Parga Book center: it has a website with more detail.
9 Λεωφόρος Στρατηγού Τιμαγία
Khora Kitsap Cafe
Bookstore
Khora Kitsap Cafe — Bookstore.
American Academy
Bookstore
American Academy is Bookstore on Nicodemou Milona.
Nicodemou Milona
Βιβλιοπωλειο
Bookstore
Βιβλιοπωλειο is Bookstore on Korai, Nicosia.
Korai, Nicosia
CLC Book Shop
Bookstore
CLC Book Shop is Bookstore on Chilonos.
Chilonos
F.C. First Class Knowledge
Bookstore
F.C. First Class Knowledge is Bookstore on Spetson.
Spetson
Ελλας
Bookstore
Ελλας is Bookstore on Zenas Kanther.
Zenas Kanther
Solonion Book Centre
Bookstore
Solonion Book Centre is Bookstore on 24 Βυζαντίου, Στρόβολος. Solonion Book Centre also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
24 Βυζαντίου, Στρόβολος, 2064
Phone: +357 22 666799
Işık Kitabevi
Bookstore
Işık Kitabevi — Bookstore.
Rüstem Bookshop
Bookstore
Rüstem Bookshop — Bookstore.
Parga
Bookstore
Parga is Bookstore.
Hala Sultan Yayın Satış
BookstoreRun by Hala Sultan Camii Yardımlaşma ve Gençlik Derneği
Hala Sultan Yayın Satış is Bookstore run by Hala Sultan Camii Yardımlaşma ve Gençlik Derneği on Doktor Fazıl Küçük Boulevard, Haspolat. Hala Sultan Yayın Satış also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Doktor Fazıl Küçük Boulevard, Haspolat, 99040
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00
Phone: +90 0392 233 55 16
ΚΟΜΠΟΤ
Bookstore
ΚΟΜΠΟΤ — Bookstore, found on 1 Omirou in Λευκωσία. Also worth knowing about ΚΟΜΠΟΤ: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1 Omirou, Λευκωσία, 1011
Phone: +357 94 000 701
The Little Octopus
Bookstore
The Little Octopus is Bookstore.
Galaxy Law
Bookstore
Galaxy Law is Bookstore.
Moufflon Bookshop
Bookstore
Moufflon Bookshop is Bookstore on 44 Φανερωμένης. Moufflon Bookshop also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
44 Φανερωμένης, 1011
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-16:00
Phone: +357 22 665155
Deniz Plaza
Bookstore
Deniz Plaza is Bookstore.
Rivergate Bibliopolis
Bookstore
Rivergate Bibliopolis is Bookstore on 4 Pafou, Latsia.
4 Pafou, Latsia, 2236
Uysal Kirtasiye
Bookstore
Uysal Kirtasiye is Bookstore on Şht. Sıtkı Hasan Sokak.
Şht. Sıtkı Hasan Sokak
What the map tells us about bookstores in Nicosia
3 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.
6 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
There's a cluster: 2 of them sit on Doktor Fazıl Küçük Boulevard, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
The Nicosia bookstore crawl
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Deniz Plaza, Ozanköy Bookshop, NAN bookshop, Αγρότης, Bozer on Doktor Fazıl Küçük Boulevard, Rainbow Agencies Limited on Constantinou Palaiologou, Art and antiques, and βιβλιοπωλείο Academic & General on 41 Ermou. That's 28 stops on the Nicosia bookstore crawl. 20 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Nicosia
A few things worth knowing before you work through Nicosia's bookstores:
- Poetry lives in bookshops at Deniz Plaza. Poetry barely exists online as a browsing experience. The poetry shelf in a real shop is a different world.
- Check the cookbook section at Ozanköy Bookshop. Cookbooks are the most browsed and least bought section, which means the used shelf is full of barely-touched gems.
- Check the events board. Book clubs, writing groups, story times — bookshops are community centres that happen to sell books.
- Check the staff picks shelf first. It's the fastest read of a shop's personality. If the picks excite you, the rest of the store will too.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Nicosia — 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 Nicosia can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 28, 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 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 Nicosia: 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.