Bookstores in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma has 15 bookstores on the map. That's 15 bookshops mapped around Oklahoma City, 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 Oklahoma City (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Mardell and Full Circle Bookstore, plus News Oklahoma City. If a bookshop's missing from Oklahoma City's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Oklahoma City bookstore lineup
15 mapped within about 40 km:
Mardell
Bookstore
Mardell is Bookstore.
Full Circle Bookstore
Bookstore
Full Circle Bookstore is Bookstore.
News Oklahoma City
Bookstore
News Oklahoma City — Bookstore.
University of Oklahoma Book Store
Bookstore
University of Oklahoma Book Store — Bookstore.
St. Thomas More Books & Gifts
Bookstore
St. Thomas More Books & Gifts — Bookstore, found on 7904 North May Avenue in Oklahoma City. Also worth knowing about St. Thomas More Books & Gifts: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
7904 North May Avenue, Oklahoma City, 73120
Phone: +1 405 842 9911
Books Plus
Bookstore
Books Plus is Bookstore on 7624 West Reno Avenue, Oklahoma City.
7624 West Reno Avenue, Oklahoma City, 73127
Full Circle Bookstore
Bookstore
Full Circle Bookstore is Bookstore on 1900 Northwest Expressway, Oklahoma City. Full Circle Bookstore also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
1900 Northwest Expressway, Oklahoma City, 73118
Commonplace Books
Bookstore
Commonplace Books — Bookstore on 1325 North Walker Avenue. Also worth knowing about Commonplace Books: the map lists its hours as Su 10:00-19:00; Mo-We 10:00-19:00; Th 10:00-20:00; Fr-Sa 09:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1325 North Walker Avenue, 73103
Hours: Su 10:00-19:00; Mo-We 10:00-19:00; Th 10:00-20:00; Fr-Sa 09:00-20:00
Phone: +1-405-534-4540
Second Story Books
Bookstore
Second Story Books — Bookstore, found on 718 Culbertson Drive in Oklahoma City. Also worth knowing about Second Story Books: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 10:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
718 Culbertson Drive, Oklahoma City, 73105
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 10:00-17:00
Best of Books
Bookstore
Best of Books — Bookstore, found on 1313 East Danforth Road in Edmond. Also worth knowing about Best of Books: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1313 East Danforth Road, Edmond, 73034
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00
Phone: +14053409202
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore.
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 6100 North May Avenue in Oklahoma City. Also worth knowing about Barnes & Noble: the map lists its hours as Su 10:00-19:00; Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
6100 North May Avenue, Oklahoma City, 73112
Hours: Su 10:00-19:00; Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00
Phone: +1 405 843 9300
Half Price Books
Bookstore
Half Price Books — Bookstore, found on 6500 North May Avenue in Oklahoma City. Also worth knowing about Half Price Books: the map lists its hours as 10:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
6500 North May Avenue, Oklahoma City, 73116
Hours: 10:00-20:00
Phone: +1 405 843 5837
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 540 Ed Noble Parkway in Norman.
540 Ed Noble Parkway, Norman, 73072
The Lore
Bookstore
The Lore — Bookstore, found on 220 S Porter Ave in Norman. Also worth knowing about The Lore: the map lists its hours as Mo off; Tu-Th 11:00-18:00; Fr 11:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-20:00; Su 09:00-18:00.
220 S Porter Ave, Norman, 73071
Hours: Mo off; Tu-Th 11:00-18:00; Fr 11:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-20:00; Su 09:00-18:00
What the map tells us about bookstores in Oklahoma City
6 of the 15 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
7 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
The Oklahoma City bookstore crawl
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Mardell, Full Circle Bookstore, News Oklahoma City, University of Oklahoma Book Store, St. Thomas More Books & Gifts on 7904 North May Avenue, Books Plus on 7624 West Reno Avenue, Full Circle Bookstore on 1900 Northwest Expressway, and Commonplace Books on 1325 North Walker Avenue. That's 15 stops on the Oklahoma City bookstore crawl. 7 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Oklahoma City
Browsing in Oklahoma City? A little strategy helps:
- Check the staff picks shelf first at Mardell. It's the fastest read of a shop's personality. If the picks excite you, the rest of the store will too.
- Magazines and journals matter at Full Circle Bookstore. The little-magazine rack is where new writers appear first. Cheap, weird, and full of discoveries.
- Buy the signed copy. 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.
- Ask the booksellers. A good bookseller lives for the question 'what should I read next?' Give them three books you loved and watch them work.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Oklahoma City — 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 Oklahoma City can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 15 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 15 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 Oklahoma City: 15 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.