Bookstores in Paris
Paris, Île-de-France has 925 bookstores on the map. That's 925 bookshops mapped around Paris, 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 Paris (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Shakespeare and Company and Artazart, plus Brentano's. If a bookshop's missing from Paris's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Paris bookstore lineup
925 mapped within about 40 km — showing 60:
Shakespeare and Company
Bookstore
Shakespeare and Company is Bookstore on 37 Rue de la Bûcherie. Shakespeare and Company also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-23:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
37 Rue de la Bûcherie
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-23:00
Phone: +33 1 43 25 40 93
Artazart
Bookstore
Artazart — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Artazart: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:30-19:30; Sa 11:00-19:30; Su 13:30-19:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:30-19:30; Sa 11:00-19:30; Su 13:30-19:30
Phone: +33 1 40 40 24 00
Brentano's
Bookstore
Brentano's is Bookstore on 37 Avenue de l'Opéra. Brentano's also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
37 Avenue de l'Opéra
Phone: +33 1 42 60 87 37
Cultura
Bookstore
Cultura — Bookstore, found on 90 Avenue Henri Barbusse in Les Clayes-sous-Bois. Also worth knowing about Cultura: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-20:00; Su 10:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
90 Avenue Henri Barbusse, Les Clayes-sous-Bois, 78340
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-20:00; Su 10:00-20:00
Phone: +33644645997
Aapoum Bapoum
Bookstore
Aapoum Bapoum — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Aapoum Bapoum: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:30-19:30.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:30-19:30
Gibert Joseph
Bookstore
Gibert Joseph — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Gibert Joseph: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:30.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:30
Gibert Joseph
Bookstore
Gibert Joseph — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Gibert Joseph: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:30.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:30
Goussainlivre
Bookstore
Goussainlivre — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Goussainlivre: the map lists its hours as Tu,We,Fr,Sa 11:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu,We,Fr,Sa 11:00-17:00
La Terrasse de Gutenberg
Bookstore
La Terrasse de Gutenberg is Bookstore. La Terrasse de Gutenberg 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; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Su 10:00-20:00
Phone: +33 1 43 07 42 15
Page 189
Bookstore
Page 189 — Bookstore, found on 189 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine in Paris. Also worth knowing about Page 189: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-19:30; Su 10:00-14:00,15:30-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
189 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Paris, 75011
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-19:30; Su 10:00-14:00,15:30-19:00
Compagnie
Bookstore
Compagnie — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Compagnie: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00
Phone: +33 1 43 26 45 36
L'Atelier
Bookstore
L'Atelier is Bookstore on 2bis Rue du Jourdain. L'Atelier also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
2bis Rue du Jourdain, 75020
En Face
Bookstore
En Face — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about En Face: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 10:00-14:00.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 10:00-14:00
Dhouailly et Cie
Bookstore
Dhouailly et Cie — Bookstore.
Youfeng (友风书店）
BookstoreRun by Youfeng
Run by Youfeng, Youfeng (友风书店） is Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Youfeng (友风书店）: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-18:30.
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-18:30
Bouquinerie
Bookstore
Bouquinerie is Bookstore.
Librairie La Brèche
Bookstore
Librairie La Brèche is Bookstore on 27 Rue Taine, Paris. Librairie La Brèche also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo 14:00-20:00; Tu-Sa 12:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
27 Rue Taine, Paris, 75012
Hours: Mo 14:00-20:00; Tu-Sa 12:00-20:00
Phone: +33 1 49 28 52 44
Espace Pierre Lecut
Bookstore
Espace Pierre Lecut is Bookstore. Espace Pierre Lecut also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-12:30,14:15-19:00; Sa 09:00-12:45,14:15-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-12:30,14:15-19:00; Sa 09:00-12:45,14:15-19:00
Phone: +33 1 34 44 14 24
Mandibulles
Bookstore
Mandibulles is Bookstore on 55 Rue Louis Savoie, Ermont. Mandibulles also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo 14:30-19:30; Tu-Fr 10:00-13:30, 14:30-19:30; Sa 10:00-19:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
55 Rue Louis Savoie, Ermont, 95120
Hours: Mo 14:30-19:30; Tu-Fr 10:00-13:30, 14:30-19:30; Sa 10:00-19:30
Phone: +33 1 34 44 47 56
Gibert Joseph
Bookstore
Gibert Joseph — Bookstore, found on 62 Rue de la Paroisse in Versailles. Also worth knowing about Gibert Joseph: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00, Su 09:00-13:00; it has a website with more detail.
62 Rue de la Paroisse, Versailles, 78000
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00, Su 09:00-13:00
Gibert Joseph
Bookstore
Gibert Joseph — Bookstore, found on 62 Rue de la Paroisse in Versailles. Also worth knowing about Gibert Joseph: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00, Su 09:00-13:00; it has a website with more detail.
62 Rue de la Paroisse, Versailles, 78000
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00, Su 09:00-13:00
Quilombo Boutique-Librairie
Bookstore
Quilombo Boutique-Librairie — Bookstore on 23 Rue Voltaire. Also worth knowing about Quilombo Boutique-Librairie: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 13:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
23 Rue Voltaire
Hours: Tu-Sa 13:00-20:00
Phone: +33 1 43 71 21 07
Librairie BDNET Nation
Bookstore
Librairie BDNET Nation — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Librairie BDNET Nation: the map lists its hours as Mo 10:30-13:00,14:00-19:30; Tu-Sa 10:30-19:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo 10:30-13:00,14:00-19:30; Tu-Sa 10:30-19:30
Phone: +33 1 43 73 01 04
Lezarts
Bookstore
Lezarts — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Lezarts: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-14:00,15:00-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-14:00,15:00-19:00
Boulinier
Bookstore
Boulinier is Bookstore on 7 Boulevard de Bonne Nouvelle. Boulinier also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo 14:00-20:00; Tu-Sa 10:00-20:00; it has a website with more detail.
7 Boulevard de Bonne Nouvelle
Hours: Mo 14:00-20:00; Tu-Sa 10:00-20:00
Le Funambule
Bookstore
Le Funambule is Bookstore on 16 Avenue Foch. Le Funambule also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
16 Avenue Foch
Phone: +33 1 48 85 02 09
Bulle de Jeux
Bookstore
Bulle de Jeux is Bookstore on 68 Rue Saint-Denis, Colombes. Bulle de Jeux also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 10:00-13:00.
68 Rue Saint-Denis, Colombes, 92700
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 10:00-13:00
À Livr'Ouvert
Bookstore
À Livr'Ouvert — Bookstore, found on 171b Boulevard Voltaire in Paris. Also worth knowing about À Livr'Ouvert: 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.
171b Boulevard Voltaire, Paris, 75011
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00
Phone: +33 9 52 65 38 67
Litote en Tête
Bookstore
Litote en Tête is Bookstore. Litote en Tête also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo 11:00-19:00; Tu-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 10:00-13:00,15:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo 11:00-19:00; Tu-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 10:00-13:00,15:00-19:00
Phone: +33 1 44 65 90 04
L'Art des Mots
Bookstore
L'Art des Mots — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about L'Art des Mots: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 07:00-19:30; Sa 07:45-19:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:00-19:30; Sa 07:45-19:30
Phone: +33 1 41 13 68 20
Librairie Guntemberg
Bookstore
Librairie Guntemberg — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Librairie Guntemberg: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +33 1 46 48 81 50
L'échappée Bulle
Bookstore
L'échappée Bulle — Bookstore on 7 Rue du Général Leclerc. Also worth knowing about L'échappée Bulle: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:30-19:30; Mo 12:30-19:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
7 Rue du Général Leclerc
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:30-19:30; Mo 12:30-19:30
Phone: +33 1 40 93 43 40
Éditions Franciscaines
Bookstore
Éditions Franciscaines is Bookstore. Éditions Franciscaines also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-13:00,15:00-19:00; Su 11:30-12:30.
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-13:00,15:00-19:00; Su 11:30-12:30
Maison de presse Diderot
Bookstore
Maison de presse Diderot is Bookstore.
Librairie Fontaine Passy
Bookstore
Librairie Fontaine Passy is Bookstore. Librairie Fontaine Passy also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 09:30-19:00; Su 10:00-13:30; Mo 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 09:30-19:00; Su 10:00-13:30; Mo 10:00-19:00
Phone: +33 1 45 25 86 03
Neuilly Livres
Bookstore
Neuilly Livres — Bookstore.
Librairie Longtemps
Bookstore
Librairie Longtemps is Bookstore. Librairie Longtemps also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Th 10:00-19:00, Fr,Sa 10:00-19:30, Su 14:30-19:00.
Hours: Tu-Th 10:00-19:00, Fr,Sa 10:00-19:30, Su 14:30-19:00
Les Guetteurs De Vent
Bookstore
Les Guetteurs De Vent is Bookstore. Les Guetteurs De Vent also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 10:00-13:00,14:00-18:00.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 10:00-13:00,14:00-18:00
La Friche
Bookstore
La Friche is Bookstore. La Friche also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo 13:00-20:00; Tu-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo 13:00-20:00; Tu-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 11:00-19:00
Phone: +33 1 78 11 80 40
Librairie Papeterie Bertrand
Bookstore
Librairie Papeterie Bertrand — Bookstore.
Librairie Dalloz
Bookstore
Librairie Dalloz — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Librairie Dalloz: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00, Sa 10:00-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00, Sa 10:00-19:00
L'Instant Lire
Bookstore
L'Instant Lire is Bookstore on 11 Rue Albert Thomas, Champigny-Sur-Marne. L'Instant Lire also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo 10:30-12:00, 15:00-19:30; Tu-Sa 09:30-19:30; Su 10:00-12:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
11 Rue Albert Thomas, Champigny-Sur-Marne, 94500
Hours: Mo 10:30-12:00, 15:00-19:30; Tu-Sa 09:30-19:30; Su 10:00-12:30
Phone: +33 1 45 16 90 88
Des Souris et des Livres
Bookstore
Des Souris et des Livres is Bookstore.
Le comptoir de la BD
Bookstore
Le comptoir de la BD — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Le comptoir de la BD: the map lists its hours as Mo 12:30-19:30; Tu-Sa 10:30-19:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo 12:30-19:30; Tu-Sa 10:30-19:30
Phone: +33 1 41 10 89 89
Les Vraies Richesses
Bookstore
Les Vraies Richesses is Bookstore on 58 Grande Rue, Juvisy-sur-Orge. Les Vraies Richesses also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu,Th-Fr 09:30-12:30,14:30-19:30; We,Sa 09:30-19:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
58 Grande Rue, Juvisy-sur-Orge, 91260
Hours: Tu,Th-Fr 09:30-12:30,14:30-19:30; We,Sa 09:30-19:30
Phone: +33 1 69 21 43 02
Momie BD
Bookstore
Momie BD is Bookstore on 8 Rue Dante, Paris. Momie BD also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 13:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
8 Rue Dante, Paris, 75005
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 13:00-19:00
Phone: +33 1 53 10 00 60
Côté Rive Gauche
Bookstore
Côté Rive Gauche — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Côté Rive Gauche: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:00-12:30,14:00-19:00.
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-12:30,14:00-19:00
Chantelivre
Bookstore
Chantelivre — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Chantelivre: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-20:00; Mo 13:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-20:00; Mo 13:00-20:00
Phone: +33 1 41 46 00 92
Bazar du Manga
Used bookstore
Bazar du Manga — Used bookstore. Also worth knowing about Bazar du Manga: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-12:30,14:30-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-12:30,14:30-19:00
Les Traversées
Bookstore
Les Traversées — Bookstore, found on 2 Rue Édouard Quénu in Paris. Also worth knowing about Les Traversées: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:30; Su 10:00-13:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2 Rue Édouard Quénu, Paris, 75005
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:30; Su 10:00-13:30
Phone: +33 1 43 31 74 08
L'Ours et La Vieille Grille
Bookstore
L'Ours et La Vieille Grille is Bookstore on 9 Rue Larrey. L'Ours et La Vieille Grille also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:00-22:00; Su 11:00-18:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
9 Rue Larrey, 75005
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-22:00; Su 11:00-18:30
Phone: +33 1 43 48 45 95
Mots en Marge
Bookstore
Mots en Marge is Bookstore. Mots en Marge also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 10:00-13:00,15:00-19:00, Sa 10:00-19:00.
Hours: Tu-Fr 10:00-13:00,15:00-19:00, Sa 10:00-19:00
Périples 2
Bookstore
Périples 2 — Bookstore on 54. Also worth knowing about Périples 2: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 05:30-20:00; Su 07:00-13:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
54
Hours: Mo-Sa 05:30-20:00; Su 07:00-13:00
Phone: +33 1 48 25 07 00
Mots en lignes
Bookstore
Mots en lignes — Bookstore, found on 18 Rue de Colombes in Courbevoie. Also worth knowing about Mots en lignes: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
18 Rue de Colombes, Courbevoie, 92400
Phone: +33 1 47 88 80 43
Livres Anciens
Bookstore
Livres Anciens — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Livres Anciens: the map lists its hours as "Ouverture sur rendez-vous".
Hours: "Ouverture sur rendez-vous"
La nouvelle page
Bookstore
La nouvelle page — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about La nouvelle page: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00
Phone: +33 1 45 66 65 35
Editions Eyrolles
Bookstore
Editions Eyrolles — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Editions Eyrolles: it has a website with more detail.
Cultura
BookstoreRun by Cultura
Run by Cultura, Cultura is Bookstore, found on Avenue du Général de Gaulle in Gennevilliers. Also worth knowing about Cultura: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 09:30-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Avenue du Général de Gaulle, Gennevilliers, 92230
Hours: Mo-Su 09:30-20:00
Phone: +33141474646
Librairie Le Pain de 4 Livres
Bookstore
Librairie Le Pain de 4 Livres is Bookstore on 57 Rue Charles de Gaulle, Yerres. Librairie Le Pain de 4 Livres also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 10:00-12:30,14:30-19:00; Sa 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
57 Rue Charles de Gaulle, Yerres, 91330
Hours: Tu-Fr 10:00-12:30,14:30-19:00; Sa 10:00-19:00
Phone: +33 1 69 48 55 33
Calipage Neuilly
Bookstore
Calipage Neuilly — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Calipage Neuilly: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:30-13:00, 14:00-19:30; Sa 09:30-13:00, 14:00-19:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-13:00, 14:00-19:30; Sa 09:30-13:00, 14:00-19:00
What the map tells us about bookstores in Paris
627 of the 925 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
452 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
There's a cluster: 2 of them sit on 62 Rue de la Paroisse, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
21 of the shops are tagged as selling used books — the second-hand shelves are where out-of-print gems and first editions turn up for pocket change.
The Paris bookstore crawl
The efficient Paris bookstore crawl strings these together: Shakespeare and Company on 37 Rue de la Bûcherie, Artazart, Brentano's on 37 Avenue de l'Opéra, Cultura on 90 Avenue Henri Barbusse, Aapoum Bapoum, Gibert Joseph, Gibert Joseph, and Goussainlivre — 925 stops, one logical order. 917 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Paris
The regulars' playbook for Paris's bookshops:
- Support the shop's own publishing at Shakespeare and Company. Some independents publish local authors or print their own anthologies. Buying them funds the ecosystem directly.
- Magazines and journals matter at Artazart. The little-magazine rack is where new writers appear first. Cheap, weird, and full of discoveries.
- 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.
- Check condition before you pay. Used books: check for missing pages, water damage, and cracked spines. A quick flip-through takes ten seconds.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Paris — 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 Paris can take a while to appear. The 925 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 925 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 Paris: 925 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.