Bookstores in Pokhara
If you judge a town by its bookshops, Pokhara, Gandaki Province gives you 35 to judge by. That's 35 bookshops mapped around Pokhara, each with its own shelves and specialties. The used sections are where the real bargains hide. Staff picks shelves are the fastest way to read a shop's personality.
This guide covers every bookstore we could verify in and around Pokhara (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Himalaya Readers Corner and Rojna Stationery & Sports, plus Rojina Stationey &Sports. If a bookshop's missing from Pokhara's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Pokhara bookstore lineup
35 in Pokhara, plus 6 more around Pokhara below:
Himalaya Readers Corner
Bookstore0.7 km from Pokhara
Himalaya Readers Corner — Bookstore.
Rojna Stationery & Sports
Bookstore0.8 km from Pokhara
Rojna Stationery & Sports — Bookstore.
Rojina Stationey &Sports
Bookstore0.8 km from Pokhara
Rojina Stationey &Sports is Bookstore.
Sapkota Printing Press
Bookstore0.9 km from Pokhara
Sapkota Printing Press — Bookstore on Simalchaur. Also worth knowing about Sapkota Printing Press: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 08:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Simalchaur, +977
Hours: Mo-Su 08:00-18:00
Phone: 009779846029207
Pokhara Books & Stationary
Bookstore1.2 km from Pokhara
Pokhara Books & Stationary is Bookstore.
Amish Stationary
Bookstore1.2 km from Pokhara
Amish Stationary — Bookstore.
Valley Book Centre
Bookstore1.2 km from Pokhara
Valley Book Centre — Bookstore, found on 211 Naya Bazar in Pokhara.
211 Naya Bazar, Pokhara
Western Pathshala
Bookstore1.3 km from Pokhara
Western Pathshala — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Western Pathshala: the map lists its hours as sunrise-sunset.
Hours: sunrise-sunset
Priya Stationary
Bookstore1.3 km from Pokhara
Priya Stationary — Bookstore.
Kanchan Books & Stationary
Bookstore1.5 km from PokharaRun by Dipendra Pohrel (984639333)
Kanchan Books & Stationary is Bookstore run by Dipendra Pohrel (984639333). Kanchan Books & Stationary also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 08:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-Sa 08:00-20:00
Phone: 061574466
Hello Stationary
Bookstore1.6 km from Pokhara
Hello Stationary is Bookstore.
Bindeshwori Stores
Bookstore1.6 km from Pokhara
Bindeshwori Stores is Bookstore.
Apekshya Books & Stationary
Bookstore1.6 km from Pokhara
Apekshya Books & Stationary — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Apekshya Books & Stationary: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: 061-536678
Jay Durga Books and stationary
Bookstore1.7 km from Pokhara
Jay Durga Books and stationary is Bookstore.
Sakar Stationary
Bookstore1.7 km from Pokhara
Sakar Stationary — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Sakar Stationary: the map lists its hours as sunrise-sunset.
Hours: sunrise-sunset
Manakamana Books
Bookstore1.9 km from Pokhara
Manakamana Books — Bookstore.
G & D Books Centre
Bookstore1.9 km from Pokhara
G & D Books Centre is Bookstore.
Ozone Book shop
Bookstore1.9 km from Pokhara
Ozone Book shop is Bookstore.
Hello Machhapucchre Pustak Pasal
Bookstore2.0 km from Pokhara
Hello Machhapucchre Pustak Pasal is Bookstore. Hello Machhapucchre Pustak Pasal also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +977 61 537132;+977 9846380315
Books Stamp Maps
Bookstore2.0 km from Pokhara
Books Stamp Maps is Bookstore.
Trekkers Book Shop
Bookstore2.0 km from Pokhara
Trekkers Book Shop — Bookstore.
Binayak's Home
Bookstore2.4 km from Pokhara
Binayak's Home — Bookstore.
Hamro Stationary
Bookstore2.5 km from Pokhara
Hamro Stationary — Bookstore.
Namuna Stationary
Bookstore2.6 km from Pokhara
Namuna Stationary — Bookstore.
Bigul Stationary
Bookstore2.7 km from Pokhara
Bigul Stationary is Bookstore on gyan marga,nadipur, Pokhara.
gyan marga,nadipur, Pokhara
Yak Book Shop
Bookstore2.8 km from Pokhara
Yak Book Shop is Bookstore.
Everest Book Shop & Stationary
Bookstore2.8 km from Pokhara
Everest Book Shop & Stationary — Bookstore.
Nepal Mandala Book Shop
Bookstore2.8 km from Pokhara
Nepal Mandala Book Shop is Bookstore.
Perfect books and stationary
Bookstore2.8 km from Pokhara
Perfect books and stationary is Bookstore.
Godawari Stationary
Bookstore3.3 km from Pokhara
Godawari Stationary is Bookstore.
Jaya Janasewa
Bookstore3.3 km from Pokhara
Jaya Janasewa — Bookstore.
Vidtharthy Pustak Pasal
Bookstore3.3 km from Pokhara
Vidtharthy Pustak Pasal — Bookstore.
Ekta Book Stores
Bookstore5.9 km from Pokhara
Ekta Book Stores is Bookstore on Way to Lamachaur.
Way to Lamachaur
Pratiksha kitab pasal
Bookstore9.6 km from Pokhara
Pratiksha kitab pasal — Bookstore, found on Dadakonaak Sisuwa Sadak in Pokhara.
Dadakonaak Sisuwa Sadak, Pokhara
Diwas Stationery
Bookstore9.9 km from Pokhara
Diwas Stationery is Bookstore.
What the map tells us about bookstores in Pokhara
4 of the 35 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
The Pokhara bookstore crawl
The efficient Pokhara bookstore crawl strings these together: Himalaya Readers Corner, Rojna Stationery & Sports, Rojina Stationey &Sports, Sapkota Printing Press on Simalchaur, Pokhara Books & Stationary, Amish Stationary, Valley Book Centre on 211 Naya Bazar, and Western Pathshala — 35 stops, one logical order. 27 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Pokhara
A few things worth knowing before you work through Pokhara's bookstores:
- Check condition before you pay at Himalaya Readers Corner. Used books: check for missing pages, water damage, and cracked spines. A quick flip-through takes ten seconds.
- Look for local history at Rojna Stationery & Sports. The local-interest shelf tells you what a town thinks of itself. Great for visitors, better for new residents.
- 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.
- Check for a café corner. A bookshop with coffee is a trap in the best way. Plan accordingly; you won't be leaving soon.
Good to know
We searched about 25 km around Pokhara — 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 Pokhara can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 35, 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 35 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.
Worth the trip: more bookstores around Pokhara
6 more within about 25 km of Pokhara, nearest first:
Jinisha Book Shop
Bookstore10.2 km from Pokhara
Jinisha Book Shop — Bookstore.
Deepjoyti Pustak Pashal
Bookstore10.2 km from Pokhara
Deepjoyti Pustak Pashal is Bookstore. Deepjoyti Pustak Pashal also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as 07:00-20:00.
Hours: 07:00-20:00
Samadhan Stationary
Bookstore14.1 km from Pokhara
Samadhan Stationary — Bookstore.
Machhapuchre Stationary
Bookstore14.6 km from Pokhara
Machhapuchre Stationary — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Machhapuchre Stationary: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Annapurna Rural Mun,2
Phone: 9846256593
Stationary
Bookstore14.9 km from Pokhara
Stationary is Bookstore.
Bidhan Books and Stationary
Bookstore21.1 km from Pokhara
Bidhan Books and Stationary is Bookstore.
Bookstore listings for Pokhara: 35 in Pokhara and 6 more nearby 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.