Bookstores in Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul has 26 bookstores on the map. That's 26 bookshops mapped around Porto Alegre, 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 Porto Alegre (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Sebo Só Ler and Livraria do Abílio, plus Livraria Kiesel. If a bookshop's missing from Porto Alegre's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Porto Alegre bookstore lineup
26 mapped within about 40 km:
Sebo Só Ler
Used bookstore
Sebo Só Ler — Used bookstore on Rua dos Andradas.
Rua dos Andradas
Livraria do Abílio
Bookstore
Livraria do Abílio is Bookstore.
Livraria Kiesel
Bookstore
Livraria Kiesel — Bookstore.
Cultural Store
Bookstore
Cultural Store is Bookstore.
Livraria Independência
Bookstore
Livraria Independência is Bookstore.
Loja Koralle Santander
Bookstore
Loja Koralle Santander is Bookstore. Loja Koralle Santander also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 13:00-19:00.
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 13:00-19:00
Estação dos Livros
Bookstore
Estação dos Livros is Bookstore. Estação dos Livros also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +55 51 3086-4407
Livraria Fabris
Bookstore
Livraria Fabris is Bookstore on 814 Rua General Caldwell. Livraria Fabris also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:00-12:00,14:30-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
814 Rua General Caldwell, 90130-050
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-12:00,14:30-18:00
Phone: +55 51 3231-9321
Traça Livraria e Sebo
Bookstore
Traça Livraria e Sebo is Bookstore on 966 Avenida Osvaldo Aranha. Traça Livraria e Sebo also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-11:30,12:30-18:30; Sa 10:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
966 Avenida Osvaldo Aranha, 90035-191
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-11:30,12:30-18:30; Sa 10:00-14:00
Phone: +55 51 3232-8404
Livraria Canoas
Bookstore
Livraria Canoas is Bookstore on 2934 Avenida Victor Barreto.
2934 Avenida Victor Barreto, 92010-000
Cervo
Bookstore
Cervo is Bookstore.
Via Sapiens
Bookstore
Via Sapiens is Bookstore on 58 Rua da República. Via Sapiens also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
58 Rua da República
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-20:00
Phone: +55 51 3221-0006
Livraria Erico Veríssimo
Bookstore
Livraria Erico Veríssimo — Bookstore, found on Rua Jerônimo Coelho in Porto Alegre.
Rua Jerônimo Coelho, Porto Alegre
Pocket Store
Bookstore
Pocket Store — Bookstore on 1167 R. Félix da Cunha, 1167 - Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre - RS, 90570-001. Also worth knowing about Pocket Store: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:30-19:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1167 R. Félix da Cunha, 1167 - Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre - RS, 90570-001
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:30-19:30
Phone: +55 51 3519-6970
Livraria e Distribuidora Chico Xavier
Bookstore
Livraria e Distribuidora Chico Xavier is Bookstore on 3041 Avenida Santos Ferreira, Canoas. Livraria e Distribuidora Chico Xavier also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3041 Avenida Santos Ferreira, Canoas, 92027-033
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00
Phone: +55 51 30314127
CirKula Editora, Livraria e Café
Bookstore
CirKula Editora, Livraria e Café is Bookstore on 522 Avenida Osvaldo Aranha, Porto Alegre. CirKula Editora, Livraria e Café also notes on the map: 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.
522 Avenida Osvaldo Aranha, Porto Alegre, 90035-190
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00
Phone: +55 5132093778
Letras e Cia
Bookstore
Letras e Cia is Bookstore.
Livraria Paisagem
Bookstore
Livraria Paisagem — Bookstore.
Loja da Brasa Editora
Bookstore
Loja da Brasa Editora — Bookstore, found on 611 sobreloja Rua José do Patrocínio in Porto Alegre. Also worth knowing about Loja da Brasa Editora: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su.
611 sobreloja Rua José do Patrocínio, Porto Alegre, 90050-003
Hours: Mo-Su
Beco dos Livros
Bookstore
Beco dos Livros — Bookstore on 697 Rua dos Andradas.
697 Rua dos Andradas
CPB
Bookstore
CPB is Bookstore.
Entrelinhas
Bookstore
Entrelinhas — Bookstore on 155 Rua Doutor Lauro.
155 Rua Doutor Lauro
Livraria Da Travessa
Bookstore
Livraria Da Travessa is Bookstore.
Livraria do Trem
Bookstore
Livraria do Trem is Bookstore on 53 Rua São Caetano. Livraria do Trem also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
53 Rua São Caetano
Palavraria
Bookstore
Palavraria — Bookstore on 165 Rua Vasco da Gama. Also worth knowing about Palavraria: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
165 Rua Vasco da Gama, 90420-111
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-21:00
Phone: +55 51 3268-4260
Sebo Só Ler
Bookstore
Sebo Só Ler — Bookstore.
What the map tells us about bookstores in Porto Alegre
9 of the 26 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
8 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
The Porto Alegre bookstore crawl
The efficient Porto Alegre bookstore crawl strings these together: Sebo Só Ler on Rua dos Andradas, Livraria do Abílio, Livraria Kiesel, Cultural Store, Livraria Independência, Loja Koralle Santander, Estação dos Livros, and Livraria Fabris on 814 Rua General Caldwell — 26 stops, one logical order. 18 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Porto Alegre
A few things worth knowing before you work through Porto Alegre's bookstores:
- Learn the remainders table at Sebo Só Ler. Publisher overstocks sold cheap. Great for gift buying — new books at used prices.
- Buy the signed copy at Livraria do Abílio. 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 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.
- Look for local history. The local-interest shelf tells you what a town thinks of itself. Great for visitors, better for new residents.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Porto Alegre — 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 Porto Alegre can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 26 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 26 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 Porto Alegre: 26 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.