Bookstores in Pune
Bookstores reward the browsers. Pune, Maharashtra has 20 mapped right now. That's 20 bookshops mapped around Pune, each with its own shelves and specialties. The used sections are where the real bargains hide.
This guide covers every bookstore we could verify in and around Pune (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Crossword and International Book Service, plus Archie's Gallery. If a bookshop's missing from Pune's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Pune bookstore lineup
20 mapped within about 40 km:
Crossword
Bookstore
Crossword — Bookstore.
International Book Service
Bookstore
International Book Service — Bookstore on Deccan. Also worth knowing about International Book Service: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:30-13:30,14:00-20:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Deccan, 411004
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:30-13:30,14:00-20:30
Phone: +91 20 25677405
Archie's Gallery
Bookstore
Archie's Gallery is Bookstore on Deccan Gymkhana.
Deccan Gymkhana, 411004
Graffiti Bookstore
Bookstore
Graffiti Bookstore — Bookstore, found on Vitthal Rao Shivarkar Marg in Pune. Also worth knowing about Graffiti Bookstore: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Vitthal Rao Shivarkar Marg, Pune, 411048
Phone: +91 9260202495
Natraj Book Depot
Bookstore
Natraj Book Depot — Bookstore on 149 Shamsing Pardeshi Marg. Also worth knowing about Natraj Book Depot: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 09:30-12:30, 16:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
149 Shamsing Pardeshi Marg
Hours: Tu-Su 09:30-12:30, 16:00-20:00
Phone: +912024459293
Abhijat
Bookstore
Abhijat is Bookstore.
Crossword Bookstores
BookstoreRun by Crossword
Run by Crossword, Crossword Bookstores is Bookstore, found on Ozone Mall, Anand Park ITI Road in Pune. Also worth knowing about Crossword Bookstores: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:30-22:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Ozone Mall, Anand Park ITI Road, Pune, 411007
Hours: Mo-Su 10:30-22:00
Phone: +91 20 2588 6621;+91 20 2588 6622;+91 20 2588 6623;+91 20 2588 6624
Laxami Book Depo
Bookstore
Laxami Book Depo — Bookstore.
Aksharwal Books And Stationery
Bookstore
Aksharwal Books And Stationery — Bookstore.
Crossword Bookstores
Bookstore
Crossword Bookstores — Bookstore.
Crossword Bookstores
Bookstore
Crossword Bookstores — Bookstore.
Prabhadeep
Bookstore
Prabhadeep — Bookstore, found on Commercial Complex, Office No. 9, First Floor, Shivranjan Towers Someshwar Wadi Road in Pune.
Commercial Complex, Office No. 9, First Floor, Shivranjan Towers Someshwar Wadi Road, Pune, 411008
Rasik Sahitya
Bookstore
Rasik Sahitya is Bookstore.
New Pradeep book depo
Bookstore
New Pradeep book depo — Bookstore.
Pragati book centre
Bookstore
Pragati book centre is Bookstore on 676/B. Pragati book centre also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
676/B
Hours: Mo off
Phone: +91 90750 93144
Pradeep book depo
Bookstore
Pradeep book depo — Bookstore.
Aadarsha Books
Bookstore
Aadarsha Books is Bookstore.
वर्मा बुक सेंटर
Bookstore
वर्मा बुक सेंटर is Bookstore.
Crossword
Bookstore
Crossword — Bookstore.
Publication Sale Counter
BookstoreRun by Archeological Survey of India
Publication Sale Counter is Bookstore run by Archeological Survey of India.
What the map tells us about bookstores in Pune
4 of the 20 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
2 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
The Pune bookstore crawl
The efficient Pune bookstore crawl strings these together: Crossword, International Book Service on Deccan, Archie's Gallery on Deccan Gymkhana, Graffiti Bookstore on Vitthal Rao Shivarkar Marg, Natraj Book Depot on 149 Shamsing Pardeshi Marg, Abhijat, Crossword Bookstores on Ozone Mall, Anand Park ITI Road, and Laxami Book Depo — 20 stops, one logical order. 12 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Pune
A few things worth knowing before you work through Pune's bookstores:
- Don't judge by the window display at Crossword. The front table is marketing. The back shelves are the shop's real taste. Walk the whole floor.
- Kids' sections are goldmines at International Book Service. Even without kids. The picture-book art alone is worth the browse, and the middle-grade shelves hold genuine classics.
- Ask about ordering. Independent shops will order anything in print, often in a day or two. No need to default to the big online retailer.
- Ask about the book club discount. Many shops discount book-club orders. If your club buys local, everyone wins.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Pune — 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 Pune can take a while to appear. The 20 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 20 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 Pune: 20 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.