Bookstores in Quebec City
Bookstores reward the browsers. Quebec City, QC has 25 mapped right now. That's 25 bookshops mapped around Quebec City, 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 Quebec City (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Au Lieu du Livre and La Librairie du Quartier, plus Librairie Pantoute. If a bookshop's missing from Quebec City's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Quebec City bookstore lineup
25 mapped within about 40 km:
Au Lieu du Livre
Bookstore
Au Lieu du Livre is Bookstore on 169 Rue Crémazie Ouest.
169 Rue Crémazie Ouest
La Librairie du Quartier
Bookstore
La Librairie du Quartier — Bookstore, found on 1120 Avenue Cartier in Québec. Also worth knowing about La Librairie du Quartier: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 09:30-21:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
1120 Avenue Cartier, Québec, G1R 2S5
Hours: Mo-Su 09:30-21:30
Phone: +1-418-990-0330
Librairie Pantoute
Bookstore
Librairie Pantoute is Bookstore. Librairie Pantoute also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Sa-We 10:00-18:00; Th,Fr 10:00-21:00.
Hours: Sa-We 10:00-18:00; Th,Fr 10:00-21:00
Archambault
Bookstore
Archambault — Bookstore, found on 1580 Boulevard Lebourgneuf in Québec. Also worth knowing about Archambault: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
1580 Boulevard Lebourgneuf, Québec, G2K 2M4
Phone: +1-418-380-8118
Bouquinerie de la Nouvelle-France
Bookstore
Bouquinerie de la Nouvelle-France — Bookstore.
Librairie Nelligan
Bookstore
Librairie Nelligan — Bookstore, found on 499 Rue Saint-Jean in Québec. Also worth knowing about Librairie Nelligan: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
499 Rue Saint-Jean, Québec
Phone: +1-418-614-8043
Librairie Laforce
Bookstore
Librairie Laforce — Bookstore, found on 541 Rue saint Jean in Québec. Also worth knowing about Librairie Laforce: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
541 Rue saint Jean, Québec
Phone: +1-418-380-3311
Le Comptoir du livre
Bookstore
Le Comptoir du livre — Bookstore, found on 726 Rue Saint-Jean in Québec. Also worth knowing about Le Comptoir du livre: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
726 Rue Saint-Jean, Québec, G1R 1P9
Phone: +1-418-524-5910
Argus Livres Anciens
Bookstore
Argus Livres Anciens is Bookstore.
Librairie Première Issue
Bookstore
Librairie Première Issue is Bookstore on 27 Rue D'Auteuil, Québec. Librairie Première Issue also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as We 10:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; Su-Tu 10:00-17:00; Th,Fr 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
27 Rue D'Auteuil, Québec, G1R 4B9
Hours: We 10:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; Su-Tu 10:00-17:00; Th,Fr 10:00-19:00
Phone: +1-418-692-3985
Rock'n Livre
Bookstore
Rock'n Livre is Bookstore on 762 Rue Saint-Joseph Est. Rock'n Livre also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Th-Sa 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
762 Rue Saint-Joseph Est
Hours: Th-Sa 11:00-17:00
Phone: +1 418-621-9111
Bouquinerie 4 saisons
Bookstore
Bouquinerie 4 saisons is Bookstore. Bouquinerie 4 saisons also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as We-Fr 10:30-17:00; Sa,Su 11:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: We-Fr 10:30-17:00; Sa,Su 11:00-16:00
Phone: +1 418-569-1346
Coop Zone
Bookstore
Coop Zone is Bookstore. Coop Zone also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Archambault
Bookstore
Archambault — Bookstore.
Librairie Pantoute
Bookstore
Librairie Pantoute is Bookstore on 1100 Rue Saint-Jean. Librairie Pantoute also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-We,Sa-Su 10:00-18:00; Th-Fr 10:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1100 Rue Saint-Jean
Hours: Mo-We,Sa-Su 10:00-18:00; Th-Fr 10:00-21:00
Phone: +1-418-694-9748
La Page Noir
BookstoreRun by La Page Noir
La Page Noir is Bookstore run by La Page Noir on 710 Rue du Roi, Québec. La Page Noir also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Th 14:00-20:00; it has a website with more detail.
710 Rue du Roi, Québec, G1K 6M8
Hours: Th 14:00-20:00
La Librairie Vaugeois
Bookstore
La Librairie Vaugeois — Bookstore.
Librairie Pantoute (Loretteville)
Bookstore
Librairie Pantoute (Loretteville) is Bookstore on 10885 Boulevard de l'Ormière, Québec.
10885 Boulevard de l'Ormière, Québec, G2B 3L5
Le Derwydd
Bookstore
Le Derwydd — Bookstore.
Renaud-Bray
Bookstore
Renaud-Bray is Bookstore.
Mot de tasse
Bookstore
Mot de tasse — Bookstore, found on 1394 Chemin Sainte-Foy in Québec. Also worth knowing about Mot de tasse: the map lists its hours as Tu,We,Sa,Su 10:00-17:00; Th,Fr 10:00-18:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1394 Chemin Sainte-Foy, Québec
Hours: Tu,We,Sa,Su 10:00-17:00; Th,Fr 10:00-18:30
Phone: +1-581-742-7429
Librairie La Liberté
Bookstore
Librairie La Liberté is Bookstore on 1073 Route de l'Église, Québec. Librairie La Liberté also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-We 09:00-18:00; Th-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa 09:00-17:00; Su 10:00-17:00; PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1073 Route de l'Église, Québec, G1V 3W2
Hours: Mo-We 09:00-18:00; Th-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa 09:00-17:00; Su 10:00-17:00; PH off
Phone: +1-418-658-3640
Librairie H. Fournier
Bookstore
Librairie H. Fournier — Bookstore.
Coopsco Sainte-Foy
BookstoreRun by Fédération québécoise des coopératives en milieu scolaire
Coopsco Sainte-Foy is Bookstore run by Fédération québécoise des coopératives en milieu scolaire on 2410 Chemin Sainte-Foy, Québec. Coopsco Sainte-Foy also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2410 Chemin Sainte-Foy, Québec, G1V 1T3
Phone: +1-418-658-5833
Ordi Livres
Bookstore
Ordi Livres — Bookstore on 550 3e Avenue. Also worth knowing about Ordi Livres: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
550 3e Avenue, G1L2W3
Phone: +1 418-527-5353
What the map tells us about bookstores in Quebec City
9 of the 25 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.
Most of the bookstores in Quebec City list a phone number. Useful for checking whether a specific title is in stock before you visit.
The Quebec City bookstore crawl
The efficient Quebec City bookstore crawl strings these together: Au Lieu du Livre on 169 Rue Crémazie Ouest, La Librairie du Quartier on 1120 Avenue Cartier, Librairie Pantoute, Archambault on 1580 Boulevard Lebourgneuf, Bouquinerie de la Nouvelle-France, Librairie Nelligan on 499 Rue Saint-Jean, Librairie Laforce on 541 Rue saint Jean, and Le Comptoir du livre on 726 Rue Saint-Jean — 25 stops, one logical order. 17 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Quebec City
The regulars' playbook for Quebec City's bookshops:
- Magazines and journals matter at Au Lieu du Livre. The little-magazine rack is where new writers appear first. Cheap, weird, and full of discoveries.
- Ask about the book club discount at La Librairie du Quartier. Many shops discount book-club orders. If your club buys local, everyone wins.
- Note the shop's specialties. Sci-fi, travel, art books, philosophy — every good shop leans somewhere. Find the lean that matches yours.
- Don't overlook the classics wall. Every shop has one. Cheap editions of the books everyone claims to have read — your chance to actually read them.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Quebec 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 Quebec City can take a while to appear. The 25 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 25 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 Quebec City: 25 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.