Bookstores in Sharjah
Bookstores reward the browsers. Sharjah, Sharjah has 59 mapped right now. That's 59 bookshops mapped around Sharjah, 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 Sharjah (within about 30 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Darussalam Bookstore and مكتبة الامام البخاري, plus Dubai Public Library Distributors. If a bookshop's missing from Sharjah's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Sharjah bookstore lineup
59 mapped within about 30 km:
Darussalam Bookstore
Bookstore
Darussalam Bookstore is Bookstore on Sheikh Zayed Street.
Sheikh Zayed Street
مكتبة الامام البخاري
Bookstore
مكتبة الامام البخاري — Bookstore.
Dubai Public Library Distributors
Bookstore
Dubai Public Library Distributors — Bookstore on Salah Al Din Street.
Salah Al Din Street
Book World Library
Bookstore
Book World Library is Bookstore on Karama.
Karama
University bookshop
Bookstore
University bookshop is Bookstore on King Faisal Street.
King Faisal Street
University Book Store
Bookstore
University Book Store is Bookstore on King Faisal St..
King Faisal St.
Kinokuniya
Bookstore
Kinokuniya — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Kinokuniya: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 10:00-22:00;Fr-Su 10:00-24:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-Th 10:00-22:00;Fr-Su 10:00-24:00
Phone: +971 4 4340111
Goal sports aware
Bookstore
Goal sports aware — Bookstore.
Future Bookshop
Bookstore
Future Bookshop is Bookstore.
Accurate Books
Bookstore
Accurate Books — Bookstore on 18A Street.
18A Street
Al Warana Book Shop
Bookstore
Al Warana Book Shop is Bookstore on 43a Street.
43a Street
Book Mart
Bookstore
Book Mart — Bookstore on 8th Street.
8th Street
Dar Al Foqahaa
Bookstore
Dar Al Foqahaa — Bookstore on Street 6b.
Street 6b
Al Elm Book Shop
Bookstore
Al Elm Book Shop is Bookstore on 19a Street.
19a Street
Comic Stop
Bookstore
Comic Stop — Bookstore, found on 2d Street in دبي.
2d Street, دبي
Al Nooran
Bookstore
Al Nooran is Bookstore on Mubasher Bin Abdulmunther Street.
Mubasher Bin Abdulmunther Street
Dar Al Harameen Book Shop
Bookstore
Dar Al Harameen Book Shop is Bookstore.
Dubai Library Distributors
Bookstore
Dubai Library Distributors — Bookstore on Naif Road.
Naif Road
Al Ilimiyah
Bookstore
Al Ilimiyah is Bookstore on Al Fakeh Bin Basheer Street.
Al Fakeh Bin Basheer Street
Al Ameen Book Shop
Bookstore
Al Ameen Book Shop is Bookstore on Abi Al Atahia Street.
Abi Al Atahia Street
Al Munna Bookshop
Bookstore
Al Munna Bookshop is Bookstore on Abi Al Atahia Street.
Abi Al Atahia Street
Al Madinah Book Shop
Bookstore
Al Madinah Book Shop — Bookstore on 17 Street.
17 Street
Family Book Shop
Bookstore
Family Book Shop — Bookstore on Jamal Abdul Naser Street.
Jamal Abdul Naser Street
Al Khaleej Library
Bookstore
Al Khaleej Library — Bookstore on Al Jahra'a Street.
Al Jahra'a Street
Family Bookshop
Bookstore
Family Bookshop — Bookstore on Jamal Abdul Naser Street.
Jamal Abdul Naser Street
Daroob Al Marefa Bookshop
Bookstore
Daroob Al Marefa Bookshop — Bookstore on 11 Street.
11 Street
Ak Mashkoor Book Shop
Bookstore
Ak Mashkoor Book Shop — Bookstore on Al Ezz Bin Abdulsalam Street.
Al Ezz Bin Abdulsalam Street
Al Wasel
Bookstore
Al Wasel is Bookstore on Sheikh Maktoom Bin Rashid Al Maktoom Street.
Sheikh Maktoom Bin Rashid Al Maktoom Street
Hira Bookshop
Bookstore
Hira Bookshop — Bookstore on Al Jabarti Street.
Al Jabarti Street
Ansar Book Shop
Bookstore
Ansar Book Shop is Bookstore on 20 Street.
20 Street
Goyal Book Shop
Bookstore
Goyal Book Shop — Bookstore on Um Al Tarafa Street.
Um Al Tarafa Street
Al Fuad Book Shop
Bookstore
Al Fuad Book Shop — Bookstore on 135 Kuwait Street.
135 Kuwait Street
Saliha
Bookstore
Saliha is Bookstore on Saif Al Hamrani Street.
Saif Al Hamrani Street
Al Imam Al Bukhari Islamic Book Shop & Recording
Bookstore
Al Imam Al Bukhari Islamic Book Shop & Recording — Bookstore on Abu Hail Street.
Abu Hail Street
Salanuddin Book Shop
Bookstore
Salanuddin Book Shop — Bookstore, found on Oqbah Bin Nafae in Umm Al Quwain.
Oqbah Bin Nafae, Umm Al Quwain
Al Ihsan Books Binding
Bookstore
Al Ihsan Books Binding is Bookstore.
Al Maqta Books Trading
Bookstore
Al Maqta Books Trading — Bookstore.
Al Ummah Bookshop & Recording
Bookstore
Al Ummah Bookshop & Recording — Bookstore on Sheikh Zayed Street.
Sheikh Zayed Street
Ramsis Bookshop & Stationery
Bookstore
Ramsis Bookshop & Stationery — Bookstore on 32a street.
32a street
Al Faiha Bookshop
Bookstore
Al Faiha Bookshop is Bookstore on Street 61.
Street 61
Dar Al Fadeela Book Shop
Bookstore
Dar Al Fadeela Book Shop is Bookstore on 108/1 Road.
108/1 Road
مكتبة المشرق
Bookstore
مكتبة المشرق is Bookstore on King Faisal Road.
King Faisal Road
Al Galam Al Thahabi Book Shop
Bookstore
Al Galam Al Thahabi Book Shop is Bookstore on Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Umm Al Quwain.
Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Umm Al Quwain
Asheaf Bookshop
Bookstore
Asheaf Bookshop is Bookstore on King Faisal Road.
King Faisal Road
Alpha Book Shop
Bookstore
Alpha Book Shop is Bookstore on Al Sharq Street.
Al Sharq Street
Al Falah Book Shop
Bookstore
Al Falah Book Shop — Bookstore.
Dar Al Salheen Bookshop
Bookstore
Dar Al Salheen Bookshop — Bookstore on Sheikh Saqr Bin Khalid Al Qasimi Street.
Sheikh Saqr Bin Khalid Al Qasimi Street
Dar Al Hayat Bookshop
Bookstore
Dar Al Hayat Bookshop is Bookstore on Sheikh Saqr Bin Khalid Al Qasimi Street.
Sheikh Saqr Bin Khalid Al Qasimi Street
Noor Al Maaref Book Shop
Bookstore
Noor Al Maaref Book Shop is Bookstore on Al Miqdad Bin Amr Street.
Al Miqdad Bin Amr Street
Bab Al Marifa
Bookstore
Bab Al Marifa is Bookstore on Anas Bin Muath Street.
Anas Bin Muath Street
Dar Al Haramain Book Shop
Bookstore
Dar Al Haramain Book Shop — Bookstore.
Typing
Bookstore
Typing — Bookstore.
Borders
Bookstore
Borders is Bookstore.
Kinokuniya
Bookstore
Kinokuniya — Bookstore.
مكتبة وتسجيلات البلاغ
Bookstore
مكتبة وتسجيلات البلاغ — Bookstore.
مكتبة كلمات
Bookstore
مكتبة كلمات — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about مكتبة كلمات: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +971 50 115 0650
Dar Aloulum Bookshop
Bookstore
Dar Aloulum Bookshop is Bookstore on Sheikh Zayed Street.
Sheikh Zayed Street
BORDERS
Bookstore
BORDERS — Bookstore.
Dubai Library Distributors
Bookstore
Dubai Library Distributors — Bookstore.
What the map tells us about bookstores in Sharjah
1 of the 59 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
There's a cluster: 3 of them sit on Sheikh Zayed Street, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
The Sharjah bookstore crawl
The efficient Sharjah bookstore crawl strings these together: Darussalam Bookstore on Sheikh Zayed Street, مكتبة الامام البخاري, Dubai Public Library Distributors on Salah Al Din Street, Book World Library on Karama, University bookshop on King Faisal Street, University Book Store on King Faisal St., Kinokuniya, and Goal sports aware — 59 stops, one logical order. 51 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Sharjah
A few things worth knowing before you work through Sharjah's bookstores:
- Check for a café corner at Darussalam Bookstore. A bookshop with coffee is a trap in the best way. Plan accordingly; you won't be leaving soon.
- Support the shop's own publishing at مكتبة الامام البخاري. Some independents publish local authors or print their own anthologies. Buying them funds the ecosystem directly.
- Read the first page in the shop. The first-page test never lies. If it doesn't grab you standing there, it won't grab you at home.
- Visit during author events. Readings and signings are usually free and turn a bookshop into the best evening out in town.
Good to know
We searched about 30 km around Sharjah — 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 Sharjah can take a while to appear. The 59 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 59 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 Sharjah: 59 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.