Bookstores in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO has 27 bookstores on the map. That's 27 bookshops mapped around St. Louis, 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 St. Louis (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Left Bank Books and Second Reading Book Shop, plus Heroic Adventures Comics and Games. If a bookshop's missing from St. Louis's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The St. Louis bookstore lineup
27 mapped within about 40 km:
Left Bank Books
Bookstore
Left Bank Books — Bookstore on 399. Also worth knowing about Left Bank Books: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 11:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
399, 63108
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 11:00-18:00
Phone: +1 314-367-6731
Second Reading Book Shop
Bookstore
Second Reading Book Shop is Bookstore on 16 East Broadway, Alton. Second Reading Book Shop also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
16 East Broadway, Alton, 62002
Heroic Adventures Comics and Games
Bookstore
Heroic Adventures Comics and Games — Bookstore, found on 1005 Century Drive in Edwardsville. Also worth knowing about Heroic Adventures Comics and Games: it has a website with more detail.
1005 Century Drive, Edwardsville, 62025
Books-A-Million
Bookstore
Books-A-Million — Bookstore, found on 6601 Edwardsville Crossing Drive in Edwardsville. Also worth knowing about Books-A-Million: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
6601 Edwardsville Crossing Drive, Edwardsville, 62025
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 11:00-19:00
Phone: +1-618-659-3526
Subterranean Books
Bookstore
Subterranean Books is Bookstore on 6271 Delmar Boulevard. Subterranean Books also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
6271 Delmar Boulevard, 63130
Hours: Mo-Su 11:00-19:00
Phone: +1 314-862-6100
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 113 West County Center in Des Peres. Also worth knowing about Barnes & Noble: it has a website with more detail.
113 West County Center, Des Peres, 63122
St Louis Chapter AIA Bookstore
Bookstore
St Louis Chapter AIA Bookstore — Bookstore, found on 911 Washington Avenue in Saint Louis. Also worth knowing about St Louis Chapter AIA Bookstore: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
911 Washington Avenue, Saint Louis, 63101
Phone: +13142314252
Half Price Books
BookstoreRun by Half Price Books
Run by Half Price Books, Half Price Books is Bookstore, found on 2017 Zumbehl Road in Saint Charles. Also worth knowing about Half Price Books: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 11:00-19:00.
2017 Zumbehl Road, Saint Charles, 63303
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 11:00-19:00
Christian Science Reading Room
Bookstore
Christian Science Reading Room is Bookstore.
Transformation Christian Bookstore
Bookstore
Transformation Christian Bookstore — Bookstore.
Fantasy Books
Bookstore
Fantasy Books — Bookstore, found on 1113 East Main Street in Belleville.
1113 East Main Street, Belleville, 62220
Christian Science Reading Room
Bookstore
Christian Science Reading Room is Bookstore on 237 Alton Square, Alton.
237 Alton Square, Alton, 62002
Bookstore
BookstoreRun by Webster University
Bookstore is Bookstore run by Webster University on 554 Garden Avenue, Webster Groves. Bookstore also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 09:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
554 Garden Avenue, Webster Groves, 63119
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-16:00
Phone: +1-314-968-5936
Dunaway Books
Bookstore
Dunaway Books — Bookstore.
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore.
Read A Book
Bookstore
Read A Book is Bookstore on 3125 Meramec Street, Saint Louis. Read A Book also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as We-Sa 12:00-18:00, Su 09:00-15:00; it has a website with more detail.
3125 Meramec Street, Saint Louis, 63118
Hours: We-Sa 12:00-18:00, Su 09:00-15:00
The Webster Groves Bookshop
Bookstore
The Webster Groves Bookshop is Bookstore on 27 North Gore Avenue, Webster Groves. The Webster Groves Bookshop also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 12:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
27 North Gore Avenue, Webster Groves, 63119
Hours: Tu-Sa 12:00-16:00
Phone: +1 314-968-1185
The Novel Neighbor
Bookstore
The Novel Neighbor is Bookstore on 7905 Big Bend Boulevard. The Novel Neighbor also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 12:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
7905 Big Bend Boulevard, 63119
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 12:00-17:00
Booksource
Bookstore
Booksource — Bookstore, found on 1230 Macklind Avenue in Saint Louis.
1230 Macklind Avenue, Saint Louis, 63110
Main Street Books
Bookstore
Main Street Books is Bookstore on 337 South Main Street. Main Street Books also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
337 South Main Street, 63301
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 12:00-17:00
Phone: +1-636-949-0105
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 721 Gravois Road in Fenton. Also worth knowing about Barnes & Noble: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
721 Gravois Road, Fenton, 63026
Phone: +1-636-326-4619
MBU Student Bookstore
BookstoreRun by Missouri Baptist University
MBU Student Bookstore is Bookstore run by Missouri Baptist University.
Half Price Books
Bookstore
Half Price Books — Bookstore on 630.
630
Book House
Bookstore
Book House is Bookstore on Manchester Road, Maplewood.
Manchester Road, Maplewood
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore on 1600 Clarkson Road. Also worth knowing about Barnes & Noble: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00; Su 11:00-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
1600 Clarkson Road, 63017
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00; Su 11:00-19:00
Afterwards Books
Bookstore
Afterwards Books is Bookstore on 441 East Vandalia Street, Edwardsville. Afterwards Books also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
441 East Vandalia Street, Edwardsville, 62025
Phone: +1-618-655-0355
Comic Book Relief
Bookstore
Comic Book Relief is Bookstore on 2300 North Third Street, Saint Charles. Comic Book Relief also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 12:01-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
2300 North Third Street, Saint Charles, 63301
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 12:01-18:00
Phone: +1-636-940-1244
What the map tells us about bookstores in St. Louis
11 of the 27 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
14 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
The St. Louis bookstore crawl
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Left Bank Books on 399, Second Reading Book Shop on 16 East Broadway, Heroic Adventures Comics and Games on 1005 Century Drive, Books-A-Million on 6601 Edwardsville Crossing Drive, Subterranean Books on 6271 Delmar Boulevard, Barnes & Noble on 113 West County Center, St Louis Chapter AIA Bookstore on 911 Washington Avenue, and Half Price Books on 2017 Zumbehl Road. That's 27 stops on the St. Louis bookstore crawl. 19 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for St. Louis
A few things worth knowing before you work through St. Louis's bookstores:
- Buy the signed copy at Left Bank Books. 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.
- Poetry lives in bookshops at Second Reading Book Shop. Poetry barely exists online as a browsing experience. The poetry shelf in a real shop is a different world.
- Ask the booksellers. A good bookseller lives for the question 'what should I read next?' Give them three books you loved and watch them work.
- Learn the remainders table. Publisher overstocks sold cheap. Great for gift buying — new books at used prices.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around St. Louis — 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 St. Louis can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 27 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 27 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 St. Louis: 27 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.