Bookstores in Tampa
Bookstores reward the browsers. Tampa, FL has 31 mapped right now, and 1 of them deal in used books. That's 31 bookshops mapped around Tampa, 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 Tampa (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Wilson's Book World and Gray's College Bookstore, plus Demolition Comics. If a bookshop's missing from Tampa's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Tampa bookstore lineup
31 mapped within about 40 km:
Wilson's Book World
Bookstore
Wilson's Book World — Bookstore, found on 535 16th Street North in Saint Petersburg. Also worth knowing about Wilson's Book World: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
535 16th Street North, Saint Petersburg, 33705
Phone: +1-727-896-3700
Gray's College Bookstore
Bookstore
Gray's College Bookstore is Bookstore on 2836 East Fletcher Ave, Tampa. Gray's College Bookstore also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2836 East Fletcher Ave, Tampa, 33613
Phone: +1-813-971-2665
Demolition Comics
Bookstore
Demolition Comics is Bookstore.
Mojo Books & Music
Used bookstore
Mojo Books & Music is Used bookstore on 2540 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa. Mojo Books & Music also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:00-20:00; Su 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2540 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, 33612
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-20:00; Su 11:00-19:00
Phone: +1 813 971 9717
BookHolders.com
Bookstore
BookHolders.com is Bookstore.
Inkwood Books
Bookstore
Inkwood Books — Bookstore.
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 23654 US 19 in Clearwater. Also worth knowing about Barnes & Noble: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 10:00-20:00.
23654 US 19, Clearwater, 33765
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 10:00-20:00
Emerald City
Bookstore
Emerald City is Bookstore on 2475 McMullen Booth Road, Safety Harbor.
2475 McMullen Booth Road, Safety Harbor, 33759
Anime Fix
Bookstore
Anime Fix — Bookstore.
Bookstore (BKS)
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Bookstore (BKS) is Bookstore run by USFSP.
Mae's Bookstore
Bookstore
Mae's Bookstore is Bookstore.
Saint Nicholas Cathedral Book Store
Bookstore
Saint Nicholas Cathedral Book Store is Bookstore.
Barnes & Noble
BookstoreRun by University of Tampa
Run by University of Tampa, Barnes & Noble is Bookstore, found on 200 UT Poe Parkway in Tampa.
200 UT Poe Parkway, Tampa, 33606
Bookstore (BK)
Bookstore
Bookstore (BK) — Bookstore.
Tombolo Books
Bookstore
Tombolo Books — Bookstore, found on 2153 1st Avenue South in Saint Petersburg. Also worth knowing about Tombolo Books: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2153 1st Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, 33712
Phone: +1-727-755-9456
Book and Bottle
Bookstore
Book and Bottle is Bookstore on 17 6th Street North.
17 6th Street North
Books-A-Million
Bookstore
Books-A-Million — Bookstore on 839 Brandon Town Center Mall. Also worth knowing about Books-A-Million: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th, Su 09:00-21:00; Fr, Sa 09:00-22:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
839 Brandon Town Center Mall
Hours: Mo-Th, Su 09:00-21:00; Fr, Sa 09:00-22:00
Phone: +1-813-571-2062
The Book Rescuers
Bookstore
The Book Rescuers is Bookstore on 10440 68th Street North. The Book Rescuers also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
10440 68th Street North, 33782
Phone: +1-727-222-0495
Comics
Bookstore
Comics — Bookstore.
BookLink
Bookstore
BookLink is Bookstore.
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 33591 US Highway 19 in Palm Harbor. Also worth knowing about Barnes & Noble: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
33591 US Highway 19, Palm Harbor, 34684
Phone: +1-727-649-0710
The Far Forest
Bookstore
The Far Forest — Bookstore, found on 4312 North Florida Avenue in Tampa. Also worth knowing about The Far Forest: the map lists its hours as Mo,Tu,Th,Fr,Sa 11:00-17:00; Su 11:00-16:00; it has a website with more detail.
4312 North Florida Avenue, Tampa, 33603
Hours: Mo,Tu,Th,Fr,Sa 11:00-17:00; Su 11:00-16:00
Eckerd College Bookstore
Bookstore
Eckerd College Bookstore is Bookstore. Eckerd College Bookstore also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Aldi’s
Bookstore
Aldi’s — Bookstore, found on 213 Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa.
213 Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa
Wings Bookstore
Bookstore
Wings Bookstore is Bookstore on 4th Street North, Saint Petersburg.
4th Street North, Saint Petersburg, 33703
Emerald City
Bookstore
Emerald City is Bookstore.
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 2501 Tyrone Boulevard North in Saint Petersburg.
2501 Tyrone Boulevard North, Saint Petersburg, 33710
Charis Bookstore
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Charis Bookstore — Bookstore.
Barnes & Noble
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Barnes & Noble — Bookstore.
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Bookstore is Bookstore.
Barnes & Noble
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Barnes & Noble — Bookstore.
What the map tells us about bookstores in Tampa
4 of the 31 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 Tampa bookstore crawl
The efficient Tampa bookstore crawl strings these together: Wilson's Book World on 535 16th Street North, Gray's College Bookstore on 2836 East Fletcher Ave, Demolition Comics, Mojo Books & Music on 2540 East Fowler Avenue, BookHolders.com, Inkwood Books, Barnes & Noble on 23654 US 19, and Emerald City on 2475 McMullen Booth Road — 31 stops, one logical order. 23 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Tampa
A few things worth knowing before you work through Tampa's bookstores:
- Ask for the out-of-print hunters at Wilson's Book World. Some used shops will hunt down out-of-print titles for you. It takes patience, but the find is worth it.
- Note the shop's specialties at Gray's College Bookstore. 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.
- Poetry lives in bookshops. Poetry barely exists online as a browsing experience. The poetry shelf in a real shop is a different world.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Tampa — 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 Tampa can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 31, or a bookstore we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.
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 31 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 Tampa: 31 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.