Bookstores in Tucson
Bookstores reward the browsers. Tucson, Arizona has 9 mapped right now. That's 9 bookshops mapped around Tucson, 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 Tucson (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include The Bookstop and Antigone Books, plus Kingdom Textbooks. If a bookshop's missing from Tucson's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Tucson bookstore lineup
9 in Tucson, plus 7 more around Tucson below:
The Bookstop
Bookstore0.9 km from Tucson
The Bookstop — Bookstore.
Antigone Books
Bookstore1.0 km from Tucson
Antigone Books — Bookstore, found on 411 North 4th Avenue in Tucson. Also worth knowing about Antigone Books: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
411 North 4th Avenue, Tucson
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 11:00-17:00
Phone: +1-520-792-3715
Kingdom Textbooks
Bookstore3.1 km from Tucson
Kingdom Textbooks is Bookstore.
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore7.3 km from Tucson
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore.
Bookmans River Entertainment Exchange
Bookstore8.0 km from Tucson
Bookmans River Entertainment Exchange — Bookstore, found on 4841 North Stone Avenue in Tucson. Also worth knowing about Bookmans River Entertainment Exchange: the map lists its hours as Su-Th 09:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
4841 North Stone Avenue, Tucson, 85704
Hours: Su-Th 09:00-17:00
Phone: +1-520-325-5767
Nexus Occult Books and Oddities
Bookstore8.2 km from Tucson
Nexus Occult Books and Oddities — Bookstore, found on 4865 East Speedway Boulevard in Tucson. Also worth knowing about Nexus Occult Books and Oddities: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
4865 East Speedway Boulevard, Tucson, 85712
Phone: +1-520-334-0372
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore8.6 km from Tucson
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore.
Mostly Books
Bookstore10.9 km from Tucson
Mostly Books — Bookstore, found on 6208 East Speedway Boulevard in Tucson. Also worth knowing about Mostly Books: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
6208 East Speedway Boulevard, Tucson, 85712
Phone: +1-520-571-0110
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore13.5 km from Tucson
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 7325 North La Cholla Boulevard in Tucson. Also worth knowing about Barnes & Noble: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
7325 North La Cholla Boulevard, Tucson, 85741
Phone: +1-520-742-6402
What the map tells us about bookstores in Tucson
2 of the 9 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
Most of the bookstores in Tucson list a phone number. Useful for checking whether a specific title is in stock before you visit.
The Tucson bookstore crawl
Making a day of it in Tucson? Work this order: The Bookstop, Antigone Books on 411 North 4th Avenue, Kingdom Textbooks, Barnes & Noble, Bookmans River Entertainment Exchange on 4841 North Stone Avenue, Nexus Occult Books and Oddities on 4865 East Speedway Boulevard, Barnes & Noble, and Mostly Books on 6208 East Speedway Boulevard. That's the bookstore crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 1 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Tucson
A few things worth knowing before you work through Tucson's bookstores:
- Kids' sections are goldmines at The Bookstop. Even without kids. The picture-book art alone is worth the browse, and the middle-grade shelves hold genuine classics.
- Browse by serendipity, buy by list at Antigone Books. Keep a want-list on your phone for the hunt, but let the shelves surprise you too. The best finds are never the planned ones.
- Bring a tote bag. Bookshops and tote bags are a natural pair. You'll need it — nobody leaves with the one book they came for.
- 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 Tucson — 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 Tucson can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 9 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 9 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.
Worth the trip: more bookstores around Tucson
7 more within about 40 km of Tucson, nearest first:
Bookman's
Bookstore10.9 km from Tucson
Bookman's — Bookstore on 6230 East Speedway Boulevard. Also worth knowing about Bookman's: the map lists its hours as Su-Th 09:00-20:00; Fr,Sa 09:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
6230 East Speedway Boulevard, 85712
Hours: Su-Th 09:00-20:00; Fr,Sa 09:00-21:00
Phone: +1-520-748-9555
Ink by Hudson News
Bookstore11.8 km from Tucson
Ink by Hudson News is Bookstore.
Bookman's
Bookstore14.2 km from Tucson
Bookman's — Bookstore.
Trinity
Bookstore14.3 km from Tucson
Trinity is Bookstore.
Book Shoppe Too
Bookstore19.2 km from Tucson
Book Shoppe Too — Bookstore.
Stacks Book Club
Bookstore22.8 km from Tucson
Stacks Book Club — Bookstore, found on 1880 East Tangerine Road in Oro Valley. Also worth knowing about Stacks Book Club: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 07:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1880 East Tangerine Road, Oro Valley, 85755
Hours: Mo-Su 07:00-20:00
Phone: +1-520-638-8758
Quail Run Bookstore
Used bookstore39.5 km from Tucson
Quail Run Bookstore — Used bookstore, found on 175 South La Cañada Drive in Green Valley. Also worth knowing about Quail Run Bookstore: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 09:00-15:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
175 South La Cañada Drive, Green Valley, 85614
Hours: Tu-Sa 09:00-15:00
Phone: +1 520-648-7354
Bookstore listings for Tucson: 9 in Tucson and 7 more nearby 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.