Bookstores in Woodstock
If you judge a town by its bookshops, Woodstock, Vermont gives you 2 to judge by. That's 2 bookshops mapped around Woodstock, each with its own shelves and specialties. The used sections are where the real bargains hide. Staff picks shelves are the fastest way to read a shop's personality.
This guide covers every bookstore we could verify in and around Woodstock (within about 30 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include The Yankee Book Shop and Pleasant Street Book Store. If a bookshop's missing from Woodstock's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Woodstock bookstore lineup
2 in Woodstock, plus 8 more around Woodstock below:
The Yankee Book Shop
Bookstore0.1 km from Woodstock
The Yankee Book Shop is Bookstore.
Pleasant Street Book Store
Bookstore0.7 km from Woodstock
Pleasant Street Book Store — Bookstore, found on 48 Pleasant Street in Woodstock.
48 Pleasant Street, Woodstock, 05091
What the map tells us about bookstores in Woodstock
None of the 2 has opening hours in the map data, so treat this as a browse-and-discover trip. Bookshops keep fairly standard hours, so a daytime visit is a safe bet.
The one mapped bookstore sits on 48 Pleasant Street — worth combining with whatever else brings you to that side of town.
The Woodstock bookstore crawl
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: The Yankee Book Shop and Pleasant Street Book Store on 48 Pleasant Street. That's 2 stops on the Woodstock bookstore crawl.
Bookstore tips for Woodstock
The regulars' playbook for Woodstock's bookshops:
- Don't judge by the window display at The Yankee Book Shop. The front table is marketing. The back shelves are the shop's real taste. Walk the whole floor.
- Ask about the book club discount at Pleasant Street Book Store. Many shops discount book-club orders. If your club buys local, everyone wins.
- Browse by serendipity, buy by list. 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.
- Check the staff picks shelf first. It's the fastest read of a shop's personality. If the picks excite you, the rest of the store will too.
Good to know
We searched about 30 km around Woodstock — 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 Woodstock can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 2, 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 2 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 Woodstock
8 more within about 30 km of Woodstock, nearest first:
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore15.6 km from Woodstock
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 250 Plainfield Road in West Lebanon. Also worth knowing about Barnes & Noble: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-21:00; Su 09:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
250 Plainfield Road, West Lebanon, 03784
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-21:00; Su 09:00-19:00
Phone: +1-603-697-4466
Newbury Comics
Bookstore16.0 km from Woodstock
Newbury Comics is Bookstore on 200 South Main Street, West Lebanon. Newbury Comics also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
200 South Main Street, West Lebanon, 03784
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 12:00-18:00
Phone: +1-603-298-2167
Books-A-Million
Bookstore16.0 km from Woodstock
Books-A-Million — Bookstore, found on 200 South Main Street in West Lebanon. Also worth knowing about Books-A-Million: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
200 South Main Street, West Lebanon, 03784
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 11:00-19:00
Phone: +1-603-298-0241
Norwich Bookstore
Bookstore19.6 km from Woodstock
Norwich Bookstore is Bookstore on 291 Main Street, Norwich. Norwich Bookstore also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
291 Main Street, Norwich, 05055
Christian Science Reading Room
Bookstore20.2 km from Woodstock
Christian Science Reading Room is Bookstore on 1 School Street, Hanover. Christian Science Reading Room also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Jul-Aug Tu,Th 14:00-16:00; Jul-Aug We 17:00-19:00; Jul-Aug Fr 12:00-14:00; Sep-Jun Mo,Tu,Th 14:00-16:00; Sep-Jun We 17:00-19:00; Sep-Jun Fr 12:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
1 School Street, Hanover, 03755
Hours: Jul-Aug Tu,Th 14:00-16:00; Jul-Aug We 17:00-19:00; Jul-Aug Fr 12:00-14:00; Sep-Jun Mo,Tu,Th 14:00-16:00; Sep-Jun We 17:00-19:00; Sep-Jun Fr 12:00-14:00
Phone: +1-603-643-3919
Still North Books & Bar
Bookstore20.3 km from Woodstock
Still North Books & Bar is Bookstore on 3 Allen Street, Hanover. Still North Books & Bar also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-We,Sa 09:00-18:00; Th,Fr 09:00-21:00; Su 11:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3 Allen Street, Hanover, 03755
Hours: Mo-We,Sa 09:00-18:00; Th,Fr 09:00-21:00; Su 11:00-16:00
Phone: +1-603-676-7856
Left Bank Books
Bookstore20.3 km from Woodstock
Left Bank Books — Bookstore, found on 9 South Main Street in Hanover. Also worth knowing about Left Bank Books: the map lists its hours as Su 12:00-16:00; We-Sa 09:30-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
9 South Main Street, Hanover, 03755
Hours: Su 12:00-16:00; We-Sa 09:30-17:00
Phone: +1-603-643-4479
The Book Nook
Bookstore29.3 km from Woodstock
The Book Nook is Bookstore.
Bookstore listings for Woodstock: 2 in Woodstock and 8 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.