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List of independent bookstores

Independent bookstores are small bookselling businesses, usually with one or a small number of locations in a limited geographic area. They contrast with corporate or chain bookstores, operated by a larger company, often with many stores across a large area.

Outside the United States

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Name Country Location(s) Notes
Foreign Language Bookshop   Australia Melbourne
Aqua Books   Canada Winnipeg, Manitoba (defunct)
Attic Books   Canada London, Ontario
Bakka-Phoenix   Canada Toronto, Ontario
Bison Books   Canada Winnipeg, Manitoba
Book City   Canada Toronto, Ontario
The Book Room   Canada Halifax, Nova Scotia was, at the time of its 2008 closing, the oldest bookstore in Canada (defunct)
Camas Bookstore and Infoshop   Canada Victoria, British Columbia
Common Woman Books   Canada (feminist, defunct)
Glad Day Bookshop   Canada Toronto, Ontario
Highway Book Shop   Canada Cobalt, Ontario (defunct)
Hyman's Book and Art Shoppe   Canada independent Jewish bookstore in Toronto, Ontario (defunct)
Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium   Canada Vancouver, British Columbia
McNally Robinson   Canada small independently run chain of stores across Canada
Mondragon Bookstore & Coffeehouse   Canada Winnipeg, Manitoba (defunct)
The Monkey's Paw   Canada Toronto, Ontario
Munro's Books   Canada Victoria, British Columbia
Spartacus Books   Canada Vancouver, British Columbia
This Ain't the Rosedale Library   Canada Toronto, Ontario (defunct)
Toronto Women's Bookstore   Canada Toronto, Ontario (defunct)
The Word Bookstore   Canada Montreal
José Corti   France Paris
Shakespeare and Company   France Paris
BuchGourmet   Germany Cologne
Atuagkat Bookstore   Greenland Nuuk
An Ceathrú Póilí   Ireland Belfast
Sefer ve Sefel   Israel Jerusalem
Al-Jahith's Treasury   Jordan
Solidaridad book shop   Philippines Ermita district of Manila[1][2]
BooksActually   Singapore Tiong Bahru[3][4]
Fascination Books[5]   South Africa
An Ceathrú Póilí   United Kingdom Belfast
Arthur Probsthain   United Kingdom London
Barter Books   United Kingdom Alnwick Station, Northumberland
Compendium Books   United Kingdom London
Daunt Books   United Kingdom London
Grass Roots Books   United Kingdom
Housmans   United Kingdom London
Silver Moon Bookshop   United Kingdom (defunct)
The Second Shelf   United Kingdom London[6]
Stanfords   United Kingdom London

United States

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Main article: List of independent bookstores in the United States

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Review: A Different Bookstore, Dymocks, La Solidaridad, Filipino Bookstore". The Philippine Inquirer. October 13, 2001.
  2. ^ "Solidaridad: A Gem of a Bookstore". wheninmanila.com. March 18, 2014.
  3. ^ "Singapore's best independent bookstores". Travelfish.
  4. ^ "BooksActually twists plot to create success". The Straits Times. March 14, 2012. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015 – via stclassifieds.sg.
  5. ^ "Book chain closes doors: Fin24: Companies". 2011-07-11. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2017-08-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ Kelly, Hillary (1 March 2019). "The Bookstore That Became the Face of a Movement". Vulture. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
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