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British Bookshop
Mariahifer Strasse 4
Wien 1070
AUSTRIA
British Bookshop
Weihburggasse 24-26
Vienna 1010
AUSTRIA
Waterstone's
71 Boulevard Adolphe Max
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM
T: +32 (02) 219-2708
This may well be the best English-language bookshop in a non-Anglophone country. It is a very good London bookshop transported, perfectly intact, to a foreign land. The politics, history and language sections upstairs are especially strong. There is also a wide range of British and American magazines. The store is open on Sunday-a rarity in Brussels. Open: Mon-Thurs 9am-6.30pm, Fri-Sat 9am-7pm, Sun 11.30am-6pm.
Moufflon Bookshop
1 Sofouli Street
1250 Nicosia
CYPRUS
Moufflon Bookshop
30 Kinyras Street
Po Box 60722
Paphos
CYPRUS
Algoritam
Harambascieva 19
10000 Zagreb
CROATIA
Big Ben Bookshop
Malá Stupartská 5
Prague 1
CZECH REPUBLIC
Big Ben Bookshop is an English language, customer service orientated bookshop. Established in 1994, Big Ben specialise in all kinds of English books from dictionaries, teaching resources and course books to full range of fiction and non-fiction titles. They will order any title in print at no extra charge.
The Globe Bookstore
Pstrossova 6
New Town
Prague 1
CZECH REPUBLIC
The Globe Bookstore provides an intimate and comfortable atmosphere in the highest tradition of independent bookshops. International newspapers in English, Czech, French, and German line the entrance, and a wide selection of popular current magazines, are sure to catch the eye. Seated in an over-stuffed armchair, allow yourself to peruse their selection of 10,000 volumes of both new and used books. Whether you're seeking the escape of fiction or the truth in non, the Globe has something for everyone.
Shakespeare & Sons - Bookstore 1
U Luzickeho seminare 10
Mala Strana
Prague 1
CZECH REPUBLIC
Shakespeare & Sons - Bookstore 2
Soukenicka 44
Cesky Krumlov
CZECH REPUBLIC
Shakespeare & Sons - Bookstore & Cafe
Krymska 12
Vrsovice
Prague 10
CZECH REPUBLIC
Akateeminen Kirjakauppa
Keskuskatu 1
Phojoisesplanadi 39
PL 128
00101 Helsinki
FINLAND
Stockists of travel books, maps, books about Finnish history and culture plus classic and modern Finnish to English translations.
Shakespeare & Co.
37 rue de la Bucherie
Paris
FRANCE
A world famous antiquarian bookshop set dramatically on the banks of river Seine, in the shadow of the Notre Dame cathedral. It's been a fixture on the Paris literary scene since its inception in 1951.
Anavasi Travel Bookshop
6A, Stoa Arsakious
10564 Athens
GREECE
T (0030) 210-3218104
The biigest travel bookshop in all Greece, located in a 19th-century arcade in the centre of Athens, near Elefteroudakis.
Libraire Kaufman
Stadiou 28
Athens 10564
GREECE
Eleftheroudakis
17 Panepistimiou Street
Athens 10564
GREECE
British Bookshop
Börsenstrasse 17
Frankfurt
GERMANY
Open Monday to Friday 9:30am to 7pm; Saturday 9:30am to 6pm
Dr Goetze Land & Karte
Alstertor 14-18
20095 Hamburg
GERMANY
A travel bookstore and mapshop stocking English language titles.
Frensche International
Landesbank Galerie
Spitalerstrasse 26C
Munich
GERMANY
A vast English-language bookstore with a large selection of books and tapes.
Words' Worth Booksellers
Schellingstrasse 21
Munchen D-80799
GERMANY
Bestsellers Bookshop
October 6 Utca 11
Budapest 1051
HUNGARY
Király Books
Fô utca 79
District II
HUNGARY
CEU Bookshop
Nádor utca 9
District V
HUNGARY
House of the World Press
Városház utca 3-5
District V
HUNGARY
Párizsi Udvarn
Petôfi Sándor utca 2
District V
HUNGARY
Travel and language books, Hungarian literature in translation
Bookshop Kft
Gerlóczy utca 7
District V
HUNGARY
Oxford University Press Store
Bookstor
1, Nemans Mall
Kinsale
County Cork
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
T 021-4774966
E info@bookstor.ie
Opening hours Mon-Sat 9.30am-6pm, Sun 1-5pm
Gutter Bookshop
Cowls Lane
Temple Bar
Dublin
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
T 353 (0) 16799206
Opening hours Mon-Sat, 10am-6.30pm, Sun 11am-6pm
A wonderful new venture set up by authors John Boyne and Anthony Horowitz teamed up with experienced booksellers Bob Johnston and Ann Geraghty.
Almost Corner Bookshop
Via del Moro 45
Roma 00152
ITALY
Anglo-American Book Co.
Via Della Vite 102
Roma 00198
ITALY
Lion Bookshop
Via Dei Greci 33-36
Roma 00187
ITALY
Chapter1
42 rue Astrid
L-1143
LUXEMBOURG
The only specialist English language bookshop in Luxembourg. Established in 1993 they have built up a reputation for good, friendly service and are able to supply most English books. As well as books, Chapter1 also sells : British magazines, videos and DVDs, greetings cards; calendars; English Sunday papers.
The American Book Center
Kalverstraat 185
1012 XC Amsterdam
THE NETHERLANDS
Today the American Book Center has grown into one of the biggest, maybe even the biggest source of American (and British) language books on continental Europe with not only a store in Amsterdam but also one in The Hague (which opened in 1976). They have their very own Treehouse (Amsterdam) and Treehut (in The Hague) where meetings, readings and other events are organized.
Akademika
Blindern University Campus
Oslo
NORWAY
University bookstore, fairly large selection in most subjects. Penguin Classics and Penguin Modern Classics. Slightly more expensive than most. Law department in the centre
building of the old university campus on Karl Johans gate.
Oslo Nye Antikvariat
Bogstadveien
Majorstuvn. 15
Oslo
NORWAY
Used, very good for all sorts of non-fiction. English fiction
(classics) down the stairs.
Outland - Bookshop 1
Ostbanehallen
Jernbanetorget 1
Oslo
NORWAY
Outland - Bookshop 2
Karl Johans Gate 37-43
Oslo
NORWAY
Quist
Drammensvn. 16
Oslo
NORWAY
A slightly eccentric, "Your English-Language Bookshop."
Tanum
Karl Johan, nr. 37/41
Oslo
NORWAY
Largest bookshop in Oslo, plenty of English-language paperbacks, a very good art
section.
Travellers Shop
Uranienborgvn. 4
Oslo
NORWAY
Massolit Books
ul. Felicjanek 4/2
31-104 Krakow
POLAND
an English-language used bookstore and cafe located a few minutes from Krakow's old town center. The bookstore stocks about 20,000 titles from a wide range of subjects.
The American Bookstore
45 Krakowskie PrzedmieÊcie St.
Warsaw
POLAND
Warsaw's best English-language bookshop is also its newest. The American Bookstore has just about everything you might expect from a shop in the States: a healthy fiction section, plenty of magazines, even modern architecture and monography sections.
Co-liber Ksi´garnia Wydawnictw Importowanych
4 Plac Bankowy
Warsaw
POLAND
Co-liber has Warsaw's best selection of high-brow lit, stacks of mystery and crime paperbacks, and a fair mix of old and new best-sellers. Best about it, however, are its textbooks.
Eurobooks
Ul. Jesenskeho 5-9
81101 Bratislava
SLOVAKIA
Bratislava's only foreign-language bookstore.
Libros de Viaje
Serrano 41
28004, Madrid
SPAIN
Interlibro
Rda Gral Mitre 211-213
08023 Barcelona
Catalunya
SPAIN
Libreria gaudi
C Argensola 13
28004 Madrid
SPAIN
Travel Bookshop
Rindermakt 20
Zurich 8001
SWITZERLAND
Bergli Bookshop
Ruemelinsplatz 19
4001 Basel
SWITZERLAND
Elm Books
16 Avenue Pictet-De-Rochemont
1207 Geneva
SWITZERLAND
The Language Place
GTI GmbH
Schulstrasse 6
D-79761 Waldshut-Tiengen
SWITZERLAND
OffTheShelf English Books
15 bvd Georges Favon
1204 Geneva
SWITZERLAND
For English books in Turkey, Istanbul has it all. Not only a wonderful selection of bookshops that stock English language titles (see below) but also one of the worlds great centres of book-love, the Sahaflar Carsisi – the Book Bazaar, a small animated square on the edge of the great covered bazaar which leads directly into Beyazit Meydani - the large irregular piazza set around the Beyazit mosque and the entrance to the University. Fringed with cafes and old colleges (one of which has been turned into a museum of calligraphy) the corner of Beyazit Meydani nearest the Sahaflar Carsisi is filled with dealers in old coins, medals and prayer beads on Sunday morning. In addition to the second hand dealers in the Book bazaar, book lovers might want to check out two shops in the streets of old Pera: Ottomania, Sofyali Sokak 30-32, off Istiklal Caddesi near Tunel, T: 212-243 2157 and Turkuaz, Emir Nevruz Sokak, no 12, Galatasaray, T: 212-245-4588.
English Bookshop
Divanyolu Caddesi number 11
Sultanahmet
Istanbul
TURKEY
The English bookshop, near Divan Yolu’s reknowned Pudding Shop, is actually signposted as the Galerie Kayseri. It now has two branches, almost opposite each other at no 58 and no 11 Divanyolu Caddesi Sultanahmet.
Most easily accessible of all the Istanbul bookshops for a first time visitor, just a short stroll away from the Ayai Sophia and Blue Mosque on the central Divan Yolu thoroughfare which leads to the covered bazaar. Well chosen, selective stock with an owner passionate about Irfan Orga’s Portrait of a Turkish Family.
Eren
Tunel Istiklal Caddesi
Sofyali Sokagi 34
Beyoglu
80050 Istanbul
TURKEY
Specialists in academic, Turkish and Islamic studies who are also publishers, tucked in calm side street just ahead of the Tunel exit. There is also a smaller branch in the covered bazaar: Sahalflar Carsisi 16, Beyazit
Pandora
Istiklal Cadessi
Buyukparmakkapi Sokagi 3
Beyoglu
Istanbul
TURKEY
Robinson Crusoe
Istiklal 389
Beyoglu
Istanbul
TURKEY
A tardis of literature packed into a small, stylish, down-town store equipped with iron ladders to help you to ascend to your chosen title.
Homerkitabevi
Yenicarsi Caddessi 28/A
Galatasaray 80050
Istanbul
TURKEY
Remzi Kitabevi
44 Rumeil Caddessi
Nisantasi
Istanbul
TURKEY
Remzi Kitabevi has four branches in Istanbul (including the Akmerkez, Mayadrom and Profilo shopping malls) of which the Nisantasi branch - the smart residential district uphill from Taksim square - is probably the most easily accessible
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The American University in Cairo Bookstore
113 Sharia Kasr El Aini
Cairo
EGYPT
Fergiani Bookshop
Shar’ia 1st September
Tripoli
LIBYA
Tripoli’s Fergiani Bookshop is on the right hand side about five minutes walk from Green Square down Shar’ia 1st September (aka Awwal Sabtambar). Though comparatively small and dusty it is a lone outpost of literacy in a country where newpapers, let alone books, are no longer a familiar part of public life. It is also a showcase for the family publishing house – (Darf Publishers now based at 277 West End Lane, London NW6 1QS) that specialises in reprinting the classic travelogues and histories of Libya and North Africa. Fergiani stock reprints of Haynes’s invaluable guide to the Antiquities of Tripolitania, Goodchild’s very useful pamphlet on Cyrene and Apollonia and Colonel Gaddafi’s Green Book.
Café du Livre
44, rue Tariq Ben Ziad
Guéliz
Marrakesh
MORROCO
Located in the courtyard of old fashioned Hotel Toulousain (in Marrakech’s 1920’s Gueliz quarter) this charming and cosy Restaurant/Café/Bookstore is run by women. Customers can have a bite to eat from the menu, read the daily international newspapers, browse through the second-hand stock or make use of the library of Morocco reference books. Comfortable chairs and an open fireplace plus free Wi-Fi connection make this a rare find in the centre of the new town. It has already become a much-loved centre for visiting journalists, literate expatriates and interested travellers. Breakfast, lunch, light dinners, tea and tapas, many dishes conceived by 2-star Michelin chef Richard Neat of Casa Lalla. Average price 120 dirhams – which is about £7.50. Open from 9.30 am till 9.00 pm, non-stop service, Closed on Sundays.
La Fibule
Essaouira
11, Place Moulay
Hassan
MORROCO
La Fibule is a narrow kiosk on the café-lined central square of Essaouria beside the well-known newsagent Jacks Kiosk (now partly upgraded into an estate agent) . It has all the familiar maps, guides and glossy art books but also a well chosen stock of modern books and novels on North Africa, Morocco and the Muslim world.
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Munther's Bookstore
American Colony Hotel
One Louis Vincent Street
Jerusalem
ISRAEL
Tel: +972 2 627 9777
Opening hours Mon-Sun 9am - 5 pm
The Bookstore within Jerusalem’s American Colony Hotel was started by Munther Fahmi some 13 years ago, specializing in local history, politics, travel writings and guide books. According to a recent article in The New York Times it now also has the best selection of literature in the Middle East.
Magrudy’s
Shop no L.2
City Walk Level 2
Deira City Centre
UAE
University Bookshop
(Po Box 2219)
Amman 11181
JORDAN
The English Reader
Los Leones 116,
Providencia
Santiago
CHILE
The English Reader opened its doors September 9th of 2003 with the mission of offering the largest selection of English Books in Chile. We began by selecting and stocking a wide array of books on our shelves so that whether you are searching for a novel, cook book, or text book, the English Reader is your number one source for English books. A used and new English Book Store, you will find the most convenient prices but not at the expense of an ample selection.
Alma Libre Books
Puerto Moreles
Yucatan
MEXICO
The largest New & Used English Bookstore in the Yucatan with an eclectic selection in more than 20 genres. They have the best selection of books of local interest, such as books on local birds, fish, mammals, Mayan culture, Mexican cooking, maps, language books, as well as dictionaries and Spanish phrase books. There is also have a good selection of local travel guides. Trades are welcome on used books, so the selection is always changing and growing. Though the majority of the books are in English, they also have books in Spanish, German, French and Dutch and other languages.
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Idiom
Fort Kochi
Cochin
INDIA
Fort Kochi (the old quarter of the modern city of Ernakulam) has a small, distinctive bookshop called “Idiom’ on Princess Street with an excellent stock. It is just a few minutes stroll from the St Francis Church (Portugese, Dutch, Anglican, now Church of South India) and the Chinese Fishing Nets.
Incy Bella
Synagogue Lane
Jew Town
Cochin
INDIA
In the old Jewish quarter (Mattancherry) where you can also find the old Sultans palace, lots of junk shops and the synagogue there is another good bookshop – especially strong in historical reprints called “Incy Bella”.
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Books Actually
No 86 Club Street
SINGAPORE 069454
T: (65) - 62229195
E: kenny@booksactually.com or karen@booksactually.com
Elegant bookshop which is also a literary powerhouse for Singapore: host for the Singapore Writers Festival, with a several thousand strong members list, and even its own publishing wing, the Math Paper Press.
Open Monday to Saturday, 11am-9pm and on Sundays from 12am to 6pm.
Monument Books & Toys Co., Ltd
Nº 53, Street 426
Toul Tompong II
Phnom Penh
CAMBODIA
Tel: (855-23) 217 617, 210 813
Fax: (855-23) 217 618
Mobile: (855-12) 20 30 40
William Bagley is the general manager of Monument with a store in Phnom Penh, a well-stocked branch in Phnom Penh airport and a sister branch in Laos, see website for further details.
Abbeys
131 York Street
Sydney
NSW 2000
Berkelouws Paddington
19 Oxford Street
Paddington NSW 2021
Berkelouws Leichhardt
70 Norton Street
Leichhardt NSW 2040
Better Read Than Dead
265 King Street
Newtown
NSW 2042
Brays
268 Darling St
Balmain
NSW 2041
Gleebooks
49 Glebe Point Road
Glebe NSW 2037
Journeys Bookstore & Café
127 Trafalgar Street
Annandale NSW 2038
Megalong Books
183 The Mall
Leura
NSW 2780
Reader's Feast Bookstore
Midtown Plaza
Corner Bourke & Swanston Sts
Melbourne
Victoria 3000
Seagulls Bookshop
141 Nelson Pde
Williamstown
Melbourne
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Shanghai Foreign Languages Bookstore
390 Fuzhou Road
Shanghai 200001
CHINA
Vast, multi-storey bookshop on one of the principal city roads (partly filled with stationary, calligraphy and art material shops) between the monolithic old banks and hotels on the Bund and the brand new museums and galleries in the Peace Park
The Peace Palace Hotel
The Bund
Shanghai
CHINA
Smaller but still useful selection in the upstairs boutique on the mezzanine floor of the hotel – one of the monuments of the Bund built by the Sassoon’s Jewish trading dynasty that came out of 19th century Iraq.
Beijing Foreign Language Bookstore
235 Wang Fu Jing Avenue
Dong Cheng District
Beijing, 100006
CHINA
The Beijing Foreign Language Bookstore offers one of the largest selections of foreign (non-Chinese) language books in Beijing. Located in the bustling Wang Fu Jing shopping area, this store has dictionaries, travel guides, maps, English novels, poetry, cookbooks, books on ancient and modern art, and many volumes of Chinese literature translated into several languages. A good selection of The Lonely Planet Travel Guides can be found as well as Hong Kong English newspapers and some English magazines.
Old China Hand Reading Room
27 Shoa Xing Road
200020 Shanghai
CHINA
Shanghai’s own quarter for publishers is on Shao Xing Road, a serene tree-lined road with a neighbourhood park and lots of cafes including the stylish “Old China Hand Reading Room”, filled full of antiques, old books, cakes and a table of new books for sale.
M on the Bund
7F, no 5 The Bund,
200002 Shanghai
CHINA
The annual literary festival is staged over three weekends in March in the hospitable “M on the Bund”, one of the cities most stylish bars and restaurant with a breathtaking view of the river and near-continual buzz.
Good Day Books
3rd Floor Asahi Building
11-2 Ebisu 1-chome
Shibuya-ku
Tokyo
JAPAN
With more than 30,000 different new and used titles in stock, Good Day Books is the largest used English-language bookshop in Tokyo and in Japan. Centrally located "inside" the Yamanote Line, a few minutes' walk from Ebisu Station on either the JR Yamanote Line or the Hibiya Line subway, our book shop sells and trades used DVDs as well as used English language books. Good Day Books also offers business English classes and tutoring for the GRE, GMAT, and LSAT.
Caravan Books
2-21-5 Ikebukuro
Toshima-ku
Tokyo
JAPAN
Thousands of used books for sale. Have a cup of coffee or a light snack as you browse through our wide selection in Tokyo's nicest bookshop. Worldwide book searches carried out, gift vouchers, poetry readings and rental spaces at very reasonable rates.
Bondi Books
1-28-2-110
Kichijoji honcho
Musashino Shi
Tokyo
JAPAN
Small used English bookstore just 5 minutes from Kichijoji station in Tokyo. Focusing on general fiction, classic literature, science fiction, Australian fiction, beat fiction, kids books and interesting non-fiction. Reasonably priced and friendly!
The Blue Parrot
2-14-10 Takadanobaba
Shinjuku-ku
Obayashi Biru 3f
Tokyo
JAPAN
-Located only one minute from Takadanobaba station, The Blue Parrot Bookshop specializes in quality used English books at reasonable prices. They stock books on a wide range of subjects, including children's books. They also buy and trade books. Feel free to stop by 7 days a week to have your books evaluated.
Kyobo Bookstore
1 Chongno 1-ga
Jongno-gu
Seoul 110-121
SOUTH KOREA
With more than two million titles to choose from, Kyobo Bookstore is the largest bookstore in Korea. From every Korean literary work ever published to a wide selection of foreign language books, travel books and music publications.
We would be delighted to receive advice and recommendations from book-lovers about their local and favourite stores to bring this section to life.
In the meanwhile Emily Sinkins of the Canadian booksellers Association has kindly provided us with this information, www.cbabook.org or www.findabookstore.ca allows you to access all of their member bookstores through a search by province, store name or specialty.
As for American independents, the American Booksellers Association, should have a list of their members on their website at www.bookweb.org
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