List of independent bookstores

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This is a list of independent bookstores sorted by country, and includes both current and defunct companies. This list includes smaller chains of stores operated along the lines of independent bookstores. This list includes brick-and-mortar stores that may also sell online.

Australia

• Foreign Language Bookshop, Melbourne
• TLC Books, Brisbane

Canada

• Aqua Books in Winnipeg, Manitoba (defunct)
• Attic Books in London, Ontario
• Bakka-Phoenix in Toronto, Ontario
• Bison Books in Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Black Bond Books, small independently run chain of stores in the lower mainland of B.C.
• Blue Heron Books in Uxbridge, Ontario
• Book City in Toronto, Ontario
• The Book Man in Chilliwack, British Columbia
• The Book Room in Halifax, Nova Scotia was, at the time of its 2008 closing, the oldest bookstore in Canada (defunct)
• The Bookshelf in Guelph, Ontario
• Camas Bookstore and Infoshop in Victoria, British Columbia
• Glad Day Bookshop in Toronto, Ontario
• Highway Book Shop near Cobalt, Ontario (defunct)
• Hooked On Books in Penticton, British Columbia
• Hyman's Book and Art Shoppe, an independent Jewish bookstore in Toronto, Ontario (defunct)
• Insoumise bookstore, independent anarchist bookstore in Montreal
• Librairie Raffin, small independently run chain located in Quebec and specializing in French language books
• Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium in Vancouver, British Columbia
• McNally Robinson, small independently run chain of stores across Canada
• Mondragon Bookstore & Coffeehouse in Winnipeg, Manitoba (defunct)
• The Monkey's Paw in Toronto, Ontario
• Munro's Books in Victoria, British Columbia
• Pages Books on Kensington in Calgary, Alberta
• Spartacus Books in Vancouver, British Columbia
• This Ain't the Rosedale Library in Toronto, Ontario (defunct)
• Toronto Women's Bookstore in Toronto, Ontario (defunct)
• The Word Bookstore in Montreal

France

• José Corti in Paris
• Shakespeare and Company in Paris

Germany

• BuchGourmet in Cologne

Greenland

• Atuagkat Bookstore in Nuuk

Singapore

• BooksActually in Tiong Bahru

United Kingdom

• Barter Books in Alnwick Station, Northumberland
• Compendium Books in London
• Daunt Books in London
• Foyles of London
• Stanfords in London

United States

Main article: List of independent bookstores in the United States

See also

• List of bookstore chains

External links

• American Bookseller's Association (United States)
• Bookstore guide (Europe)
• Local bookshops (United Kingdom and Ireland)
• Australian independent bookseller