Bookstores
Other Bookstores
Bookstores
A Different Booklist / Annex
A Different Booklist promotes literature from across the African diaspora, the Caribbean, Asia and Latin America....
Batner Bookstore / North York
The Batner Bookstore on Steeles Avenue West has been in business for decades selling text books, books for children and young adults as well as resources for both Advanced Placement...
Ben McNally Books / Financial District
I feel a confession is in order at the outset of this profile: these days I buy almost all my books online. It didn't used to be so. ...
Book City / Annex
Book City has five locations in Toronto. It's first store (pictured above) was opened in 1976 in the Annex. Their shelves are stocked with new and older titles and they...
Book City (Danforth) / Danforth
Book City is the largest mini-chain of bookstores in Toronto, stocking a good selection of fiction, non-fiction, magazines and kids books. This Danforth location is one of five in Toronto....
Book Mark / Etobicoke
The Book Mark in Etobicoke is Toronto's oldest independent bookstore. In the 43 years of operation the store has moved twice and changed ownership a couple of times, yet...
Conspiracy Culture / Parkdale
Conspiracy Culture in Parkdale is a great source for books and videos on any and all conspiracy theories. The store also host regular reading events and seminars. ...
Glad Day Bookshop / Yonge & Wellesley
As the first Canadian and second longest surviving lesbian and gay bookstore in the world after The Oscar Wilde, Glad Day knows a thing or two about what appeals to...
Islamic Books / Little India
Islamic Books in Little India is an excellent resource for Islamic literature. The majority of their books are in English and Urdu, but they carry the Holy Quran in many...
Origo Books / King East
Origo Books is an independent boutique bookshop specialized in the alternative and metaphysical, recently open in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood. Their manifest purpose is to provide a unique place for...
Swipe Books / Queen West
As I repeatedly circled around Richmond and Adelaide in search of the new location of Swipe Books, I began to wonder how a store so difficult to find could have...
The Sleuth Of Baker Street / Bayview and Leaside
The Sleuth Of Baker Street offers perhaps the best selection of crime and mystery books in Toronto. Operated by Marian Misters and JD Singh, the little shop offers all of...
Toronto's Spanish Bookstore / Annex
Toronto's Spanish Bookstore has a massive selection of books for Spanish speakers (readers) or those attempting to learn the language. They sell the books at their Bathurst St. storefront as...
TYPE Books / West Queen West
TYPE books is my neighbourhood bookstore. Actually, that's not true. There's also Babel and Monkey's Paw - both good for certain occasions, but TYPE is my go-to. I depend on...

