Bookstores
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Bookstores
A Good Read / Roncesvalles Village
A Good Read is one the best places in the city to find rare books, with particular emphasis placed on first and signed editions. Opened in fall of 2007...
Balfour Books / Little Italy
Balfour Books, in its new, smaller, location at 468 College St (west of Bathurst), almost doesn't seem like a used bookstore. Sure, there is a dollar bin right outside the...
BMV Express / Queen West
BMV Express recently popped up on Queen West, across the street from the CTV building in the space formerly occupied by St. Patricks convenience store, but just what exactly is...
Book Exchange / Junction
The Book Exchange is a well organized new and used bookstore located in the West end of the Junction. Monday CLOSED Tuesday-Friday 11am-9pm Saturday ...
Circus Books and Music / Danforth
Circus Books and Music relocated from Cabbagetown to its current location at Danforth and Jones in March of 2008. Owned and operated by Ron Duffy, the store stocks primarily...
Dencan Books & Magazines / Junction
The Dencan Books & Magazines store is located in the West end of the Junction right beside Book Exchange. Between these two stores and Pandemonium down the road, the Junction...
Doug Miller Books / Koreatown
Doug Miller Books provides "New Books, not New Prices." After ten years on Mount Pleasant, the shop moved to Bloor about two months ago when their landlord put the building...
Eliot's Bookshop / Yonge & Wellesley
Eliot's Bookshop is a three story bookstore near Yonge and Wellesley that sells a huge variety of used books including many classic literature. ...
Great Escape Books / Upper Beaches
Great Escape Books is just as a classic bookstore should be--bursting out of its shelves and overflowing with print. Books are piled high here; above overhead shelves, in milk crates...
Handy Book Exchange / Avenue and Lawrence
The Handy Book Exchange is a small used book store that primarily serves uptown residents around Avenue and Lawrence....
Monkey's Paw / Dundas West
Monkey's Paw is unlike any other bookstore in Toronto. There's no Harry Potter or Suzanne Somers Eight Steps to Wellness here. Instead, the shelves are a treasure trove of the...
NDJ Books / Yonge & Wellesley
Despite declining in numbers during the recent 10 years, the used bookstore is still a Toronto staple. The uniqueness of each store is what keeps customers coming back to their...
Pandemonium / Junction
Pandemonium first opened in the Junction twelve years ago. When owner Neill Cunningham opened the used book and record store, the neighbourhood hadn't seen foot traffic along Dundas West in...
Paper Books / Little Italy
Paper Books is a self-proclaimed "nostalgia machine" selling books to both private and institutional collectors. The company is passionate about cataloguing, circulating and collecting books in an accurate and efficient...
Re:Reading / Danforth
So, to begin with a little wordplay, let's call this post "Regarding: Re: Reading." Not working for you? Okay, I'll start again... As I enjoy few things...
River Trading Company / Parkdale
The River Trading Company is somewhat of a silver lining for owner David McGowan, who, after 28 years in I.T., found himself with a cardboard box full of desk contents....
Seekers Books / Annex
Located in the Annex underneath Kilgour's Bar, Seekers speciality is New Age books, including those on mysticism, meditation, Eastern philosophy and the Occult. For those who identify as thoroughly...
Sellers & Newel / Little Italy
Sellers & Newel is a rare new entry into the retail book market in Toronto. Stocked with a wide variety of books, ranging from rare collector's items to $3 paperbacks,...
She Said Boom / Roncesvalles Village
She Said Boom features two locations under once linked, but now separate, ownership. Both stores have been around for over ten years, with the College Street location acting as...
The Pleasant Bookstore / Bayview and Leaside
Aptly named, The Pleasant Bookstore has been an oasis in a bustling Bayview and Eglinton area for over 22 years. All books in The Pleasant Bookstore are half price. Family-run, the...
Zoinks / Bloorcourt
Zoinks is only three years old but, somehow, it captures the feeling of the essential neighbourhood store that's been around forever. On Bloor West near Dovercourt, this small but well...
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