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The Bookshop Atlas
3,471 independent bookshops in 1,504 towns, 295 of them selling secondhand.
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Worth the pilgrimage
Secondhand in Berlin, Germany
A Kreuzberg institution for English-language secondhand books, which also works as a lending library: buy a book, return it, and get most of your money back. Doubles as a social club.
Antiquarian in Berlin, Germany
A large Charlottenburg antiquariat specialising in German literature in first edition, collected works and bibliophile illustrated books, with deep shelves of history and the humanities. Baedekers and Insel-Bücherei volumes are among its collecting sidelines. Afternoon opening on weekdays.
Independent bookshop in Berlin, Germany
Art, photography and architecture books in the arches of the S-Bahn viaduct at Savignyplatz.
New & secondhand in Berlin, Germany
A Tempelhof shop of new and used English books with quiz and poetry nights.
Independent bookshop in Berlin, Germany
Billed as Germany's first theatre bookshop, from children's theatre to opera.
Independent bookshop in Berlin, Germany
A Charlottenburg literary bookshop open since 1929, with a good English selection.
Independent bookshop in Berlin, Germany
Berlin's comics and graphic-novel shop since 1991.
Independent bookshop in Berlin, Germany
A Mitte bookshop for art, design, architecture and urbanism, strong on small publications.
Antiquarian in Berlin, Germany
An antiquarian specialist in labour-movement and socialist literature.
The Atlas currently lists 3,471 active bookshops across 1,504 towns and cities in Germany. This is the number in our directory, not a claim that every shop in the area has been recorded.
295 listed shops are categorised as selling secondhand books. Stock changes frequently; ask a shop directly if you need a particular book.
The Atlas displays available source information. A listing without opening hours or access details is incomplete, not necessarily closed or inaccessible. Check each shop's website and confirm anything essential before travelling.
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