The best bookshops Loire-Atlantique

In no less than 160 m², Benoît Albert and his team offer a wide range of cartography, guidebooks and, of course, travel literature. This Mecca of "elsewhere" also features photo exhibitions, paintings and meetings with authors/travellers, as well as unusual objects. A good place to visit before setting off on a journey, whether in France or further afield... And of course, the Petit Futé guide collection is well represented. The team's "coups de coeur" are great pointers to follow.

This award offers a wide choice of cultural products. The bookshop area is organized by themes (French and foreign literature, fine arts, practical life, youth…). It is also exercised in the field of CD. Safe values are available in bins, but also more confidential authors. A music bar (next to the concert stage, open to young musical talents) proposes to listen to the CD of your choice. Also, software, DVD and video, office and computer, stationery. The artists will be able to have everything necessary for their creation, leisure, painting, fine arts. This store is also a real living space. Amateurs of fine arts and creative leisure, a workshop welcomes you around creative workshops of two hours or fine arts courses where adults and children can discover the land, painting, casting, drawing… Cultura is also, the box office, photo development, payment in three times…

The supermarkets and hypermarchés E. Leclerc have created a space dedicated solely to culture, and this is evident: 80 000 references of books, 35 000 discs and tens of thousands of videos and de at very competitive prices are available. A true Ali Baba cave of culture, where you can draw the works of your favorite artists endlessly. The cultural centre regularly organises mini-concerts, signature sessions, discussions with authors and art exhibitions.

A bookstore specializing in books of psychology, spirituality, natural health, this place leaves a great place for products that enable wellness: Beautiful choice of gems (lithotherapy), a wide variety of plant candles, natural incense (sauges, various resins, sticks…) and their accessories. There are also Tibetan bowls, zomes, statues that will energize your environment.

Located in the former Palais de la Bourse dating from the end of the 18th century, designed by the architect Mathurin Crucy (to whom Nantes also owes the development of the Place Graslin and its theatre), the Fnac in Nantes covers three levels and 3,500^m2. A multimedia space, ticketing, after-sales service, click and collect, telephony, photography and household appliances occupy the ground floor, the^first floor is devoted to children's literature and games for young people, sound and video (records, CDs, DVDs, Blu Ray), and works on various themes: regionalism, society, health, philosophy, and the second floor is dedicated to reading with various themes: regionalism, society, health, French or foreign literature, school books, novels, mangas and comic books. A lounge invites you to browse through these literary products according to Fnac's programme, which also hosts press conferences or showcases and meetings with artists for album, book or film releases or signings. Please note: at the SNCF station, a new address welcomes you for nomadic and travel products: telephony, accessories, micro-computing and sound.

Specialized in spirituality (all beliefs and religions combined) from the East and the West, this bookstore offers books in line with its motto "Better knowledge for better understanding - Better understanding for better love" on the themes of personal development, health, divinatory arts, parallel sciences and ecology. In all, there are about 6,000 references available. There is also a space with a choice of music for relaxation, a range of natural incense, objects and a card department. Regularly, the bookshop organizes meetings and exchanges with authors.

La Durance is a bookshop in Nantes that is more than a hundred years old and still independent. A beautiful and warm space spread over four levels where we pride ourselves on offering no less than 60,000 references on the many shelves: literature, culture and leisure, youth, learning and teaching, science and technology, legal and professional books, humanities, university works, arts and history. Competent booksellers await you in each of these sectors. Among other things, there is a section devoted to regionalism and a "language bookshop" with thousands of foreign titles in their original version. A real temple of reading, with a smile and the competence of the booksellers! The Durance school card (free of charge) gives a 5% discount to secondary school students in the Loire-Atlantique region.

Bookworms and bookworms know this address and its bargains well. All types of second-hand books are represented here: paperbacks, comic books, detective stories, art books, cooking books, personal development books... You can also buy magazines in very good condition. Books for young people of all categories are well represented. Gift ideas are in the air with some art books, specialized encyclopedias, or even some books coming from publishers' sales, new ones then! Don't hesitate if you want to part with some of your books, here we buy them back with payment in cash, checks or vouchers. A good address !

The hidden sciences and their mysteries are at last within reach of this library. It's about 8 600 references to explore different themes. Also go to the practical work and find the game of divinatory cards that will match you, your pendulum for radiesthésie sessions or stones and minerals for different uses. Find out, workshops are sometimes organized to share your passion and introduce you to the hidden arts.

Armel Henry is a passionate philatelist but also a cartophile of the sampled country. In its shop, you will be chinerez old postcards and stamps of all kinds to enrich your treasures! To complement your well-known collector culture, it has gathered all kinds of documentation, including essential catalogues. There are also numerous storage facilities available for all types of collections. The products of Moc, Safe, Strom or Yvert and Tellier brands are available here. You will also find a schedule of the appointments not to be missed: stamp party, collectors'salon, etc. Possibility of exchanging stamps.

From elementary to high school to university, this library is part of the curriculum of schools and students as an obligatory passage. An important choice of works in original language, dictionaries, classic pockets, new and used school textbooks, corrected records, university books… Student friends, you won't have an excuse, success with the right tools and advice from the sellers you'll find at Polyglot! There is also a general radius and youth.

Do you know many bookshops set up in a former guardroom? Here you can find books on the themes of the museum's exhibition rooms: the history of Anne de Bretagne, the slave trade, the Edict of Nantes, industry, literature, Nantes' surrealist figures, books on the artists whose paintings adorn the castle, but also a children's section and some very nice co-published books. A great way to extend the visit at home! There is also a wide range of original objects related to Nantes and its identity: watercolours of Nantes signed by Éric Cabanas, small notebooks of the castle, tokens from the French Revolution "Vivre libre ou mourir" (Live free or die), Nantes berlingots, or, for children, the little stuffed ermine or the little ghost of the castle... Exhibition catalogues and editions of the Château are also on sale in the bookshop. A selection that perfectly combines general public themes and more specific subjects, particularly on urban planning issues. Note that the bookshop now has an online shop where you can find all the essential books and objects.

Specialized in literature of the th century, this library located opposite the castle of the Dukes of Brittany has a very beautiful old-fashioned old books. Here you can find some 3 500 references of modern illustrations (attention! understood by "Modern" prior to 1950) but also original editions of the th century. Read your Erasures also hosts painting and calligraphy exhibitions.

The 13 Cauldrons, it is a bookshop centred around the well-being, spirituality and esotericism. There are many works dealing with magical black, voodoo, the reiki, aromatherapy, to conceal practices, but also many works related to the personal development... In short, everything you will not find on the shelves of your traditional bookseller. The 13 Cauldrons also regularly hold meetings and conferences on subjects including also known as hypnosis, the cartomancy or the reiki.

In the heart of the commune of Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire, stands out the Lucettes: an independent bookstore installed since 2016. Welcomed by the smiling Stéphanie, the principle here is simple: reading is a pleasure and above all, an exchange! We are invited to browse the shelves covering all fields and all audiences to find the books that inspire us. With enthusiasm and passion, the Lucettes bookstore shares its favorites with us, takes the time to advise us or to let us stroll among the books and dedicated spaces. On the program: literary events: meetings with authors and illustrators, book signings and readings. Children and teenagers have a more intimate and colorful space dedicated to them, with a reading corner for the youngest where fun workshops and animations are offered in the middle of the wide range of books and games. This bookstore is a superb place of proximity: the Lucettes is a place of life where we want to share our passions! The bookshop is part of the Alip network, the independent bookshops of the West.

A nod to the wonderful novel by Émile Ajar aka Romain Gary, this pretty bookshop is located in the vibrant rue Joffre. Charlotte Desmousseaux, the young and talented creator of this space conducive to encounters, wanted to create a place of proximity, alive and bubbling like the rue du Maréchal-Joffre; a place of culture, sharing, meetings, readings and signatures... And the result is particularly successful. No doubt you will find inspiring books: French and foreign literature, travel and tourism, practical life, human sciences, essays and news, comics, arts, children's books in French and English... But also games and toys, and products made in Nantes. Events are regularly organized to bring together the inhabitants of the district. A great address!

Les Enfants Terribles is THE children's bookshop in Nantes. It offers a wide range of books for children up to the age of 15, including albums, novels and comic strips. Les Enfants Terribles also offers a wide selection of board games, educational toys, puppets... And of course, like any self-respecting independent bookshop, Les Enfants Terribles regularly organizes shows, snacks, exhibitions, meetings and book signings with authors and illustrators of children's books (follow them on their Facebook page). We love the quality of the welcome and the commitment of the passionate, enthusiastic booksellers. A place not to be missed!

The store opened in the Pont-Rousseau station in Rezé. This charming 60^m2 generalist, independent and local bookshop will help you get started with your reading. White, black, French or foreign... literature for all ages. Not forgetting children's books, social sciences and comics! Carole and Nolwenn have made their dreams come true and share their desires, advice and favorites. They offer writing workshops, creative workshops... This pretty bookshop gives life to the old station and a special soul to this third place for books and culture. La Petite Gare also offers, through an association on the first floor, shared offices for the book and cultural professions, as well as a space for programming around writing and reading.

In the south of Nantes, in Rezé, the Océane shopping mall invites the curious to make a useful stop at the Leclerc cultural space within the mall. Here one has the choice. The bookstore is both general and specialized with novels for children, fiction, detective stories, literature with a capital L, and of course travel guides! Regular signing sessions are organized with national and local authors. Events such as learning to bind books are listed on the Facebook calendar. Very useful, social networks invite us to view the many highlights throughout the year. And of course the always awaited literary releases. In addition, music, CDs, DVDs, games... are available in this temple of culture in the broadest sense

The E. Leclerc cultural space takes the philosophy of the company in its own way and offers a wide range of books, Cds and Dvds in this wide store, ranging from the essential to the success of the moment, while offering the possibility of obtaining books from small publishers or independent labels productions. It's also a ticket box. Professional booksellers (from the Book professions of the Book) advise you with very valuable knowledge and availability. Signatures and readings are sometimes organized. A practical address, to make its cultural shopping after having done the full to fill the fridge! Note: a manga space.