The best bookshops Midi-Pyrénées

It's impossible to talk about independent bookshops without mentioning Ombres Blanches, which is so widespread in the city center! A team of nearly fifty booksellers is waiting to advise you in its various nooks and crannies. The main bookshop has several entrances, so you can browse the shelves according to your mood: children's books, classic literature, detective novels, science fiction, essays... A little further on, still on rue Gambetta, the Librairie Voyage, Nature et Pratique opens up new horizons. The cinema bookshop is opposite. The foreign bookshop is on rue Mirepoix. From the rue des Gestes entrance, you can access the café Côté Cour, a delightful place to devour your latest find, while sipping a cup of tea. Numerous meetings are organized, making Ombres blanches a major cultural player in the pink city.

Spectacular! A 1,000^m2 barn housing a bookshop with over 60,000 items on the shelves! Foreign and regional literature, fine works on the Canal du Midi, viticulture, history, the occult sciences, gastronomy, history, comic strips and children's books, old editions, some of them original, and a cabinet of curiosities with old engravings and imagery... you'll find it all! Art lovers, make your way up to the mezzanine. Nelly and her team of enthusiasts will help you find what you're looking for.

Gibert's bookshop opened its doors on Place des Martyrs-de-la-Résistance in 1956, making it the oldest bookshop in the city! Far from having lost any of its dynamism, the address is still appreciated by lovers of low-priced books, with almost 135,000 references within its walls and on its website. Several departments: youth, cinema, history, fine arts, tourism... It also houses Montpellier's largest stationery shop, as well as CDs and DVDs.

In Alès, Fnac's bookshop department offers you all the bestsellers, thrillers and books in the news in its bookshop area. Need a specific title or book? Let a bookseller be your guide, and he'll be at your disposal during store opening hours. If your book isn't on the shelves, you can have it delivered free of charge to the store the next day, or order it online.

The Gibert bookshop spans 7 floors in a building located at the entrance to Place du Capitole. You won't want to miss it! From travel guides to textbooks, art books to paperbacks... it's all here. An area dedicated to comics and manga will delight fans of graphic art. A few metres further up the rue du Taur, Gibert Papeterie offers a wide choice of small office equipment and postcards.

In the shade of the Augustins, the Privat bookstore opened its doors in 1839! This historical witness of Toulouse's cultural life has been renovated to make it an ideal place for literary strolls. On the ground floor await you the shelves of French and foreign literature. To your left, two rooms dedicated to youth. To the right, explore the mezzanine to find works of well-being, current events, history, art.... Or go down a few steps: you will find a coffee break area! Below, discover the trips, practical books and the school world, as well as a pretty vaulted cellar that hosts exhibitions, conferences and meetings. A must have!

For the past ten years, this bookshop specialized in comics has also been a tea room. It is possible to have a coffee, to have a snack or to have lunch while leafing through the latest Riad Satouf or Joann Sfar book. Mangas, adult comics, classics, comics, youth catalog, Sébastien and Alexandre offer comics for all readers. Passionate about vignettes and bubbles, they follow authors and their news closely and will be able to recommend the latest novel not to be missed.

This beautiful "PETITE librairie" located in Sommières, a pretty typical Gard village, opened its doors in November 2018. Three women are behind this bold project, which gives pride of place to new adult literary releases, children's literature, thrillers and comics, not forgetting shelves dedicated to practical books and travel books. The three women also offer a children's area, where meetings are frequently organized to bring young and old together. Happy reading!

Twenty years ago, the Terra Nova bookshop set up shop in the Pink City, between the Capitole and the Garonne. This beautiful bookshop specializing in literature from near and far offers real invitations to travel for "globe-readers". Books are either translated into French or sold in their original versions: Asian, African and West Indian literature... Terra Nova is more than just a change of scenery: it's also a place for reflection, where you can revisit politics, history and economics in the light of authors from not-so-distant lands. Stories of struggle as well as comics, poetry and children's literature open an extra-large window on the world.

Becoming an institution on Alés is the world of culture, knowledge and knowledge that awaits you here. This large, multi-lingual library opens on two levels and many rays, where walking distance to the books is really pleasant, thanks to the good signalitique and the well arranged space. Whether in youth, literature, school literature, history, economics, sociology, law, languages, politics, psychology, BD, travel, tourism or regionalism, to name but these departments, we are always welcomed by competent staff, sellers who know a radius. You can. to order everything that is written. Note, the interesting loyalty card that is offered to all clients. As in Montpellier, the bookshop regularly organises authors'signatures, debates around topical topics and artistic animations, which actively participates in the alésienne and Cévennes cultural life.

This is a bookstore quickly becoming indispensable. Get into the bubble paradise! On your right, the wisely aligned mangas awaits lovers. On your left, discover the novelties, carefully chosen by a team of superbooksellers (it's like superheroes but with books and without stickers). Then move forward to find the suites of your favorite series and graphic novels. At the bottom is a beautiful space for young people. A small café, accompanied during the beautiful days of a tiny patio, welcomes you to eat your readings on site. A real point: BD Fugue organizes meetings with authors very regularly. We love it!

The Fnac is in what was once the great store «Les Dames de France», crowned with a beautiful dome. The Monument scored its 158 years in 2014. On two levels, Fnac offers library, multimedia, photo works, show box, etc. A multidisciplinary sign that is almost useless to present, we are sure you already know. Reception and advice are a constant at Fnac.

For a large area of the book, video game, DVD and CD, Cultura is really doing well! This store, very widely stocked, is a real incentive to the general culture. Many vendors are more available (when you manage to locate them). You can't find the book or CD you were looking for? You can order them and you will be warned that they have arrived by email or by SMS. This great sign also has the immense merit of having installed its premises on the outskirts of the city. Free parking. One caveat, however: the days of attendance - many! - we must be truly motivated - and courageous - to trace its path in the human tide that seeks its happiness over all the rays. Preferably, get there in the morning, in the morning!

Located between the Arènes and the Maison Carrée, the Goyard bookshop and stationery store has been delighting book lovers in Nîmes since 1978. A general bookshop, it boasts a rich collection of 25,000 references in all literary genres. You'll also find a wealth of books on regional culture and traditions, reflecting the local people's attachment to their homeland. In addition to books, Goyard also offers stationery and office supplies. All in all, it's a must for book and writing enthusiasts in Nîmes.

In Toulouse, FNAC is in several stores, two of which are located in the city center. FNAC Jeanne-d 'Arc is entirely dedicated to multimedia. The FNAC Wilson, for its part, resumes on three levels, all the rays that have made this great area of culture and entertainment: music, books, photo, high-tech, cinema, stationery, games, boxes to offer, carnage… Of course it has a ticket box for the most diverse events: concerts, festivals, sports meetings, theater… You will also find a number of terminals to print your photos. A forum of meetings allows him to organize show-boxes and dedicatory sessions.

Located in the Saint-Cyprien district, l'Autre Rive is an independent bookshop that fits in perfectly with the spirit of the place. Here you can discover, exchange, discuss and debate. It offers a generalist catalog which, along with the sound advice of passionate booksellers, enables everyone to find their new nuggets. Of course, l'Autre Rive also organizes meetings, launches, readings and screenings to bring reading to life. An address not to be missed when crossing the Garonne!

The only "big" bookshop in Foix and even in the Ariège. On the ground floor, stationery department and everything that goes with it. On the first floor, a bookshop with a corner for children, schools, regionalism, tourism, art, photography, etc. Pocket books, art books, the latest work on the Cathars or the old collection of poems by a little known Ariège poet, you will find them at Surre. Not forgetting, of course, all the editions of Le Petit Futé!

La Maison du Livre is a bookshop located in Rodez. It offers a wide selection of books, films, music and games. Customers can buy in-store, do a drive-through or have their order delivered. La Maison du Livre also organizes events such as author signings.

All the main names of the contemporary BD are present and, next to the new books, a radius, smaller for the used comics. If you are looking for a particular author or album, please do not hesitate to ask Jean-François and Olivier, they have been there for 15 years and the BD is their idleness. Regularly you can meet the authors and designers during the signatures. The Petit in the Bulle is a small, small and small tirage, signed by their author, and offered to you during the publication of the album.

A heart of the Dome of the Halles, Fnac steadfastly resists the traffic crisis in the mall. This place is, and it is magical, an ideal stroll, where several generations are peacefully arriving in contact with books, comic strips, dvds, CD… In short, culture. The youngest ones come to discover the latest mangas, the new comics and if they settle in the radius to read a little piece, nobody tells them anything. Those who do not find their happiness are ordering and, rather quickly, a message warns them that their selection has arrived. On disk, Fnac opened its bins to all musical genres, influences and even to local formations. It is regrettable, however, that the classical radius shortens regularly. One can only rejoice that Fnac exists in the city centre of Nîmes because, besides being a commercial place - and this is its very function - it has become one of the main reasons for the Dome which, without it, would have difficulty surviving. It is not a sociabilisation area (we talk relatively little about it), but it is a living place.