GIBERT ST MICHEL - BOURSE AUX LIVRES & ÉCOLECTURE
Read moreFollowing the closure of its seven stores on and around Place Saint-Michel in 2021, the brand can now be found on Quai Saint-Michel in its last remaining outlet. Here, you'll find a second-hand book market, as well as an "Eco Lecture" section where even the worst books are sold at reduced prices. For more choice, head up the boulevard to find two other outlets on several floors.
LIBRAIRIE YOU FENG
Read moreAsian bookshop opened since 1970, You-Feng offers an eclectic selection : political trials, academic works, martial arts, manga… a host of themes dealing with Japan. You Feng also publishes books on Asia.
THE 'VIEUX CAMPEUR'
Read moreLe Vieux Campeur is the temple of the traveler. It's also, of course, a bookshop, a veritable institution offering a wide range of books on hiking, documentation to help plan your trip, and themed guidebooks: water, snow, earth, you name it. In the basement, you'll find maps and foreign guidebooks. On the first floor, green tourism with hikes, walks and adventure raids. Upstairs, climbing, caving, sailing and diving. Orders can be placed via the website.
SHAKESPEARE AND COMPANY
Read moreThe must-visit English bookstore of Paris delights all the english-speaking of the capital but not only! Many Parisians and tourists come to take coffee on the terrace of the bookstore, a few steps from Notre-Dame. In addition to an extremely rich anglophone back and a lovely café, the bookstore proposes each year a festival allowing you to meet anglophone authors as well as a hosting system: the tumbleweeding! The concept? For just a few hours of work at the bookstore, you will be accommodated upstairs!
LIBRAIRIE EYROLLES
Read moreReading enthusiasts make no mistake: the Eyrolles bookshop is a captivating paradise! The Parisian store, spread over no less than 1,000 m², has more than 50,000 titles and 200,000 volumes, making it one of the largest independent bookstores in France. The shelves are classified in a precise manner to facilitate the orientation of the readers, among the major fields: literature, youth, pedagogy, computer science, photography, law, economics, architecture, creative leisure, nature and botany, fine arts, tourism, map library and many other literary delights. Books to discover also on the store's web platform.
L’HARMATTAN - LIBRAIRIE INTERNATIONALE
Read moreL'Harmattan transports, according to its 3 addresses in the heart of the Latin Quarter, all the culture necessary to the blooming of each one. After extensive renovations, the premises are practical and easy to walk around. Note that Harmattan, which is also a publishing house, has adapted to the demands of its time by offering digital books marketed online. In addition to the international bookshop, located on rue des Écoles, l'Harmattan has two other sales outlets, just next door: one dedicated to humanities, the other to second-hand books.
LIBRAIRIE SOLSTICES
Read moreAuthentic online, thematic and cultural bookshop, which is particularly attractive to a field of scholars or curious. If the large catalogue of works, for the least rare or specific, is primarily intended for the great specialists, the layman may still be at risk. Old books are collationnés, complete and in good condition. Any defects are reported. On the site, discover in addition to many references, the agenda of fairs, fairs or market. An authentic and unique address, as you love, by a passionate lover!
LA PARISIENNE DU PAPELART
Read moreAfter having lived a thousand lives (publicist, journalist, editor and even pastry chef), Filo Loco launched a publishing house in the form of an association, Serious Publishing, which releases a few black novels each year, mainly. Logically, it's in this bookshop that you can find them (here, but not only), as well as a fine and precise selection of underground works, from comics to more specialized books. It's a good place to find the rare pearl, and judging by the number of visitors, many are passing the word on.
LIBRAIRIE PALIMPSESTE
Read moreYou are in the university bookshop of Censier-Daubenton. Specialized in social sciences (letters, arts, languages but also philosophy, history, cinema or music), it is mainly attended by students. The choice of books is wide and the advice of the sales team always very thoughtful. There is no need to say: they know their domain. You can leave your eyes closed!
LE RENARD DORÉ
Read moreLe Renard Doré, named after a famous Japanese fantasy figure, is an invitation to travel to the heart of the archipelago's manga and literature. Founded by Mickaël Brun-Arnaud, the bookstore opened its doors in May 2018, a few steps from the Jardin des Plantes and its venerable Japanese cherry blossom tree... It offers on two levels a kawaii stationery, a nice selection of books as well as DVDs, plush toys, accessories, figurines, posters... A dreamlike Ghibli-like universe in a charming floral tapestry decor. Escape games, workshops, conferences and signing sessions are regularly organized there! A jewel we tell you!
THE 'VIEUX CAMPEUR'
Read moreIt all began next door, at 38 rue des Ecoles, where the brand's founder, Roger de Rorthays, acquired a small 23 m² premises during the Second World War to set up his new company selling equipment for outdoor activities. This space has since been transformed into a mini-museum, and Le Vieux Campeur has become what we know it to be, namely, in the5th arrondissement of Paris, "a village of 25 stores", including this one. You're sure to find everything you need for outdoor activities in one of them. Expert staff.
MANGA CAFÉ
Read moreFor those who live in manga, eat manga and sleep (and there's since France is the second country of the manga by its number of consumers), the Manga Café is their promised land. In the vein of Japan's kissa manga, these relaxing spaces in which a manga library is set up for vignettes compulsive, the Manga Café proposes, with a right of acquittal (from 3 € the half hour, 20 € the day pass), to devour as many grouse as one can (there are 10 000 references!) while sipping a soda comfortably. installed and do, if the heart follows, some exercises on Sony Playstation terminals. The Manga Café also organizes events such as role play or film projections.
L'ARBRE DU VOYAGEUR
Read moreDespite this evocative name, this bookstore is not a travel bookshop: no tourist guides between these walls. The shop is not very big but is well equipped and contains a good general selection. Independent, it offers in shelves French and foreign literature, social sciences, philosophy, poetry and history. If you like classical music and books, you will be offered an excellent welcome, also for movie lovers! Children have a dedicated section with albums and comics. Finally, Anglo-Saxon literature also has its place on the shelves.
LES GRANDS CARACTERES
Read moreIt is a unique bookstore in Paris, and with good reason: opened last January, it offers books for visually impaired readers. Here, the books, initially produced by two publishing houses, are calibrated for maximum reading comfort: the texts are airy, the typefaces are larger and the pages do not reflect light. The place itself has been the object of all the attention, and the luminosity, for example, is adapted. On the book side, a vast choice has been made to democratize, as far as possible, access to reading for people who have hitherto found it difficult to find books.
L'OURS ET LA VIEILLE GRILLE
Bookstore and café-bar in the heart of the5th arrondissement of ParisRead more