The best bookshops Vienna

This is Babette's feast! A gourmet and delicious bookstore. If you have fallen in love with Austrian cuisine, this is where you will find recipe books to cook schnitzels, knödels and other goulash and why not if you are daring sachertortes. The books are written in English or German and often beautifully illustrated. In addition, you will find exotic spices on the shelves in pretty little round metal boxes stamped Babette's. Try the Viking Spice or the Veggie Curry...

You will easily find this pink house, its front is really pink! It is the headquarters of the lesbian and queer community. The library is very rich concerning the LGBT community, its history, its struggles and claims. In consultation or to take away, a large choice of books and videos on sexology, the feminist movement, sexual minorities, but also literature, foreign literature, art. Adjacent to the restaurant, this library was founded in 1982. One can coordinate literary research with a good meal.

Large bookstore on several floors with a selection of international magazines. Very wide choice of books in all fields, possibility of ordering. You will find books in all the languages and a tourist part that will fill the nomads.

This tiny antiques shop offers a whole pile of old books, postcards, graphics, drawings, photos.

The intellectual and university bookshop in the center of Vienna, right next to the university. Students are busy here. If most of the books are in German, you can find some in English or French. Nice collection of old books. This bookshop has existed since 1789. However, you should know that this Viennese intellectual heritage has lost its independence. The Kuppitsch is now one of the eight bookstores in Vienna that are part of the German Thalia chain.

Vienna is known as Europe's most tolerant and welcoming metropolis for the LGBTQ community. And the vitality of this community is gratifying. This bookshop is distinguished by shelves dedicated to the gay and lesbian community, from literature to sociological and political works, biographies, art and photography. An area is also reserved for DVDs and CDs. Finally, this committed retailer regularly organizes events and meetings with authors.

It has been in existence for some twenty years, and is still run by passionate and competent booksellers. This independent, generalist bookshop in the city center offers a wide selection of German-language books, as well as some in French and Italian. The booksellers can even order other books in French if required. We also appreciate the nice selection of postcards, ideal in case sending a "real" paper missive, just like choosing a "real" paper book, is more to your liking than the digital versions...

Thalia is a large German bookstore chain well established in Austria, which is somewhat reminiscent of the Cultura stores in France. There you can find books in all fields, articles for the fine arts, but also CDs and DVDs. The Thalia in the Mall in Wien Mitte offers wide opening hours, even on Sundays. But on Sundays, access is restricted to the book shelves only, which is enough for passengers who take their train and are looking for a book for the journey! There are two other Thalia in Vienna: one at the Danau Zentrum, the other on Mariahilfer Street.