The best bookshops Geneva

Next to the Barocco, in the basement of the Museum of Art and History, there is a not very large bookshop-boutique with an interesting selection of books covering the fields of fine arts, history and science, applied arts, architecture, photography, iconography, ceramics, etc., with also books for children. Postcards, posters, art stationery, posters, gifts and souvenirs from the Museum Shop are also on sale.

There's nothing like a good book for escaping, traveling, dreaming, learning, discovering, opening up to other worlds, traveling through time... Nothing but pleasure in reading. The bookshop has a very wide choice, including an impressive selection of titles for young people. Lovers of Switzerland will be able to shop for Swiss recipes and books on legends; guidebooks, world photo books, comics, detective novels, science fiction, esoterica, fine art and foreign literature. The bookshop organizes meetings with authors and exhibitions.

In the mezzanine of the comic book store L'Oreille Cassée is the paradise of the mangavores, otakus, or nostalgic of the Dorothée club. This is the world of manga. Here no less than 20 000 are at your disposal. Sailormoon, Dragon Ball Z but also manga for the older ones, DVDs and posters are gathered in two small rooms known to all Japanese comics fans. Accessories, game cards to live in a parallel universe during a game or a reading. You will be transported by the great selection.

The Portuguese are the largest foreign community in Geneva. They have well deserved that a bookshop be entirely devoted to their country and its literature: novels by Portuguese authors, books translated from English and French, magazines, comic books, children's books and also CDs and audio cassettes.

A second-hand book version of Ali Baba's cave; a hidden place where so many books are piled up that it's become cramped. Science-fiction books rub shoulders with esoteric works, which in turn nudge comic books, cookery books or works on education. A few Dumas and Shakespeare have renounced their separate identities and assimilated into the whole. The magic, as always, of a world dedicated to books, where you never stop reading....

Tintin sailing down the Amazon River in a pirogue - what a wonderful symbol for comics! A fine reference the bookshop is worthy of, specializing in comics, with a complete or near-complete collection of works, including first editions, second-hand editions, silkscreens and posters. A comic-book specialist and a goldmine for enthusiasts, it also offers the full range of Tintin characters, posters, figurines..

A store run by enthusiasts, you'll get good advice on your searches and discoveries.

Since 1976, the Cumulus bookshop has been the heart and soul of independent comics, offering no fewer than 20,000 titles for sale. It's impossible to leave unsatisfied and empty-handed, such is the variety on offer! Christine and Daniel are unstoppable when it comes to all the works and authors in their comics library! When you enter this house, which dates back to 1453, a timeless realm awaits you. A place to escape into the illustrated stories of the store's comics! Recommended, then, for finding literary nuggets.

Although the bookstore is small, you will discover among real professionals in book books: fine arts, literature, social sciences… nothing is alien to them. They buy and sell and also search for exhausted securities.

Posters, postcards, actors'biographies, film books and film techniques, Dvds and tapes of cult films, film music Cds, derived objects… On two floors, this library is entirely assigned to the 7 ^th art, for the greatest happiness of enthusiastic.

A bookstore highly prized by professionals for its specialisations in the fields of information technology, science, medicine and hygiene as well as finance and management.

This bookstore, located along an alley in the Plainpalais roundabout, is discreet in appearance, and can seem a little intimidating. Yet it is well worth exploring. On two floors in a very beautiful setting, with old parquet flooring and exposed stones on the back wall, in the basement, the walls are filled with literature in various formats, be it theoretical works, philosophy, history or novels. A large section devoted to science fiction, collectors' items... A bookshop to discover.

On three floors, culture and more culture... An entire floor is devoted to books. As you leave the Escalator, you'll find all the Fnac favourites, and then you'll wander through Swiss, French and foreign literature, continuing on to business books and ending up in cookery, travel, photography, human sciences, health and the lovely children's section, and finally comics and detective stories. The advice is always well-informed, and it's no problem to order a book that might be missing.