Bookstores in Cape Town: list of 32 free CSV

How many bookstores are in Cape Town?

OpenStreetMap lists 32 named bookstores inside the City of Cape Town metro boundary (2,792 km²), extract of 11 Nov 2026. 31% of the records list a website and 26% a phone number; 21 named bookstores have no website on the public record.

Examples on the list: Bargain Books, Bargain Books, Bargain Books.

Bookstores in Cape Town at a glance: most are in City Centre (4), Claremont (3), Clovelly (2); records were last edited between Jan 2011 and Nov 2026; chain names include Bargain Books and Exclusive Books; Bargain Books and Bargain Books list a business phone.

Edited on the map in the 90 days before the extract: 2 records, including Clarke's, DCH Book Shop.

32named bookstores

31%list a website

21no website listed

26neighbourhoods

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Data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, extract of 11 Nov 2026. The CSV is under the same licence.

21 with no website7 non-chain, edited since 2022.Filter to them
24 non-chain8 chain branches set aside; the biggest brand is Bargain Books (3).Non-chain only
4 in City CentrePlan a territory by neighbourhood or postcode.Only City Centre

All 32 bookstores, A to Z

on the map recordmissing from the record

Bookstores in Cape Town, OpenStreetMap extract of 11 Nov 2026.
Business	Street and area	Website	Phone
B
Bargain Books	De Bron, no street on record		+27 21 914 9035
Bargain Books	Plattekloof Glen, no street on record		+27 21 595 4590
Bargain Books	Die Wingerd, no street on record		+27 21 851 0107
Bible Housenot edited since 2011	Ridgeworth, no street on record
Bikini Beach Books	Gordon's Bay, no street on record
Blank Booksnot edited since 2022	Salt River, no street on record	blankbooks.co.za	+27 21 447 5741
Book Junction	Claremont, no street on record
Book Loungenot edited since 2022	Roeland Street, City Centre	booklounge.co.za
C
Cafda Book Shopnot edited since 2019	Sea Point, no street on record		+27 21 434 6149
Clarke's	199 Long Street, City Centre	clarkesbooks.co.za	+27 21 423 5739
Claudison's 2nd Hand Book Store	Phoenix, no street on record
CNAnot edited since 2017	Hout Bay, no street on record
CUM Books	Plattekloof Glen, no street on record
D
DCH Book Shop	Durbanville, no street on record	durbanvillekinderhuis.org.za	+27 21 975 6822
E
Exclusive Books	Boquinar Industrial Area, no street on record	exclusivebooks.co.za
Exclusive Books	Claremont, no street on record	exclusivebooks.co.za
Exclusive Books	Waterfront, no street on record	exclusivebooks.co.za
H
Help The Rural Childnot edited since 2019	Kirstenhof, no street on record
K
Kalk Bay Books	62 Main Road, Clovelly	kalkbaybooks.co.za	+27 21 788 2266
O
Oasis Second Hand Books	Wyndover, no street on record
Obs Books	Observatory, no street on record	obzbooks.co.za
P
Paper Moon Book Shopnot edited since 2021	105 Roodebloem Road, Woodstock
PenCafe Stationers	Main Road, Durbanville	pencafe.co.za	+27 21 975 6085
PNAnot edited since 2019	Bergvliet, no street on record
PnA	Sunningdale, no street on record
Q
Quagga Rare Books & Art	84/86 Main Road, Clovelly
S
Somerset West Bookstore	45 Caledon Street, Somerset West
T
The Catholic Bookshopnot edited since 2022	City Centre, no street on record	catholicbookshop.co.za
The Dean Street Bookshop	Newlands, no street on record
V
Van Schaik	City Centre, no street on record
Van Schaiknot edited since 2021	Ravensmead, no street on record
W
Waltonsnot edited since 2012	Claremont, no street on record

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3 more records have no name on the map and are left out of the list.

Bookstores in Cape Town with no website listed

7 of 24 named non-chain bookstores.

Bikini Beach BooksGordon's Bay
Book JunctionClaremont
Claudison's 2nd Hand Book StorePhoenix
Oasis Second Hand BooksWyndover
PnASunningdale
Quagga Rare Books & Art84/86 Main Road, Clovelly
Somerset West Bookstore45 Caledon Street, Somerset West

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Where they are

Map of the 32 bookstores inside the Cape Town boundary; most sit around City Centre, Claremont, Clovelly. — website listedno website, or social page only

By neighbourhood

Black: website listed.

14 more neighbourhoods in the filter above.

Chains and non-chain businesses

23% of the records are branches of a chain or brand; 27 are not.

Bargain Books3
Exclusive Books3

What the records hold

35 map records.
Field	Records	Share
Street address	7	20%
Website (own site)	11	31%
Phone on file	9	26%
Email on file (not shown)	7	20%
Opening hours	10	29%
Chain or brand branch	8	23%
Edited since January 2024	15	43%

Half the records were last edited in Aug 2023 or later.

Why other sites show a different number

Coverage. 35 mapped; Google Maps holds more.
Boundary. 2,792 km² (map); metro searches count more.
Names. 8 branches each count once; 3 unnamed left out.

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Bookstores in other cities

City	Named	Website listed
Bookstores in Johannesburg	30	24%
Bookstores in Paris	595	50%
Bookshops in London	324	58%
Bookstores in Berlin	307	66%
Bookstores in New York City	157	68%
Bookstores in Melbourne	120	40%
Bookstores in Toronto	108	50%
Bookstores in Montreal	91	52%
Bookstores in Amsterdam	86	63%
Bookstores in Singapore	75	36%

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Questions

How many bookstores are there in Cape Town?

At least 35: that is how many OpenStreetMap has inside the City of Cape Town metro boundary, 32 with a name (extract of 11 Nov 2026). 8 are chain branches. Google Maps usually lists more, because more owners add themselves there.

Which part of Cape Town has the most bookstores?

City Centre (4), then Claremont (3) and Clovelly (2). 26 neighbourhoods have at least one.

How many bookstores in Cape Town have no website?

21 of the 32 named bookstores have no website on their map record; 7 of them are not chain branches.

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Sources

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