Bookstores in Houston: list of 17 free CSV

How many bookstores are in Houston?

OpenStreetMap lists 17 named bookstores inside the Houston city boundary (1,571 km²), extract of 11 Nov 2026. 47% of the records list a website and 24% a phone number; 9 named bookstores have no website on the public record.

Examples on the list: Barnes & Noble, Barnes & Noble, Barnes & Noble at The University of Houston.

Bookstores in Houston at a glance: most are in Montrose (2), Third Ward (2), University Place (2); records were last edited between Aug 2015 and Oct 2026; chain names include Barnes & Noble; Bedrock City Comic Company and Bedrock City Comic Company list a business phone.

Edited on the map in the 90 days before the extract: 1 record, including Third Planet Sci-Fi Superstore.

17named bookstores

47%list a website

9no website listed

14neighbourhoods

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

9 with no website2 non-chain, edited since 2022.Filter to them
14 non-chain3 chain branches set aside; the biggest brand is Barnes & Noble (2).Non-chain only
2 in MontrosePlan a territory by neighbourhood or postcode.Only Montrose

All 17 bookstores, A to Z

on the map recordmissing from the record

Bookstores in Houston, OpenStreetMap extract of 11 Nov 2026.
Business	Street and area	Website	Phone
B
Barnes & Noble	12850 Memorial Drive, Town & Country / CityCentre
Barnes & Noble	Montrose, no street on record
Barnes & Noble at The University of Houstonnot edited since 2022	Third Ward, no street on record
Bedrock City Comic Company	6516 Westheimer Road, Gulfton	bedrockcity.com	+1-713-780-0675
Bedrock City Comic Companynot edited since 2022	4602 Washington Avenue, Old Sixth Ward	bedrockcity.com	+1 713 862 0100
Brazos Bookstorenot edited since 2021	2421 Bissonnet Street, University Place	brazosbookstore.com	+1-713-523-0701
Brown Book Shop	1517 San Jacinto Street, Downtown
G
Gulf Coast Cosmos Comicbook Co	2306 Stuart Street, Third Ward	stores.comichub.com
H
HCC Bookstorenot edited since 2015	Pecan Park, no street on record
K
Kaboom Books	3116 Houston Avenue, Near Northside
Kindred Stories	2304 Stuart Street, Midtown	kindredstorieshtx.com
L
Lakeshore Learning Store	2405 Post Oak Boulevard, Uptown
LifeWay Christian Storenot edited since 2019	7505 Southwest Freeway, Sharpstown
M
Menil Collection Bookstore	1520 Sul Ross Street, Montrose	menil.org
R
Rice University Campus Storenot edited since 2021	University Place, no street on record	bkstr.com
T
Textbook Brokersnot edited since 2015	Eastwood, no street on record
Third Planet Sci-Fi Superstore	2718 Southwest Freeway Frontage Road, Greenway	third-planet.com	+1-713-528-1067

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Bookstores in Houston with no website listed

2 of 14 named non-chain bookstores.

Brown Book Shop1517 San Jacinto Street, Downtown
Lakeshore Learning Store2405 Post Oak Boulevard, Uptown

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Where they are

Map of the 17 bookstores inside the Houston boundary; most sit around Montrose, Third Ward, University Place. — website listedno website, or social page only

By neighbourhood

Black: website listed.

2 more neighbourhoods in the filter above.

Chains and non-chain businesses

18% of the records are branches of a chain or brand; 14 are not.

Barnes & Noble2

What the records hold

17 map records.
Field	Records	Share
Street address	12	71%
Website (own site)	8	47%
Phone on file	4	24%
Email on file (not shown)	3	18%
Opening hours	7	41%
Chain or brand branch	3	18%
Edited since January 2024	6	35%

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

Why other sites show a different number

Coverage. 17 mapped; Google Maps holds more.
Boundary. 1,571 km² (map); metro searches count more.
Names. 3 branches each count once.

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Businesses to contact, not customer enquiries ("leads" for your own business are a different product).

Suggested source for this list

Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder

It searches Google Maps for the same category and city and can add emails from each business website.

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One run: about $0.42 to $0.52 for 17 to 120 rows ($0.99 per 1,000 + $0.40 start fee (4 GB run)), plus platform usage ($0.80/hour).

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How to run it, step by step

Open Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder on the Apify Store and sign in or create a free Apify account.
Paste this search into Search phrases.
1. bookstores in Houston, TX
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Set Maximum leads to 200.
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Bookstores in other cities

City	Named	Website listed
Bookstores in New York City	157	68%
Bookstores in Chicago	68	54%
Bookstores in San Francisco	64	54%
Bookstores in Los Angeles	62	41%
Bookstores in Seattle	58	79%
Bookstores in Portland	44	54%
Bookstores in Washington, DC	38	66%
Bookstores in San Diego	35	42%
Bookstores in Denver	30	53%
Bookstores in Philadelphia	30	61%

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Questions

How many bookstores are there in Houston?

At least 17: that is how many OpenStreetMap has inside the Houston city boundary, 17 with a name (extract of 11 Nov 2026). 3 are chain branches. Google Maps usually lists more, because more owners add themselves there.

Which part of Houston has the most bookstores?

Montrose (2), then Third Ward (2) and University Place (2). 14 neighbourhoods have at least one.

How many bookstores in Houston have no website?

9 of the 17 named bookstores have no website on their map record; 2 of them are not chain branches.

How do I get phone numbers and emails for bookstores in Houston?

Run Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder with the search "bookstores in Houston, TX". One run costs about $0.42 to $0.52 ($0.40 start fee (4 GB run) included), plus platform usage, for 17 to 120 rows.

Sources

OpenStreetMap extract for Houston, checked 2026-11-11
OpenStreetMap copyright and licence
Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder on the Apify Store, checked 2026-11-13

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