Bookstores in Pittsburgh: list of 18 free CSV

How many bookstores are in Pittsburgh?

OpenStreetMap lists 18 named bookstores inside the Pittsburgh city boundary (150 km²), extract of 11 Nov 2026. 45% of the records list a website and 40% a phone number; 9 named bookstores have no website on the public record.

Examples on the list: Amazing Books & Records, Amazing Books and Records, Amazing Books and Records.

Bookstores in Pittsburgh at a glance: most are in Allegheny West (3), Bloomfield (2), North Oakland (2); records were last edited between Dec 2015 and Oct 2026; chain names include Barnes & Noble; Barnes & Noble and Caliban Book Shop list a business phone.

Edited on the map in the 90 days before the extract: 3 records, including Phantom of the Attic Comics, Riverstone Books, Posman Books.

18named bookstores

45%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 website3 non-chain, edited since 2022.Filter to them
15 non-chain3 chain branches set aside; the biggest brand is Barnes & Noble (3).Non-chain only
3 in Allegheny WestPlan a territory by neighbourhood or postcode.Only Allegheny West

All 18 bookstores, A to Z

on the map recordmissing from the record

Bookstores in Pittsburgh, OpenStreetMap extract of 11 Nov 2026.
Business	Street and area	Website	Phone
A
Amazing Books & Recordsnot edited since 2019	Cultural District, no street on record
Amazing Books and Records	Squirrel Hill, no street on record
Amazing Books and Records	Fifth & Forbes, no street on record
B
Barnes & Noble	Bluff, no street on record
Barnes & Noble	East Liberty, no street on record
Barnes & Noble	926 Freeport Road, Lincoln-Lemington	stores.barnesandnoble.com	+1-412-781-2321
Book Discount Warehousenot edited since 2015	845 Western Avenue, Allegheny West
Bradley's Book Outletnot edited since 2018	Strip District, no street on record
C
Caliban Book Shop	410 South Craig Street, North Oakland	calibanbooks.com	+1-412-681-9111
Carnegie Mellon University Bookstore	5032 Forbes Avenue, Panther Hollow	bookstore.web.cmu.edu
City Books	908 Galveston Avenue, Allegheny West	citybookspgh.com	+14123217323
P
Paper + Dirt	Point Breeze South, no street on record
Phantom of the Attic Comics	411 South Craig Street, North Oakland	pota-oakland.com	+1 412 621 1210
Posman Books	1637 Smallman Street, Strip District	posmanbooks.com	+1-412-904-2732
R
Riverstone Books	5841 Forbes Avenue, Squirrel Hill	riverstonebookstore.com	+1-412-422-2220
T
The Big Idea Bookstore and Cafe	4812 Liberty Avenue, Bloomfield	thebigideapgh.wordpress.com	+1-412-687-4323
The Little Idea Bookstorenot edited since 2019	460 Melwood Avenue, Upper Hill
W
White Whale Bookstorenot edited since 2022	4754 Liberty Avenue, Bloomfield	whitewhalebookstore.com	+1 412 224 2847

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Also as Excel file of the 18 bookstores, GeoJSON file of the 18 bookstores, KML file of the 18 bookstores (maps and spreadsheets; same rows, same licence).

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

Bookstores in Pittsburgh with no website listed

3 of 15 named non-chain bookstores.

Amazing Books and RecordsSquirrel Hill
Amazing Books and RecordsFifth & Forbes
Paper + DirtPoint Breeze South

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Where they are

Map of the 18 bookstores inside the Pittsburgh boundary; most sit around Allegheny West, Bloomfield, North Oakland. — website listedno website, or social page only

By neighbourhood

Black: website listed.

2 more neighbourhoods in the filter above.

Chains and non-chain businesses

15% of the records are branches of a chain or brand; 17 are not.

Barnes & Noble3

What the records hold

20 map records.
Field	Records	Share
Street address	12	60%
Website (own site)	9	45%
Phone on file	8	40%
Email on file (not shown)	4	20%
Opening hours	9	45%
Chain or brand branch	3	15%
Edited since January 2024	12	60%

Half the records were last edited in Aug 2025 or later.

Why other sites show a different number

Coverage. 20 mapped; Google Maps holds more.
Boundary. 150 km² (map); metro searches count more.
Names. 3 branches each count once; 2 unnamed left out.

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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.

Emails
Phone numbers
Websites
Star ratings
Review counts
Social profiles
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One run: about $0.42 to $0.52 for 18 to 120 rows ($0.99 per 1,000 + $0.40 start fee (4 GB run)), plus platform usage ($0.80/hour).

Free plan prices; it includes $5 a month (Apify pricing).

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 Pittsburgh, PA
Set Country: United States; US state: Pennsylvania.
Set Maximum leads to 200.
Start it and download the results as CSV or Excel.

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Other ways to build or enrich it

Prices on the Free plan: per 1,000 results plus a start fee per GB of run memory, plus Apify platform usage.
Source	What it adds	Price
Google Maps Business Lead Finder with Email & Social Links	a second Google Maps route with a different set of columns	$0.99 per 1,000 + $0.10/GB start
Yelp Business Search & Review Scraper	Yelp listings with ratings and review counts	$0.99 per 1,000 + $0.10/GB start
Website Contact Page Email & Phone Crawler	reads the websites in the free CSV and returns the emails and phone numbers published there	$0.99 per 1,000 + $0.10/GB start
Facebook Business Page Finder by Keyword & City	finds the Facebook pages of businesses that have no website	$0.99 per 1,000 + $0.10/GB start

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 Pittsburgh?

At least 20: that is how many OpenStreetMap has inside the Pittsburgh city boundary, 18 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 Pittsburgh has the most bookstores?

Allegheny West (3), then Bloomfield (2) and North Oakland (2). 14 neighbourhoods have at least one.

How many bookstores in Pittsburgh have no website?

9 of the 18 named bookstores have no website on their map record; 3 of them are not chain branches.

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

Run Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder with the search "bookstores in Pittsburgh, PA". One run costs about $0.42 to $0.52 ($0.40 start fee (4 GB run) included), plus platform usage, for 18 to 120 rows.

Sources

OpenStreetMap extract for Pittsburgh, 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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