Bookstores in San Diego: list of 35 free CSV

How many bookstores are in San Diego?

OpenStreetMap lists 35 named bookstores inside the San Diego city boundary (966 km²), extract of 11 Nov 2026. 42% of the records list a website and 31% a phone number; 20 named bookstores have no website on the public record.

Examples on the list: Barnes & Noble, Barnes & Noble, Barnes & Noble.

Bookstores in San Diego at a glance: most are in Burlingame (2), El Pueblito Viejo (2), University Heights (2); records were last edited between Apr 2012 and Nov 2026; chain names include Barnes & Noble; Barnes & Noble and Book Off! list a business phone.

Edited on the map in the 90 days before the extract: 7 records, including Footnote Books, Library Shop Mission Hills, Book Tree, San Ysidro Branch Library.

35named bookstores

42%list a website

20no website listed

33neighbourhoods

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

20 with no website9 non-chain, edited since 2022.Filter to them
31 non-chain4 chain branches set aside; the biggest brand is Barnes & Noble (4).Non-chain only
2 in BurlingamePlan a territory by neighbourhood or postcode.Only Burlingame

All 35 bookstores, A to Z

on the map recordmissing from the record

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Has a street address Phone on the record Edited in the last 4 years Leave out well-known venues

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Bookstores in San Diego, OpenStreetMap extract of 11 Nov 2026.
Business	Street and area	Website	Phone
B
Barnes & Noble	La Jolla Village, no street on record
Barnes & Noble	10775 Westview Parkway, Mira Mesa Gateway	stores.barnesandnoble.com	+1-858-684-3166
Barnes & Noble	7610 Hazard Center Drive, Mission Center	store-locator.barnesandnoble.com
Barnes & Noble	11744 Carmel Mountain Road, Carmel Mountain Ranch
Book Nook	12911 Pacific Place, Pacific Highlands Ranch Village
Book Off!	4240 Kearny Mesa Road, Convoy District	bookoffusa.com	+1-858-627-9600
Book Tree	3316 Adams Avenue, Normal Heights	thebooktree.com	+1-800-700-8733
Bookstar/Loma Theatre	3150 Rosecrans Place, Loma Portal	store-locator.barnesandnoble.com
Buddha's Light Book Storenot edited since 2022	University Heights, no street on record
C
Comic-Kazenot edited since 2014	East Clairemont, no street on record
D
D. G. Wills	7461 Girard Avenue, La Jolla
F
Footnote Books	1627 University Avenue, University Heights
Friendly Finds Bookstore	Del Mar Highlands, no street on record
Friends of the Mira Mesa Library Book Sale Room	Mira Mesa, no street on record
G
Goodwillnot edited since 2012	University Square, no street on record
L
La Playa Books	1026 Rosecrans Street, Roseville	laplayabooks.com	+1 619-226-2601
Library Shop Mission Hills	925 West Washington Street, Uptown Medical Complex	libraryfoundationsd.org
M
Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore	3555 Rosecrans Street, Midway District	mystgalaxy.com	+1-619-539-7137
P
Pennywise Books	1331 Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach
R
Rising Sun Creationsnot edited since 2013	Mission Valley, no street on record
S
San Ysidro Branch Library	4235 Beyer Boulevard, El Pueblito Viejo	sandiego.gov	+1-619-424-0475
San Ysidro Friends of the Library Book Storenot edited since 2021	El Pueblito Viejo, no street on record
sandiweb	5185 Luigi tre, Tierrasanta Town Center	sandiweb.com	+1-800-518-1233
SDSU Bookstore	Montezuma Mesa, no street on record	shopaztecs.com	+1-619-594-7525
Southern California Comics	8280 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, Kearny Mesa
T
The Book Catapult	3010-B Juniper Street, Burlingame	thebookcatapult.com	+1-619-795-3780
The Jerry Peterson Friends of the Library Bookshop	Rancho Bernardo, no street on record
The Torrero Storenot edited since 2015	Silver Terrace, no street on record
U
UC San Diego Bookstore	9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla Farms	ucsandiegobookstore.com	+1-858-534-7326
Upstart Crow bookstore & cafe	835 C West Harbor Drive, Marina	upstartcrowtrading.com
V
Verbatim Books	3793 30th Street, North Park	verbatimbooks.com	+1 619-501-7466
W
Warwick's	Village of La Jolla, no street on record
Warwick'snot edited since 2022	Liberty Station, no street on record
West Grove South Parknot edited since 2017	3010 Juniper Street, Burlingame
Y
Yesteryear Comics	9353 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, Spectrum Center

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1 more record has no name on the map and is left out of the list.

Bookstores in San Diego with no website listed

9 of 31 named non-chain bookstores.

D. G. Wills7461 Girard Avenue, La Jolla
Footnote Books1627 University Avenue, University Heights
Friendly Finds BookstoreDel Mar Highlands
Friends of the Mira Mesa Library Book Sale RoomMira Mesa
Pennywise Books1331 Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach
Southern California Comics8280 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, Kearny Mesa
The Jerry Peterson Friends of the Library BookshopRancho Bernardo
Warwick'sVillage of La Jolla
Yesteryear Comics9353 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, Spectrum Center

Show all of them Every kind of business in San Diego without a website

Where they are

Map of the 35 bookstores inside the San Diego boundary; most sit around Burlingame, El Pueblito Viejo, University Heights. — website listedno website, or social page only

By neighbourhood

Black: website listed.

21 more neighbourhoods in the filter above.

By ZIP code

921043
921032
921102
921112
921302

Chains and non-chain businesses

11% of the records are branches of a chain or brand; 32 are not.

Barnes & Noble4

What the records hold

36 map records.
Field	Records	Share
Street address	22	61%
Website (own site)	15	42%
Phone on file	11	31%
Email on file (not shown)	4	11%
Opening hours	14	39%
Chain or brand branch	4	11%
Edited since January 2024	27	75%

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

Why other sites show a different number

Coverage. 36 mapped; Google Maps holds more.
Boundary. 966 km² (map); metro searches count more.
Names. 4 branches each count once; 1 unnamed left out.

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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 Denver	30	53%
Bookstores in Philadelphia	30	61%
Bookstores in Austin	27	52%

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Questions

How many bookstores are there in San Diego?

At least 36: that is how many OpenStreetMap has inside the San Diego city boundary, 35 with a name (extract of 11 Nov 2026). 4 are chain branches. Google Maps usually lists more, because more owners add themselves there.

Which part of San Diego has the most bookstores?

Burlingame (2), then El Pueblito Viejo (2) and University Heights (2). 33 neighbourhoods have at least one.

How many bookstores in San Diego have no website?

20 of the 35 named bookstores have no website on their map record; 9 of them are not chain branches.

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Sources

OpenStreetMap extract for San Diego, checked 2026-11-11
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