Bookstores in San Francisco: list of 64 free CSV

How many bookstores are in San Francisco?

OpenStreetMap lists 64 named bookstores inside the San Francisco city boundary (601 km²), extract of 11 Nov 2026. 54% of the records list a website and 40% a phone number; 29 named bookstores have no website on the public record.

Examples on the list: 34 Trinity Arts & News, Adobe Books and Arts Cooperative, Amazing Fantasy.

Bookstores in San Francisco at a glance: most are in Chinatown (8), Mission (8), Tenderloin (5); the busiest street is Haight Street, Haight-Ashbury (3); records were last edited between Jul 2010 and Nov 2026; chain names include Books Inc. and Kinokuniya; Adobe Books and Arts Cooperative and Argonaut Book Shop list a business phone.

Edited on the map in the 90 days before the extract: 15 records, including Arkipelago Books, Forest Books, Kinokuniya, Auto Erotica.

64named bookstores

54%list a website

29no website listed

23neighbourhoods

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

29 with no website16 non-chain, edited since 2022 (1 with a social page only).Filter to them
59 non-chain5 chain branches set aside; the biggest brand is Books Inc. (3).Non-chain only
8 in ChinatownBusiest street: Haight Street, Haight-Ashbury (3). Plan a territory by neighbourhood or postcode.Only Chinatown

50 of the 64 bookstores, A to Z

on the map recordmissing from the recordPicked from 22 neighbourhoods; filter below to search all 64

Bookstores in San Francisco, OpenStreetMap extract of 11 Nov 2026.
Business	Street and area	Website	Phone
#
34 Trinity Arts & News	34 Trinity Place, Financial District
A
Adobe Books and Arts Cooperative	3130 24th Street, Mission	adobebooks.com	+1 415 8643936
Amazing Fantasy	650 Irving Street, Inner Sunset	amazingfantasy.com
Argonaut Book Shop	786 Sutter Street, Tenderloin	argonautbookshop.com	+1 415 4749067
Arkipelago Books	1010 Mission Street, Tenderloin	arkipelagobooks.com	+1-415-795-3382
Auto Erotica	4077A 18th Street, Castro District
B
Bird and Beckett	653 Chenery Street, Glen Park	birdbeckett.com
Black Bird Book Store	4541 Irving Street, Outer Sunset	blackbirdbooksf.com
Book Passage	Financial District, no street on record
Books for L.I.F.E.	513 Cortland Avenue, Bernal Heights
Books Inc.	601 Van Ness Avenue, Civic Center	booksinc.net	+1-415-776-1111
Borderlands Books	1740 Haight Street, Haight-Ashbury		+1-415-824-8203
Bound Together Anarchist Collective Bookstore	1369 Haight Street, Haight-Ashbury	boundtogether.org	+1-415-431-8355
Browser Books	2195 Fillmore Street, Pacific Heights	greenapplebooks.com	+1 415 5678027
C
Christopher's Books	1400 18th Street, Potrero Hill	christophersbooks.com	+1 415-255-8802
Chronicle Books	680 2nd Street, Mission Bay
City Lights Booksellers	261 Columbus Avenue, Chinatown	citylights.com	+1 415 3628193
Comix Experience	305 Divisadero Street, Haight-Ashbury	comixexperience.com	+1 415-863-9258
D
Dog Eared Books	900 Valencia Street, Mission	dogearedbooks.com	+1 415 282 1901
F
Fabulosa Books	489 Castro Street, Castro District	fabulosabooks.com	+1 415 658 7015
Forest Books	1748 Buchanan Street, Western Addition	forestbookssf.com	+1 415 5638302
Friends Bookstore	Civic Center, no street on record
G
Garden Bookstore	Inner Sunset, no street on record
Globus Books	332 Balboa Street, Inner Richmond
Green Apple Books	506 Clement Street, Inner Richmond	greenapplebooks.com	+1 415 3872272
Green Apple Books on the Park	1231 9th Avenue, Inner Sunset	greenapplebooks.com	+1-415-742-5833
H
Harvest Books & Gifts	1237 Noriega Street, Inner Sunset
Holy Virgin Cathedral Bookstore	6200 Geary Boulevard, Outer Richmond	hvcbookstore.com
I
Isotope - The Comic Book Lounge	326 Fell Street, Civic Center	isotopecomics.com	+1-415-621-6543
J
Juicy News SFnot edited since 2017	2181 Union Street, Pacific Heights
K
Kayo Books	814 Post Street, Tenderloin	kayobooks.com	+1 415 7490554
Kinokuniya	1581 Webster Street, Western Addition	usa.kinokuniya.com	+1 415-567-7625
L
Libreria Pinonot edited since 2019	548 Union Street, North Beach
Love Potion Library	284 Noe Street, Castro District	thelovepotionlibrary.com
Luna's Press	3790 Mission Street, Glen Park	lunaspress.com	+1 415-260-7490
M
Medicine for Nightmares	3036 24th Street, Mission	medicinefornightmares.com	+1-415-824-1761
N
Niebla SF	374 Golden Gate Ave, Civic Center	nieblasf.com
Noe Valley Books	3957 24th Street, Noe Valley	noevalleybooks.com	+1-415-590-2961
O
Omnivore: Books on Food	3885A Cesar Chavez Street, Noe Valley	omnivorebooks.com
R
Russian Hill Bookstorenot edited since 2022	2162 Polk Street, Nob Hill
S
SFSU Bookstorenot edited since 2015	1600 Holloway Avenue, Ingleside
Sour Cherry Comics	3187 16th Street, Mission	sourcherrycomics.com
T
Telegraph Hill Booksnot edited since 2022	1501 Grant Avenue, North Beach	telegraphhillbooks.com	+1 628 2551998
The Best Bookstore	226 Powell Street, Tenderloin
Two Catsnot edited since 2015	320 West Portal Avenue, Parkside
U
Unbound Bookstore 格外书店	38 Waverly Place, Chinatown	instagram.com social page
Used Book & Media Store	Ingleside, no street on record
W
West Portal Bookstorenot edited since 2015	80 West Portal Avenue, Parkside
Whatever	548 Castro Street, Castro District	whateverstoreonline.com	+1-415-861-9428
William Stout Architectural Books	804 Montgomery Street, Chinatown	stoutbooks.com	+1 415 391 6757

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

Bookstores in San Francisco with no website listed

15 of 59 named non-chain bookstores; 12 below, the rest in the filter or the CSV. 1 more only list a social page (website_is_social_page = yes).

Auto Erotica4077A 18th Street, Castro District
Book PassageFinancial District
Books for L.I.F.E.513 Cortland Avenue, Bernal Heights
Borderlands Books1740 Haight Street, Haight-Ashbury, phone listed
Chronicle Books680 2nd Street, Mission Bay
Friends BookstoreCivic Center
Garden BookstoreInner Sunset
Green Apple BooksFinancial District
Harvest Books & Gifts1237 Noriega Street, Inner Sunset
Libreria Palabra de DiosMission
Mission Comics and Art2250 Mission Street, Mission
The Best Bookstore226 Powell Street, Tenderloin

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Where they are

Map of the 64 bookstores inside the San Francisco boundary; most sit around Chinatown, Mission, Tenderloin. — website listedno website, or social page only

Busiest streets

Haight Street, Haight-Ashbury3

By neighbourhood

Black: website listed.

11 more neighbourhoods in the filter above.

By ZIP code

941105
941224
941334
941033
941143
941183
941152
941172
941272

Chains and non-chain businesses

8% of the records are branches of a chain or brand; 60 are not.

Books Inc.3
Kinokuniya2

What the records hold

65 map records.
Field	Records	Share
Street address	54	83%
Website (own site)	34	52%
Social or directory page only	1	2%
Phone on file	26	40%
Email on file (not shown)	9	14%
Opening hours	42	65%
Chain or brand branch	5	8%
Edited since January 2024	47	72%

Half the records were last edited in Jan 2026 or later.

Why other sites show a different number

Coverage. 65 mapped; Google Maps holds more.
Boundary. 601 km² (map); metro searches count more.
Names. 5 branches each count once; 1 unnamed left out.

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

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bookstores in 94110, San Francisco, CA
bookstores in 94122, San Francisco, CA
bookstores in 94133, San Francisco, CA
bookstores in 94103, San Francisco, CA
bookstores in 94114, San Francisco, CA
bookstores in 94118, San Francisco, CA
bookstores in 94115, San Francisco, CA
bookstores in 94117, San Francisco, CA
bookstores in 94127, San Francisco, CA

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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 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%
Bookstores in Austin	27	52%

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Questions

How many bookstores are there in San Francisco?

At least 65: that is how many OpenStreetMap has inside the San Francisco city boundary, 64 with a name (extract of 11 Nov 2026). 5 are chain branches. Google Maps usually lists more, because more owners add themselves there.

Which part of San Francisco has the most bookstores?

Chinatown (8), then Mission (8) and Tenderloin (5); the busiest street is Haight Street, Haight-Ashbury (3). 23 neighbourhoods have at least one.

How many bookstores in San Francisco have no website?

29 of the 64 named bookstores have no website on their map record; 15 of them are not chain branches. Another 1 list only a social media page as their website.

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

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Sources

OpenStreetMap extract for San Francisco, checked 2026-11-11
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Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder on the Apify Store, checked 2026-11-13

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