Bookstores in San Jose: list of 13 free CSV

How many bookstores are in San Jose?

OpenStreetMap lists 13 named bookstores inside the San Jose city boundary (468 km²), extract of 11 Nov 2026. 15% of the records list a website and 23% a phone number; 11 named bookstores have no website on the public record.

Examples on the list: Authors, Barnes & Noble, Books Kinokuniya.

Bookstores in San Jose at a glance: most are in Japantown (5), Rose Garden (3); records were last edited between Jun 2018 and Dec 2025; Books Kinokuniya and Recycle Bookstore list a business phone.

13named bookstores

15%list a website

11no website listed

7neighbourhoods

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

11 with no website3 non-chain, edited since 2022.Filter to them
10 non-chain3 chain branches set aside.Non-chain only
5 in JapantownPlan a territory by neighbourhood or postcode.Only Japantown

All 13 bookstores, A to Z

on the map recordmissing from the record

Bookstores in San Jose, OpenStreetMap extract of 11 Nov 2026.
Business	Street and area	Website	Phone
A
Authorsnot edited since 2022	Japantown, no street on record
B
Barnes & Noble	3600 Stevens Creek Boulevard, Rose Garden
Books Kinokuniya	675 Saratoga Avenue, Rose Garden	usa.kinokuniya.com	+1 408 2521300
F
Friends of the Library Bookstore	Japantown, no street on record
Friends' Book Salenot edited since 2020	Luna Park, no street on record
H
Hicklebee's Books	1378 Lincoln Avenue, Willow Glen
Hijinx Comicsnot edited since 2021	2050 Lincoln Avenue, Dry Creek
Hudson Booksellers	Japantown, no street on record
L
Legends Comics & Games	Evergreen, no street on record
R
Recycle Bookstore	1066 The Alameda, Rose Garden	recyclebookstore.com	+1-408-286-6275
S
SJSU Book Storenot edited since 2020	Japantown, no street on record
T
The Art Boutikinot edited since 2018	Buena Vista, no street on record
The Comic Shopnot edited since 2022	124 East Santa Clara Street, Japantown

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Bookstores in San Jose with no website listed

3 of 10 named non-chain bookstores.

Friends of the Library BookstoreJapantown
Hicklebee's Books1378 Lincoln Avenue, Willow Glen
Legends Comics & GamesEvergreen, phone listed

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Where they are

Map of the 13 bookstores inside the San Jose boundary; most sit around Japantown, Rose Garden, Buena Vista. — website listedno website, or social page only

By neighbourhood

Black: website listed.

Chains and non-chain businesses

23% of the records are branches of a chain or brand; 10 are not.

What the records hold

13 map records.
Field	Records	Share
Street address	6	46%
Website (own site)	2	15%
Phone on file	3	23%
Email on file (not shown)	1	8%
Opening hours	4	31%
Chain or brand branch	3	23%
Edited since January 2024	5	38%

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

Why other sites show a different number

Coverage. 13 mapped; Google Maps holds more.
Boundary. 468 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 $0.41 to $0.64 for 13 to 240 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 these 2 searches into Search phrases, one per line; the neighbourhood searches catch businesses a citywide search misses.
1. bookstores in San Jose, CA
2. bookstores in Japantown, San Jose, CA
Set Country: United States.
Set Maximum leads to 300.
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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 San Jose?

At least 13: that is how many OpenStreetMap has inside the San Jose city boundary, 13 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 San Jose has the most bookstores?

Japantown (5), then Rose Garden (3) and Buena Vista (1). 7 neighbourhoods have at least one.

How many bookstores in San Jose have no website?

11 of the 13 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 San Jose?

Run Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder with the search "bookstores in San Jose, CA" plus 1 neighbourhood searches such as "bookstores in Japantown, San Jose, CA". One run costs about $0.41 to $0.64 ($0.40 start fee (4 GB run) included), plus platform usage, for 13 to 240 rows.

Sources

OpenStreetMap extract for San Jose, 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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