Bookstores in Sydney: list of 70 free CSV

How many bookstores are in Sydney?

OpenStreetMap lists 70 named bookstores inside the Greater Sydney area (5,662 km²), extract of 11 Nov 2026. 27% of the records list a website and 18% a phone number; 50 named bookstores have no website on the public record.

Examples on the list: Abbey's Bookshop, Australian Railway Historical Society NSW Division, B'COS Agora Second Hand Bookshop.

Bookstores in Sydney at a glance: most are in Chatswood (4), Katoomba (4), Ultimo (4); records were last edited between Mar 2012 and Nov 2026; chain names include Dymocks and Berkelouw Books; Australian Railway Historical Society NSW Division and Berkelouw Books list a business phone.

Edited on the map in the 90 days before the extract: 11 records, including Goulds Books, Kinokuniya, Socialist Alliance, Humanist House.

70named bookstores

27%list a website

50no website listed

48neighbourhoods

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

50 with no website31 non-chain, edited since 2022 (1 with a social page only).Filter to them
55 non-chain15 chain branches set aside; the biggest brand is Dymocks (7).Non-chain only
4 in ChatswoodPlan a territory by neighbourhood or postcode.Only Chatswood

50 of the 70 bookstores, A to Z

on the map recordmissing from the recordPicked from 42 neighbourhoods; filter below to search all 70

Bookstores in Sydney, OpenStreetMap extract of 11 Nov 2026.
Business	Street and area	Website	Phone
A
Abbey's Bookshop	Haymarket, no street on record	abbeys.com.au
Australian Railway Historical Society NSW Divisionnot edited since 2022	5 Henderson Road, Redfern		+61 2 9699 4595
B
B'COS Agora Second Hand Bookshopnot edited since 2022	Katoomba, no street on record
Berkelouw	Darlinghurst, no street on record
Berkelouw Booksnot edited since 2013	215 Condamine Street, Balgowlah	berkelouw.com.au
Berkelouw Hornsby	236 Pacific Highway, Hornsby
Better Read Than Dead	Newtown, no street on record	betterread.com.au	+61 2 9557 8700
Blue Dragon Booksnot edited since 2019	Glenbrook, no street on record
Boat Books & Nautical Charts	Albany Street, Crows Nest
Bookabuynot edited since 2021	Alexandria, no street on record	bookabuy.com.au
Bookoccino	66 Old Barrenjoey Road, Avalon Beach	bookoccino.com.au	+61 2 9973 1244
Btwnlns Books	Potts Point, no street on record
C
Caringbah Bookstation	Caringbah, no street on record
Chistian Orthodox Bookstore	Rockdale, no street on record
Co-opnot edited since 2019	Darlington, no street on record
D
Dymocks	Chatswood, no street on record
E
Elizabeth's Bookshop	257 King Street, Newtown	elizabethsbookshop.com.au	+61 2 9550 5691
F
Future Education Bookshop	Eastwood, no street on record		+61 2 9874 3925
G
Gleebooks	49 Glebe Point Road, Ultimo
Goulds Books	536 King Street, Erskineville
Grand Days	Woolloomooloo, no street on record
H
Harry Harthog	Macquarie Park, no street on record
Harry Hartog	Brookvale, no street on record
Hondarake	39 Liverpool Street, Haymarket	fullofbooks.com.au
Humanist House	Chippendale, no street on record
I
Islamic Bookstore Australia	Lakemba, no street on record
J
Jura Books	440 Parramatta Road, Leichhardt	jura.org.au	+61 2 9550 9931
K
Koorongnot edited since 2019	61-79 Henry Street, Penrith
L
Light Bookstore	27 Queen Street, Auburn
M
Maha Bodhi	Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills
Megalong Books	183 Leura Mall, Leura
Mr Pickwick's Bookshopnot edited since 2020	Katoomba, no street on record
N
Novella Fine Books, Cards & Gifts	Wahroonga, no street on record	facebook.com social page	+61 2 9489 3128
O
Oracle Booksnot edited since 2022	Mosman, no street on record	oraclebooks.com.au	+61 2 9968 4324
P
Peaches Books	141A Oak Road, Kirrawee
Potts Point Bookshop	14 Macleay Street, Potts Point	pottspointbookshop.com.au
Q
QBD	159-175 Church Street, Parramatta
QBD Books	Hurstville, no street on record
R
Rare Aviation Books	8 Argyle Place, Millers Point	rareaviationbooks.com	+61 2 9241 2232
Romancing The Novel	Paddington, no street on record	romancingthenovel.com
S
Socialist Alliance	Mountain Street, Ultimo
T
The Constant Reader	Willoughby Road, Crows Nest
The Cross Art+Books	Rushcutters Bay, no street on record
The library shop	Woolloomooloo, no street on record	shop.sl.nsw.gov.au
The Turning Page Bookshop	125 Macquarie Road, Springwood
Title	Barangaroo, no street on record	titlemusicfilmbooks.com	+61 2 9262 4404
U
UNSW Bookstore	Kingsford, no street on record
Used booksnot edited since 2022	Padstow, no street on record
W
Wyrdbooks	32 Station Street, Wentworth Falls
Y
Yorke Educational Centre	7 Argyle Street, Parramatta	yorkebooks.com.au	+61 2 9635 7605

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

Bookstores in Sydney with no website listed

30 of 55 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).

BerkelouwDarlinghurst
Boat Books & Nautical ChartsAlbany Street, Crows Nest
Gleebooks49 Glebe Point Road, Ultimo
Goulds Books536 King Street, Erskineville
Maha BodhiElizabeth Street, Surry Hills
Megalong Books183 Leura Mall, Leura
Peaches Books141A Oak Road, Kirrawee
Roundabout Books & Games117 Leura Mall, Leura
Socialist AllianceMountain Street, Ultimo
The Constant ReaderWilloughby Road, Crows Nest
The Turning Page Bookshop125 Macquarie Road, Springwood
Wyrdbooks32 Station Street, Wentworth Falls

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Where they are

Map of the 70 bookstores inside the Sydney boundary; most sit around Chatswood, Katoomba, Ultimo. — website listedno website, or social page only

By neighbourhood

Black: website listed.

36 more neighbourhoods in the filter above.

By postcode district

20422
20652
21502
27802

Chains and non-chain businesses

20% of the records are branches of a chain or brand; 59 are not.

Dymocks7
Berkelouw Books3
QBD Books3

What the records hold

74 map records.
Field	Records	Share
Street address	27	36%
Website (own site)	19	26%
Social or directory page only	1	1%
Phone on file	13	18%
Email on file (not shown)	4	5%
Opening hours	32	43%
Chain or brand branch	15	20%
Edited since January 2024	53	72%

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

Why other sites show a different number

Coverage. 74 mapped; Google Maps holds more.
Boundary. 5,662 km² (map); metro searches count more.
Names. 15 branches each count once; 4 unnamed left out.

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Bookstores in other cities

City	Named	Website listed
Bookstores in Melbourne	120	40%
Bookstores in Brisbane	35	22%
Bookstores in Adelaide	23	29%
Bookstores in Canberra	14	29%
Bookstores in Hobart	10	20%
Bookstores in Paris	595	50%
Bookshops in London	324	58%
Bookstores in Berlin	307	66%
Bookstores in New York City	157	68%
Bookstores in Toronto	108	50%

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Questions

How many bookstores are there in Sydney?

At least 74: that is how many OpenStreetMap has inside the Greater Sydney area, 70 with a name (extract of 11 Nov 2026). 15 are chain branches. Google Maps usually lists more, because more owners add themselves there.

Which part of Sydney has the most bookstores?

Chatswood (4), then Katoomba (4) and Ultimo (4). 48 neighbourhoods have at least one.

How many bookstores in Sydney have no website?

50 of the 70 named bookstores have no website on their map record; 30 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 Sydney?

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Sources

OpenStreetMap extract for Sydney, checked 2026-11-11
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