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

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

50 of the 70 bookstores, A to Z

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

Showing a sample of 50. Change a filter to search all 70.

Bookstores in Sydney, OpenStreetMap extract of 11 Nov 2026.
Business Street and area Website Phone Hours
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'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
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
Dymocks Chatswood, no street on record
Elizabeth's Bookshop 257 King Street, Newtown elizabethsbookshop.com.au +61 2 9550 5691
Future Education Bookshop Eastwood, no street on record +61 2 9874 3925
Gleebooks 49 Glebe Point Road, Ultimo
Goulds Books 536 King Street, Erskineville
Grand Days Woolloomooloo, no street on record
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
Islamic Bookstore Australia Lakemba, no street on record
Jura Books 440 Parramatta Road, Leichhardt jura.org.au +61 2 9550 9931
Koorongnot edited since 2019 61-79 Henry Street, Penrith
Light Bookstore 27 Queen Street, Auburn
Maha Bodhi Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills
Megalong Books 183 Leura Mall, Leura
Mr Pickwick's Bookshopnot edited since 2020 Katoomba, no street on record
Novella Fine Books, Cards & Gifts Wahroonga, no street on record social page +61 2 9489 3128
Oracle Booksnot edited since 2022 Mosman, no street on record oraclebooks.com.au +61 2 9968 4324
Peaches Books 141A Oak Road, Kirrawee
Potts Point Bookshop 14 Macleay Street, Potts Point pottspointbookshop.com.au
QBD 159-175 Church Street, Parramatta
QBD Books Hurstville, no street on record
Rare Aviation Books 8 Argyle Place, Millers Point rareaviationbooks.com +61 2 9241 2232
Romancing The Novel Paddington, no street on record romancingthenovel.com
Socialist Alliance Mountain Street, Ultimo
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
UNSW Bookstore Kingsford, no street on record
Used booksnot edited since 2022 Padstow, no street on record
Wyrdbooks 32 Station Street, Wentworth Falls
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

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.
FieldRecordsShare
Street address2736%
Website (own site)1926%
Social or directory page only11%
Phone on file1318%
Email on file (not shown)45%
Opening hours3243%
Chain or brand branch1520%
Edited since January 20245372%

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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  1. bookstores in 2042, Sydney, Australia
  2. bookstores in 2065, Sydney, Australia
  3. bookstores in 2150, Sydney, Australia
  4. bookstores in 2780, Sydney, Australia

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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?

Run Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder with the search "bookstores in Sydney, Australia". One run costs about $0.47 to $0.52 ($0.40 start fee (4 GB run) included), plus platform usage, for 70 to 120 rows.

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Map extract 11 Nov 2026Next refresh after 6 Dec 2026Data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL