Bookstores in Washington, DC: list of 38 free CSV

How many bookstores are in Washington, DC?

OpenStreetMap lists 38 named bookstores inside the Washington, DC city boundary (177 km²), extract of 7 Nov 2026. 66% of the records list a website and 47% a phone number; 13 named bookstores have no website on the public record.

Examples on the list: American University Bookstore, Barnes & Noble, Barnes & Noble.

Bookstores in Washington, DC at a glance: most are in Dupont Circle (8), Columbia Heights (6), Georgetown (5); the busiest street is Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Dupont Circle (4); records were last edited between Mar 2011 and Nov 2026; chain names include Barnes & Noble and Politics and Prose; Barnes & Noble and Big Planet Comics list a business phone.

Edited on the map in the 90 days before the extract: 7 records, including Solid State Books, Barnes & Noble, Busboys and Poets, Capitol Hill Books.

38named bookstores
66%list a website
13no website listed
12neighbourhoods
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Data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, extract of 7 Nov 2026. The CSV is under the same licence.

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Bookstores in Washington, DC, OpenStreetMap extract of 7 Nov 2026.
Business Street and area Website Phone Hours
American University Bookstore Tenleytown, no street on record
Barnes & Noble 3040 M Street Northwest, Georgetown stores.barnesandnoble.com +1 202-963-1779
Barnes & Noble 2225 Georgia Avenue Northwest, Columbia Heights
Barnes & Noble Downtown, no street on record bn.com
Big Planet Comics 1520 U Street Northwest, Dupont Circle bigplanetcomics.com +1 202-342-1961
Bison Shop Northeast, no street on record gallaudet.edu
Bold Fork Books 3064 Mount Pleasant Street Northwest, Columbia Heights boldforkbooks.com
Bridge Street Books 2814 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Georgetown
Busboys and Poets 2021 14th Street Northwest, Columbia Heights busboysandpoets.com +1-202-387-7638
Capitol Hill Books Capitol Hill, no street on record capitolhillbooks-dc.com +1-202-544-1621
Carpe Librum 1350 I St NW, Downtown turningthepage.org
Christian Science Reading Room Georgetown, no street on record
Christian Science Reading Room 3710 Macomb Street Northwest, Cleveland Park
East City Book Shop 645 Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast, Capitol Hill eastcitybookshop.com +1 202-290-1636
Fantom Comics 2010 P Street Northwest, Dupont Circle stores.comichub.com +1 202-241-6498
Georgetown University Bookstorenot edited since 2011 Georgetown, no street on record
InfoShop World Bank Group 1776 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Foggy Bottom +1 202-458-4500
JF Books 1509 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Dupont Circle jfbooks.org +12026704060
Kramerbooks & Afterwords Café 1517 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Dupont Circle bookshop.org +1 202-387-1400
Kramers 1521 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Dupont Circle kramers.com
Little District Books 631 Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast, Capitol Hill littledistrictbooks.com +1 202-629-2975
Little District Books 737 8th Street Southeast, Southeast littledistrictbooks.com +1 202-629-2975
Lost City Booksnot edited since 2021 Woodley Park, no street on record lostcitybookstore.com
Loyalty Bookstore 4203 9th Street Northwest, Columbia Heights loyaltybookstores.com +1 202-726-0380
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Bookstore West Basin Drive Southwest, Foggy Bottom
Politics and Prose Tenleytown, no street on record politics-prose.com +1 202-364-1919
Politics and Prose 70 District Square Southwest, Southwest Waterfront
Politics and Prose 1324 4th Street Northeast, Northeast politics-prose.com +1 202-544-4452
Potter's House Columbia Heights, no street on record pottershousedc.org +1 202-232-5483
Pórtico Bookstore IDBnot edited since 2016 Downtown, no street on record
Reiters / Washington Law & Professional Booksnot edited since 2015 1900 G Street Northwest, Foggy Bottom
Sankofa Cafe & Bookstore 2714 Georgia Avenue Northwest, Columbia Heights sankofa.com +1 202-234-4755
Second Story Books Dupont Circle, no street on record secondstorybooks.com +1 202-659-8884
Solid State Books 1809 14th Street Northwest, Dupont Circle solidstatebooksdc.com
Solid State Booksnot edited since 2019 600 H Street Northeast, Capitol Hill
The Lantern 3241 P Street Northwest, Georgetown lanternbookshop.org +1-202-333-3222
The Newsroom 1728 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Dupont Circle
Thomas Jefferson Memorial bookstore Southwest Waterfront, no street on record nps.gov

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Bookstores in Washington, DC with no website listed

3 of 29 named non-chain bookstores.

  • American University BookstoreTenleytown
  • Bridge Street Books2814 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Georgetown
  • The Newsroom1728 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Dupont Circle

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Where they are

Map of the 38 bookstores inside the Washington, DC boundary; most sit around Dupont Circle, Columbia Heights, Georgetown.
website listedno website, or social page only

Busiest streets

  • Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Dupont Circle4

By neighbourhood

Black: website listed.

By ZIP code

  • 200033
  • 200093
  • 200363
  • 200012
  • 200022

Chains and non-chain businesses

24% of the records are branches of a chain or brand; 29 are not.

  • Barnes & Noble3
  • Politics and Prose3
  • Christian Science Reading Room2

What the records hold

38 map records.
FieldRecordsShare
Street address2668%
Website (own site)2566%
Phone on file1847%
Email on file (not shown)38%
Opening hours2566%
Chain or brand branch924%
Edited since January 20242566%

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

Why other sites show a different number

  • Coverage. 38 mapped; Google Maps holds more.
  • Boundary. 177 km² (map); metro searches count more.
  • Names. 9 branches each count once.

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Bookstores in other cities

CityNamedWebsite listed
Bookstores in New York City15768%
Bookstores in Chicago6854%
Bookstores in San Francisco6454%
Bookstores in Los Angeles6241%
Bookstores in Seattle5879%
Bookstores in Portland4454%
Bookstores in San Diego3542%
Bookstores in Denver3053%
Bookstores in Philadelphia3061%
Bookstores in Austin2752%

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Questions

How many bookstores are there in Washington, DC?

At least 38: that is how many OpenStreetMap has inside the Washington, DC city boundary, 38 with a name (extract of 7 Nov 2026). 9 are chain branches. Google Maps usually lists more, because more owners add themselves there.

Which part of Washington, DC has the most bookstores?

Dupont Circle (8), then Columbia Heights (6) and Georgetown (5); the busiest street is Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Dupont Circle (4). 12 neighbourhoods have at least one.

How many bookstores in Washington, DC have no website?

13 of the 38 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 Washington, DC?

Run Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder with the search "bookstores in Washington, DC" plus 1 neighbourhood searches such as "bookstores in Dupont Circle, Washington, DC". One run costs about $0.44 to $0.64 ($0.40 start fee (4 GB run) included), plus platform usage, for 38 to 240 rows.

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