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Template:SHORTDESC: This is a list of bookstore chains with brick-and-mortar locations.

In the United Kingdom and many parts of the English speaking world, they are known as "Bookshops" and "newsagents".

In American English, they are called "bookstores", or sometimes "newsstands", as they also usually carry newspapers and magazines. This list includes both current and defunct businesses, and also includes large independent bookstores that have multiple locations, but that use a different business model than most business chains.

For these lists, a chain is a bookstore with at least 4 locations.

Current

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Name Country Notes
Collins Booksellers[1] File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Dymocks Booksellers File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Koorong File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Queensland Book Depot File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
WHSmith File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Livraria Cultura File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Archambault File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 13 (owned by Renaud-Bray)
Book City File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 4
Chapters File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 20 (owned by Indigo Books and Music)
Coles File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 56 (owned by Indigo Books and Music)
Indigo Books and Music File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 156 (including all Coles and Chapters locations)
Kobo eBookstore File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
McNally Robinson File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 3
Renaud-Bray File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 31 (including all Archambault locations)
Joint Publishing File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Page One File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Popular File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
The Commercial Press File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Rahva Raamat[2] File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia
Academic Bookstore File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (Finnish: Akateeminen Kirjakauppa, Swedish: Akademiska bokhandeln)[3]
Suomalainen Kirjakauppa File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland ("The Finnish Bookstore")[4]
Fnac File:Flag of France.svg France 78 stores with book departments in France, 65 in 8 other countries
Hachette Distribution Services File:Flag of France.svg France
Furet du Nord File:Flag of France.svg France
Hugendubel File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 34 book-department-stores
Thalia File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Weltbild File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany includes Weltbild Plus, Weltbild, Weltbild best, Jokers, Wohlthat (circa 350-400 shops)
Ianos File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece
Eymundsson File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland
A. H. Wheeler File:Flag of India.svg India
Crossword Bookstores File:Flag of India.svg India
DC Books File:Flag of India.svg India
Higginbotham's File:Flag of India.svg India
Landmark Bookstores File:Flag of India.svg India
Odyssey File:Flag of India.svg India
Oxford Bookstore File:Flag of India.svg India
Sapna Book House File:Flag of India.svg India
Gramedia File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
Gunung Agung File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
Eason & Son File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
Hodges Figgis File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland part of the UK Waterstone's brand
Comikaza File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel former chain, still exists as a stand-alone store
Steimatzky File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
Tzomet Sfarim File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
Feltrinelli File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Giunti Editore File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Book Off File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Books Kinokuniya File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Culture Convenience Club File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan operates Tsutaya Bookstores[5]
Libro File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Yurindo File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Kyobo Book Centre File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Young Poong Books File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Valters un Rapa[6] File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
MPH Group File:Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg Malaysia operates MPH Bookstores
myNEWS.com File:Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg Malaysia
Popular File:Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg Malaysia
Times Bookstores File:Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg Malaysia
Fondo de Cultura Económica File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
Librerias Gandhi File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 28 bookstores[7]
Librería Porrúa File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
Audax Groep File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Operates Amsterdamsche Kiosk Onderneming (AKO), Bruna, and Read Shop
De Slegte File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands small independent chain
Paper Plus File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Whitcoulls File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Ferozsons File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
National Book Store File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
Rex Book Store File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
Empik File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Kolporter File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Livraria Bertrand File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal
Jarir Bookstore File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
Page One File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
Popular File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
Times Bookstores File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
Exclusive Books File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Orell Füssli File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
Eslite Bookstore File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan
Asia Books File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
Dokya File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
Naiin File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
Blackwell's File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom owned by Waterstones since 2022
Daunt Books File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Foyles File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom owned by Waterstones since 2018
The Works File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
WHSmith File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Waterstones File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Barnes & Noble File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Locations across all 50 US states (614 stores).
Barnes & Noble Education File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States former college division of B&N spun off in 2015 (760 stores).
B. Dalton File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Former large chain acquired by B&N in 1987; location now in Florida (1 store).
Bookmans File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Located in Arizona (5 stores).
Books-A-Million File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Locations across 32 US states (260 stores). Also operates Bookland and 2nd & Charles.
Busboys and Poets File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Located in the Washington metropolitan area (8 locations)
Deseret Book File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Utah regional chain; also operates Seagull Book.
Follett's File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
Half Price Books File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Locations across 19 US states (116 stores).
Hudson Group File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Located at airports and train stations in the United States and Canada (970 stores).
Powell's Books File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Located in Oregon (4 stores).
Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shops File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Located in Maine (9 stores)
Schuler Books & Music File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Located in Michigan (4 stores).
Tattered Cover File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Located in Colorado (6 stores); acquired by B&N in 2024.

Historical

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The following chains no longer operate any physical retail locations.

Name Country Notes
Angus & Robertson File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Closed physical stores in 2011.
Borders File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia defunct
The Co-op Bookshop File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia defunct[8]
Jongno Seojeok File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea bankrupt, and name changed to Bandi & Luni's when re-opened
Fascination Books[9] File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa applied for liquidation in 2008.
Borders UK File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom defunct in December 2009
Dillons the Bookstore File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom all stores were rebranded as Waterstones in 1999
Ottakar's File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom bought out by HMV, rebranded as Waterstones in 2006
Amazon Books File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States physical stores closed in 2022
Borders File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States defunct 2011
Cokesbury File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States physical stores closed in 2012; continued as online retailer
Brentano's File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States acquired by Waldenbooks and merged with Borders; defunct 2011
Crown Books File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States defunct 2001
Encore Books File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States defunct 1999
Family Christian Stores File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States physical stores closed in 2017; online retailer since 2019
Hastings Entertainment File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States defunct 2016
Kroch's and Brentano's File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Chicago regional chain; defunct 1995
LifeWay Christian Resources File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States physical stores closed 2019; continued as online retailer
Media Play File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States defunct 2006
Waldenbooks File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States acquired by Kmart and merged with Borders; defunct 2011

See also

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