
Best Bookstores Ottawa: Independent, Used & Specialty Shops Guide
Discover the best bookstores in Ottawa - indie shops like Octopus Books, used book havens, French bookstores, comic shops, and hidden literary gems worth exploring.
Read this guide104 listings across 42 neighbourhoods.
Guides written here that name bookstores in Ottawa, the ones that name most first.

Discover the best bookstores in Ottawa - indie shops like Octopus Books, used book havens, French bookstores, comic shops, and hidden literary gems worth exploring.
Read this guide


The bookstores with the most complete contact details on file — phone, website, opening hours — one from each of the busiest neighbourhoods first. Not paid for, not rated: on file.
258A Elgin Street
315 Wilbrod Street
11 Murray Street
116 Third Avenue
1131 Wellington Street West
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Storefront and Featured listings first, then every listing by name. Numbered companies sit last.
BookstoresRothwell Heights - Beacon Hill North