A Guide To Mumbai's Bookstores
We trace Mumbai’s very best offerings for book lovers, including cozy, warmly lit bookstores catering to specific genres, huge sprawling ones with in-house cafes, and century-old, rundown, dusty stores with the most obscure collections.
1. Kitab Khana
Bookstore, Building, Store
2. Granth
Bookstore, Store
3. Leaping Windows
Cafe, American
This comic book library and café has outdoor tables and indoor cushion seating, delightful décor including cartoons on the walls, and a stunning collection of manga, graphic novels, and comics. You can rent graphic novels and comics online and get them delivered to (and picked up from) your doorstep.
5. Title Waves
Bookstore, Store, School
6. Strand Book Stall
Building, Store
7. Wayword & Wise
Bookstore
8. Sterling Book House
Sterling Book House
Sterling has been among the city’s best places to find textbooks and non-fiction reads for over 70 years. Carrying books ranging from defence studies to philosophy, Sterling is well stocked and as relevant to the city today as it was half a decade ago.
No. 181, Dr. D.N. Road, Next To Central Camera, Opposite Central Bank, Fort, +02 222 676 046
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