The Best Independent Bookshops in Brixton
Celebrated for its rich cultural diversity, amazing food and popular nightlife, Brixton in south London also has a lot to offer book worshippers. So after you have had that delicious jerk chicken and before you hit the Duke of Edinburgh pub, why not pay these independent bookshops a visit?
1. Book Mongers
Bookstore, Shop
Popular bookshop Book Mongers on Coldharbour Lane needs to be your first stop for second hand books. Right on the fringes of Brixton Market, Book Mongers specialises in buying and selling books on all sorts of subjects: plays, poetry, travel, politics, cinema are only a few of them. For true bibliophiles, they also stock a range of first editions and rare books, too.
2. Herne Hill Books
Shop
3. Tales On Moon Lane
Bookstore
Pea Green Boat Books
An independent bookseller specialising in literature for children and young adults, Pea Green Boat Books is passionate about getting young people into reading. They run a number of school and education events throughout the year, plus school visits with renowned children’s authors and illustrators.
4. Scott's Collectables
Bookstore
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