List of bookstore chains

Template:Short description 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

Name	Country	Notes
Collins Booksellers<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:AUS
Dymocks Booksellers	Template:AUS
Koorong	Template:AUS
Queensland Book Depot	Template:AUS
WHSmith	Template:AUS
Livraria Cultura	Template:BRA
Archambault	Template:CAN	13 (owned by Renaud-Bray)
Book City	Template:CAN	4
Chapters	Template:CAN	20 (owned by Indigo Books and Music)
Coles	Template:CAN	56 (owned by Indigo Books and Music)
Indigo Books and Music	Template:CAN	156 (including all Coles and Chapters locations)
Kobo eBookstore	Template:CAN
McNally Robinson	Template:CAN	3
Renaud-Bray	Template:CAN	31 (including all Archambault locations)
Joint Publishing	Template:CHN
Page One	Template:CHN
Popular	Template:CHN
The Commercial Press	Template:CHN
Rahva Raamat<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:EST
Academic Bookstore	Template:FIN	(Template:Langx, Template:Langx)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Suomalainen Kirjakauppa	Template:FIN	("The Finnish Bookstore")<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Fnac	Template:FRA	78 stores with book departments in France, 65 in 8 other countries
Hachette Distribution Services	Template:FRA
Furet du Nord	Template:FRA
Hugendubel	Template:DEU	34 book-department-stores
Thalia	Template:DEU
Weltbild	Template:DEU	includes Weltbild Plus, Weltbild, Weltbild best, Jokers, Wohlthat (circa 350-400 shops)
Ianos	Template:GRC
Eymundsson	Template:ISL
A. H. Wheeler	Template:IND
Crossword Bookstores	Template:IND
DC Books	Template:IND
Higginbotham's	Template:IND
Landmark Bookstores	Template:IND
Odyssey	Template:IND
Oxford Bookstore	Template:IND
Sapna Book House	Template:IND
Gramedia	Template:IDN
Gunung Agung	Template:IDN
Eason & Son	Template:IRL
Hodges Figgis	Template:IRL	part of the UK Waterstone's brand
Comikaza	Template:ISR	former chain, still exists as a stand-alone store
Steimatzky	Template:ISR
Tzomet Sfarim	Template:ISR
Feltrinelli	Template:ITA
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore	Template:ITA
Giunti Editore	Template:ITA
Book Off	Template:JPN
Books Kinokuniya	Template:JPN
Culture Convenience Club	Template:JPN	operates Tsutaya Bookstores<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Libro	Template:JPN
Yurindo	Template:JPN
Kyobo Book Centre	Template:KOR
Young Poong Books	Template:KOR
Valters un Rapa<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:LVA
MPH Group	Template:MYS	operates MPH Bookstores
myNEWS.com	Template:MYS
Popular	Template:MYS
Times Bookstores	Template:MYS
Fondo de Cultura Económica	Template:MEX
Librerias Gandhi	Template:MEX	28 bookstores<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Librería Porrúa	Template:MEX
Audax Groep	Template:NLD	Operates Amsterdamsche Kiosk Onderneming (AKO), Bruna, and Read Shop
De Slegte	Template:NLD	small independent chain
Paper Plus	Template:NZL
Whitcoulls	Template:NZL
Ferozsons	Template:PAK
National Book Store	Template:PHL
Rex Book Store	Template:PHL
Empik	Template:POL
Kolporter	Template:POL
Livraria Bertrand	Template:PRT
Jarir Bookstore	Template:SAU
Page One	Template:SGP
Popular	Template:SGP
Times Bookstores	Template:SGP
Exclusive Books	Template:ZAF
Orell Füssli	Template:CHE
Eslite Bookstore	Template:TWN
Asia Books	Template:THA
Dokya	Template:THA
Naiin	Template:THA
Blackwell's	Template:GBR	owned by Waterstones since 2022
Daunt Books	Template:GBR
Foyles	Template:GBR	owned by Waterstones since 2018
The Works	Template:GBR
WHSmith	Template:GBR
Waterstones	Template:GBR
Barnes & Noble	Template:USA	Locations across all 50 US states (614 stores).
Barnes & Noble Education	Template:USA	former college division of B&N spun off in 2015 (760 stores).
B. Dalton	Template:USA	Former large chain acquired by B&N in 1987; location now in Florida (1 store).
Bookmans	Template:USA	Located in Arizona (5 stores).
Books-A-Million	Template:USA	Locations across 32 US states (260 stores). Also operates Bookland and 2nd & Charles.
Busboys and Poets	Template:USA	Located in the Washington metropolitan area (8 locations)
Deseret Book	Template:USA	Utah regional chain; also operates Seagull Book.
Follett's	Template:USA
Half Price Books	Template:USA	Locations across 19 US states (116 stores).
Hudson Group	Template:USA	Located at airports and train stations in the United States and Canada (970 stores).
Powell's Books	Template:USA	Located in Oregon (4 stores).
Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shops	Template:USA	Located in Maine (9 stores)
Schuler Books & Music	Template:USA	Located in Michigan (4 stores).
Tattered Cover	Template:USA	Located in Colorado (6 stores); acquired by B&N in 2024.

Historical

The following chains no longer operate any physical retail locations.

Name	Country	Notes
Angus & Robertson	Template:AUS	Closed physical stores in 2011.
Borders	Template:AUS	defunct
The Co-op Bookshop	Template:AUS	defunct<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Jongno Seojeok	Template:KOR	bankrupt, and name changed to Bandi & Luni's when re-opened
Fascination Books<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Flag	applied for liquidation in 2008.
Borders UK	Template:GBR	defunct in December 2009
Dillons the Bookstore	Template:GBR	all stores were rebranded as Waterstones in 1999
Ottakar's	Template:GBR	bought out by HMV, rebranded as Waterstones in 2006
Amazon Books	Template:USA	physical stores closed in 2022
Borders	Template:USA	defunct 2011
Cokesbury	Template:USA	physical stores closed in 2012; continued as online retailer
Brentano's	Template:USA	acquired by Waldenbooks and merged with Borders; defunct 2011
Crown Books	Template:USA	defunct 2001
Encore Books	Template:USA	defunct 1999
Family Christian Stores	Template:USA	physical stores closed in 2017; online retailer since 2019
Hastings Entertainment	Template:USA	defunct 2016
Kroch's and Brentano's	Template:USA	Chicago regional chain; defunct 1995
LifeWay Christian Resources	Template:USA	physical stores closed 2019; continued as online retailer
Media Play	Template:USA	defunct 2006
Waldenbooks	Template:USA	acquired by Kmart and merged with Borders; defunct 2011

See also

• List of independent bookstores
• List of online booksellers