A Librarian’s Guide to Downtown Toronto Bookstores

By Jo-Ann McQuillan and Toni Burton, SLA Toronto Chapter

1000000 comix (Comics)
530 Yonge St, Toronto
Phone: 416-934-1516

100th Monkey Books (New Age, Occult and Esoteric)
980 Yonge St, Suite 210, Toronto
Phone: 416-925-7633, 1-877-ASK-MONK

A Different Booklist (New)
746 Bathurst St, Toronto
Phone: 416-538-0889

ABC Book Store (Used)
662 Yonge St, Toronto
Phone: 416-967-7654

Abelard (Used)
519 Queen St West, Toronto
Phone: 416-504-2665

Acadia (Used Art and Design)
232 Queen St East, Toronto
Phone: 416-364-7638

Art Gallery of Ontario Bookstore (Art)
317 Dundas St West, Toronto
Phone: 416-979-6610

Anglican Book Centre (Religious)
80 Hayden Street, Toronto
Phone: 416-924-1332

Another man's poison (Art and Design)
29 McCaul St, Toronto
Phone: 416-593-6451

Atticus (Used Scholarly)
84 Harbord Street, Toronto
Phone: 416-922-6045

Bakka Phoenix Science Fiction Bookstore (Sci-fi)
598 Yonge St, Toronto
Phone: 416-963-9993

Balfour Books (Used and Rare)
601 College St, Toronto
Phone: 416-531-9911

Ballenford Books on Architecture (Architecture and Urban Studies)
600 Markham St, Toronto
Phone: 416-588-0800
1-888-588-0806

Beguiling (Comic Arts)
601 Markham St, Toronto
Phone: 416-533-9168

BMV (Discounted and Used)
10 Edward St, Toronto
Phone: 416-977-3087

Bob Miller Book Room (Academic)
180 Bloor St West, Toronto
Phone: 416-922-3557

Boli's Spanish Books (Spanish Language)
609 Bloor St West, Toronto
Phone: 416-536-2772

Book City (Discounted)
1950 Queen St East, Toronto
Phone: 416-698-1444

Book Events (New - General Selection)
365 Bloor St East, Toronto
Phone: 416-926-9062

Books for Business (Business)
120 Adelaide St West, Toronto
Phone: 416-362-7822
1-800-668-9372

Britnell Books (New and Used)
100 Adelaide St West, Suite 908, Toronto
Phone: 416-362-0022
800-387-1417

Caversham Booksellers (Mental Health)
98 Harbord St, Toronto
Phone: 416-944-0962

Cookbook Store (Food)
850 Yonge St, Toronto
Phone: 416-920-2665

D&E Lake (Used and Rare Art/History)
237 King St East, Toronto
Phone: 416-863-9930

David Mason Books (Used and Rare)
342 Queen St West, Toronto
Phone: 416-598-1015

David Mirvish Books and Books on Art (Art and Design)
596 Markham St, Toronto
Phone: 416-531-9975

Dragon Lady Comics and Paper Nostalgia (Comics and Collectors)
609 College St, Toronto
Phone: 416-536-7460

Eliot's Bookshop (Used)
584 Yonge St, Toronto
Phone: 416-925-0268

Eternal Moment Bookstore (New Age, Occult and Esoteric)
497 Bloor St, Toronto
Phone: 416-924-3780

Evans: The Business Book Store (Auditing, Tax and Accounting)
11 Irwin Ave, Toronto
Phone: 416-964-0161

Federal Publications Inc (Government and NGO Pubs)
165 University Ave, Suite 102, Toronto
Phone: 416-860-1611
888-433-3782

Glad Day (Queer+)
598A Yonge St, Toronto
Phone: 416-961-4161

Golf Gap (Golf)
1055 Bay St, Toronto
Phone: 416-485-5316

Grey Region (Comics)
550 Yonge St, Toronto
Phone: 416-975-1718

Hairy Tarantula Comics and Cards (Comics)
354 Yonge St, Toronto
Phone: 416-596-8002

Hugh Anson-Cartwright Books (Antiquarian and Canadiana)
238 Spadina Rd, Toronto
Phone: 416-979-2441

Librairie Champlain (French Language)
468 Queen St East, Toronto
Phone: 416-364-4345

McBurnie & Cutler (Used)
698 Queens St West, Toronto
Phone: 416-504-8873

N D J Books (Used Fiction/ History/ Art)
504 Yonge St, Toronto
Phone: 416-925-2080

Nautical Mind Marine Booksellers (Marine)
249 Queen's Quay West, Toronto
Phone: 416-203-1163

Neil D Macdonald (Antiquarian)
56 Madison Ave, Toronto
Phone: 416-961-2229

Nicholas Hoare Ltd. (New Literature w/ British emphasis)
45 Front St East, Toronto
Phone: 416-777-2665

Omega Centre Bookstore (New Age, Occult and Esoteric)
29 Yorkville Ave, Toronot
Phone: 416-975-9086
888-ONENESS

Ontario Christian Books (Religious)
204 St George St, Toronto
Phone: 416-921-4442

Open Air Books and Maps (Travel Guides and Maps)
25 Toronto St, Toronto
Phone: 416-363-0719

Pages (Fringe and Art)
256 Queen St West, Toronto
Phone: 416-598-1447

Parentbooks (Parenting)
201 Harbord St, Toronto
Phone: 416-537-8334

Recycled Book Shop (Used and New)
162 McCaul St, Toronto
Phone: 416-351-0802

Seekers Books (Used and New)
509 Bloor St West, Toronto
Phone: 416-925-1982

She Said Boom (Used)
372 College St, Toronto
Phone: 416-944-3224

Silver Snail Comics (Comics)
367 Queen St West, Toronto
Phone: 416-593-0889

Spanish Centre Bookstore (Spanish Language)
46 Hayden St, Toronto
Phone: 416-925-4652

Spoken Word Audiobooks (Books on Tape or CD)
350 Bay St, Toronto
Phone: 416-368-1027

Steven Temple Books (Rare and Antiquarian)
489 Queen St West, 2^nd floor, Toronto
Phone: 416-703-9908

Swipe Books on Advertising and Design (Advertising and Design)
477 Richmond St West, Toronto
Phone: 416-363-1332

Ten Editions Books (Used)
698 Spadina Ave, Toronto
Phone: 416-964-3803

Theatre Books (Theatre, Dance, Opera, Film and Media)
11 St Thomas St, Toronto
Phone: 416-922-7175

This Ain't the Rosedale Library (Queer+)
483 Church St, Toronto
Phone: 416-929-9912

Toronto Women's Book Store (Women's)
73 Harbord St, Toronto
Phone: 416-922-8744

University of Toronto Bookstores (Scholarly)
214 College St, Toronto
Phone: 416-978-7900

University College Alumni Book Room (Used)
University College Cloisters, King’s College Circle, Room B101
Phone: 416-978-0372

Uprising Books (Anarchist and Radical)
6A Kensington Ave, Toronto
Phone: 416-516-2966

Wonderworks (New Age, Esoteric)
79A Harbord St, Toronto
Phone: 416-323-3131