Looking for a book in English?

Discover the anglophone bookstores of Paris and their eclectic histories and current happenings … ever wondered where and how James Joyce’s Ulysses was published by Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier, visit the unique Canadian bookstore on the little medieval street originally called the “Scribes Street,” attend a poetry reading or a literature symposium, a book signing and reading, meet contemporary authors discussing their works or just visit and browse  ….

To go to each website, click on the name.

The Abbey Bookshop 29, rue de la Parcheminerie 75005 Métro St. Michel ou Cluny la Sorbonne

Village Voice Bookshop 6, rue Princesse 75006 Métro Mabillon ou St. Germain des Près

W. H. Smith 248, rue de Rivoli 75001  Métro Concorde

San Francisco Book Company 17, rue Monsieur Le Prince 75006 Paris Métro Odéon

Shakespeare & Company 37, rue de la Bûcherie 75005  Métro St. Michel

Berkeley Books of Paris 8, rue Casimir Delavigne 75006 Paris  Métro Odéon

The Red Wheelbarrow 22, rue St. Paul 75004   Métro St. Paul ou Bastille

Gaglignani 224, rue de Rivoli 75001 Métro  Tuileries

Brentano’s  Very unfortunately, Brentano’s is now closed.

See also the page “Bookworms” for information on specialty bookstores.