Below is a list of the top and leading Bookstores in Winnipeg. To help you find the best Bookstores located near you in Winnipeg, we put together our own list based on this rating points list.
Winnipeg’s Best Bookstores:
The top rated Bookstores in Winnipeg are:
- A la Page – offers a select selection of books from Quebec, Canada, and Europe intended for children, adolescents, and the general public
- Book Fair Comics – a family-owned and run used book store and new & collectors comics book shop
- McNally Robinson Booksellers – family-oriented, committed to the values of community bookselling, and determined to present an alternative to corporate-chain bookstores
- Bison Books – offers an eclectic, fresh collection of 20,000 meticulously curated antiquarian and good used books
- Globosapiens Used Bookstore – has been reconfigured, creating spaces where you can browse the vast selection of titles and genres, sit and read a chapter or just hang out and relax getting caught up on some of Cathy’s favorite reads or travel stories
A la Page
A la Page provides a collection of books for children, teenagers, and the general public from Quebec, Canada, and Europe. Librairie à la Page has been located on Boulevard Provencher, in the historic area of Saint-Boniface in Winnipeg, since its beginnings, just a stone’s throw from the beautiful Canadian Museum for Human Rights. It’s also delighted to provide a platform for local publishers Éditions du Blé, Éditions des Plaines, and Unlimited Learning’s products.
Products/Services:
Bookstore
LOCATION:
Address: 200 Provencher Blvd, Winnipeg, MB R2H 0G3
Phone: (204) 233 7223
Website: alapage.leslibraires.ca
REVIEWS:
“A treasure cave for book lovers. Wonderful selection of both old and new books for good prices. Would visit often.” – Shubham Tanwar
Book Fair Comics
Book Fair Comics is a used book store and a new and collectors comics book business managed by a family. All of the major comic companies, as well as smaller independent comic publishers, have new comics and graphic novels available at Book Fair Comics. They have a New Comic reservation service in-store, so you won’t miss out on any of your favorite titles. With every in-store New Comic purchase, Book Fair also gives out a Complimentary Comic Bag & Comic Board. In addition, for all of your comics, they have comic and magazine bags, boards, mylars, and storage boxes.
Products/Services:
Bookstore
LOCATION:
Address: 340 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3C 0C3
Phone: (204) 957 0142
Website: bookfaircomics.com
REVIEWS:
“Lots of great stuff here! Comics, books, magazines, even sports stuff! Always a great experience!” – Marco Masim
McNally Robinson Booksellers
McNally Robinson Booksellers is a family-oriented independent bookseller who is dedicated to community bookselling principles and motivated to offer a viable alternative to corporate-chain shops. Their concentration is on Canada, and they collaborate directly with authors and publishers to bring their tales to Canadians. We are ardent believers in a literate society, in which reading is linked to a thoughtful, inventive, and full existence. Furthermore, they choose all of their works to represent the interests and situations of Canadians, regardless of where they were written.
Products/Services:
Bookstore
LOCATION:
Address: 4000-1120 Grant Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3M 2A6,
Phone: (204) 475 0483
Website: mcnallyrobinson.com
REVIEWS:
“Staff was very helpful, leading us across the store to the section we had asked for.
Shopping at McNally-Robinson is always a pleasure. The decor and display of books is very inviting.” – Ted Rennie
Bison Books
Bison Books provides a diverse, up-to-date inventory of 20,000 well-chosen antique and secondhand books. They have a long-standing reputation for laid-back professionalism, and they have a refined collection of everything from first editions, beautiful bindings, and antique books to Indigenous studies, literature, art, and classics, with fresh purchases made every day. They also provide book searches, acquisitions development discussions, appraisals, video rentals, and mail orders in addition to a fresh and wide variety of books in their shop.
Products/Services:
Bookstore
LOCATION:
Address: 424 Graham Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3C 0L8
Phone: (204) 947 5931
Website: bisonbooks.ca
REVIEWS:
“After searching a searching I came across this lil hidden gem of a store online like… Bison Books. I used the antiqbook.com and it lead me to it. I search for my book and There it was right here in Winnipeg. I paid for it online and picked it up the next day, right at the door.” – Shelley Rusk
Globosapiens Used Bookstore
Globosapiens Used Bookstore aims to be fair to customers, encourage literacy, and be environmentally friendly; the slogan is that no book should leave unread. GLOBOsapien’s Used Book Store’s “Boss Lady” is Cathy. She enjoys traveling and collecting keychains and books on the Arabian Nights. Her St. James bookstore offers a constantly changing inventory of over 40,000 secondhand books. The Boss Lady began GLOBOsapien’s in Charleswood in 2008 with humble beginnings, eventually establishing a loyal audience.
Products/Services:
Bookstore
LOCATION:
Address: 3096 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3K 0Y2
Phone: (204) 837 7034
Website: globosapiens.ca
REVIEWS:
“So warmhearted lady owner，who can speak Norwegian as well. Recommended some books I may be interested and gave advices to me for my improvement of EAL. Absolutely I will be back again！It is one fantastic used bookstore and the only one in the west of Winnipeg right now！” – Boyan Liu
