351 Catchy Bookstore Name Ideas
From my earliest memories I have always been a reader, books and stories always fascinated me. One day I could be having an adventure on a treasure Island and the next day I could be following the adventures of a gritty detective.
Books are marvelous things and bookshops are my favorite of all shops. There’s an atmosphere to them, an almost spiritual reverence, people shuffle quietly about browsing through the titles as they plan the next trip for their imaginations.
These days bookshops are going through a renaissance, for a while it looked like online retailers and eBooks might signal the death knell for these wonderful oases.
Now more and more are starting to appear on the high streets again, a downloaded book for your kindle might be convenient, but it isn’t the true experience that book lovers enjoy. It is like instant coffee to a coffee connoisseur, it might fill a gap when times are desperate, but its never going to fulfill their needs.
If you are one of those lucky people who have decided to follow their passion and open a bookshop, then one of the first things you need to have is a stand-out name. After all a book is full of imagination and intrigue, isn’t it the least you can do to name your new venture in the same manner.
If you are looking for inspiration, then look no further. We have compiled a list of the best bookstore names in the world to help give your imagination that little kick-start.
To help you that little further we have separated them into categories.
Clever Bookstore Names
Sometimes a clever name is all you need to attract those customers, here there are some of the cleverest bookstore names!
- Chronicle Books
- Deliberate Literate
- Elastic Press
- Everybody’s Bookstore
- FoxTale Book Shoppe
- Hanging Loose Press
- Hole in the Wall Books
- Learning Tree Books
- Left for Dead Books
- Mostly Books
- Much Ado About Books
- Nevermore Used Books
- No Starch Press
- A Likely Story
- Back of Beyond Book Store
- Books for Less
- Bound Together Bookstore
- Rediscovered Bookshop
- Strand Book Store
- The Book Exchange
- The Dusty Bookshelf
- The Happy Booker
- Whistle Stop
- All That’s Fit to Print
- Best of Books
- Book Barns
- Boomerang Books
- Open Books
- Pleasure Bound
- Second Story Books
- Sundog Books
- The Book Haven
- The Scholar Ship
- Writ & Wisdom
- Original Bookstore Names
Originality can be a great way of getting your store to stand out from the crowd, if you think you have an original shop, why not give it an original name too?
- Alley Cat Bookstore
- Book Holders
- City Lights Booksellers
- Clothespin Fever Press
- Elder’s Bookstore
- Friends Bookstore
- In Sight Books
- Little Shop on the Prairie
- Munchkin Bookstore
- Peanut Butter Publishing
- Rainy Day Books
- Secret Garden
- The Book Garden
- The Story Shop
- Twice Sold Tales
- What the Dickens
- A Novel Idea Book Shop
- Book Exchange
- Bookworm & Silverfish
- Brick Row Book Shop
- Changing Hands Bookstore
- Dragons Keep
- Fahrenheit 451
- Granny’s Country Store
- Listen, My Children
- Mud Puddle Inc
- Mysteries to Die For
- Poor Richard’s Bookseller
- Runcible Spoon Press
- Story & Song Bookstore
- The General Bookstore
- Volume One Books
- Yellow Book Road
- Christian Bookstore Names
Christian bookstores are ever popular and often a catchy name is required to make them stand out from the rest of the congregation!
- ABC Christian Books
- Banbury Cross
- Bright Light Books
- Chapel Books
- Eighth Day Books
- Garden of Eden
- Harvest Christian Bookstore
- Our Brother’s Keeper Bookstore
- Scripture Truth Book Company
- Signs of Life
- Touching Lives Bookstore
- Trinity House
- After Words Bookstore
- Anchors of Faith
- Book Passage
- Charing Cross Bookshop
- Faith & Life Bookstore
- Genesis Books
- Living Word Book Store
- Shepherd Shop
- Tempest Book Shop
- Words of Wisdom
- Unusual Bookstore Names
Unusual names can be a great way of grabbing consumers attention.
- Again Books
- Argonaut Book Shop
- Blue Plate Books
- Bookberries
- Chapter One Book Store
- Country Bookshelf
- Foul Play
- Jabberwocky Children’s Bookstore
- Klutz Press
- Murder for Fun
- Pendragon Books
- Pooh Corner
- Scuzzy Dog Books
- Storybook Nook
- The Miller’s Daughter
- Upstart Crow
- Wind City Books
- Banana Fish Books
- Book People
- Brillig Books
- Copper Fish Books
- Detecto Mysterioso
- Galatea
- Great Wall Bookstore
- Hooray for Books!
- Mad Cow Press
- Nick’s Knacks and Books
- Parnassus
- Prince and Pauper
- Rohan Book and Game
- Star Line Books
- The Book Loft
- This House of Books
- Twice Told Tales
Classic Bookstore Names
Sometimes the old favorites are still the best, below are some of the classic and classy bookstore names, many with a modern twist.
- Antigone Books
- Basics Plus Books
- Book Warehouse
- Bookshop West
- Booksmith
- Copperfield & Twist
- Half Halt Press
- Landmark Books
- Middle Earth Books for Children
- Old Town Books
- Sister’s Uptown Bookstore
- The Well Read Moose
- Toad Hall Children’s Books
- Town House Books
- Village Commons Book Store
- Archives Books
- Beach View Books
- Books Inc.
- Clark Rare Books
- Corner Bookstore
- Givens Books & Little Dickens
- Golden Bough Bookstore
- Kings English Bookshop
- Marco Polo & I
- My Local Book Store
- Paperback City
- Shakespeare Books
- The Corner Bookstore
- The Country Bookshop
- The Writer’s Block
- Union Ave Books
- Westside Stories
Timeless Bookstore Names
Some names will stand the test of time better than others.
- A Parker’s Books
- Aladdin’s Lamp
- Best Used Books
- Book Table
- Charlotte’s Web
- Daily Planet
- Forgotten Realm Bookstore
- Gulliver’s Books
- Monkey Brain Books
- Park Road Books
- Purple Fish Books
- Red Wheelbarrow Books
- The Constant Reader
- The Pied Piper
- The Poisoned Pen
- Valley Book Store
- Waiting for Godot Books
- Black Bird Bookstore
- Books to be Red
- Cheshire Cat Book Shop
- Dark and Stormy Night Books
- Gigantic Hound
- Kitchen Sink Press
- Maida’s Book Store
- Main Street Books
- Old Book Barn
- Pinocchio’s
- Quail Ridge Books
- Soft Skull Press
- The Perfect Crime
- Tome Raiders
Miscellaneous Bookstore Names
And finally, there are those names that just refuse to be categorized!
- Amazing Action Books
- A Novel Idea
- Book Rack
- Books on Bay
- Browser Books
- Cow Puddle Press
- Cyrano’s
- Frabjous Books
- Jabberwocky Bookshop
- Klunky Monkey Coffee, Books and More
- Madwoman Press
- Novel Hovel
- Paraclete Book Center
- Pickwick Books
- Plutonium
- Prince Books
- Snooty Literary Society
- Squid Ink Books
- The Cerebral Deli
- The Owl and the Pussycat
- Walden Pond
- WordsWorth
- Acme Sales & Books
- Bibliowha?
- Big Apple Books
- Books By the Pound
- Chapter Eleven Discount Bookstore
- Dogwood Books
- Fantastic Planet
- Frozen Lava Lamp
- Grassroots Books
- Literate Raven
- Loom panics
- Munchkin Bookery
- Narnia Children’s Books
- Outreach Thrift
- Pooka Tales Press
- Sapsucker Books
- Steve the Fish
- The Book Lady Bookstore
- Three Lives & Company
- Verbatim
- Book Nook
- Buy the Book
- Mount Oread Bookshop
- Run for Cover!
- Shelf Indulgence Books
- Underground Books
- Avid Bookshop
- Barrel of Books
- Blue Train Books
- Booked on 25th
- Chop Suey Books
- Folio Books
- Green Apple Books
- Laughing Cow Press
- Murder, Mystery and Mayhem
- Rubber Stampede
- Thackeray’s
- Toad’s Haul
- Mini Borderlands Books
- Commonplace Books
- Eclectibles
- Little Dickens
- Pinocchio Bookstore for Children
- The Old Curiosity Shop
- Volume Two Bookstore
- Epilogue
And bestowed with their new names they all lived happily ever after!
