Indigenous-owned bookshopMassy Books
229 E Georgia St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1Z6
On East Georgia at the edge of Chinatown, Patricia Massy's store began with her reselling garage-sale and estate-sale finds to pay for university, then flea-market tables and a pop-up at Main and 5th before this permanent address. The Georgia Straight's Best of Vancouver profile of October 2, 2025, written after readers voted it Best Bookstore, put new books at roughly seven in ten of what's on the shelves, against a fifth at the start, and quoted her plan to go scouting for more secondhand stock the following year. Massy, who has Cree and Métis ancestry, still sells titles from a 10,000-book collection a retired UBC professor handed over in the early days. Its contact page says it opens on every statutory holiday except Christmas and New Year's Day.
Hours: Mon–Sat 10am–6pm, Sun 11am–5pmWebsite New and used bookstorePulpfiction Books East
1744 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC V5N 4A3
The Commercial Drive branch, 2.3 kilometres east of the Main Street shop in Little Italy, runs a single eleven-to-seven grid all week, so it opens an hour later than the flagship from Monday to Saturday. Pulpfiction's hours page, read in September 2026, lists it separately and gives one email address for queries at either store, with both shut only on Christmas and New Year's Day. Its City of Vancouver licence was renewed on the same December 2025 date as the Main Street one. Canterbury Tales is about 200 metres further south along the Drive, so the two fit in one stroll.
Hours: Mon–Sun 11am–7pmWebsite Used bookstoresLawrence Books
3591 W 41st Ave, Vancouver, BC V6N 3E7
At West 41st and Dunbar, Joseph Lawrence opened this shop when he retired from teaching history at UBC in 1984, and his daughter Anne runs it; the Vancouver Sun reported on July 27, 2026 that after years of on-and-off closures around her surgeries it was trading again. Its BC history section is the draw, sorted into pioneers, gold rushes, municipalities and the Northwest Coast, with nautical history facing it and an annex signposted 30,000 Paperbacks. The Sun found an inventory clear-out running, with a free paperback of equal or lower price for each hardcover bought, meant to empty a storage locker of boxed stock. The window sign quoted in the same article gives the weekend afternoons below and nothing else.
Hours: Sat–Sun 1pm–5pm
Used bookstoresKestrel Books
3642 W 4th Ave, Vancouver, BC V6R 1P1
Down West 4th in Kitsilano, just down the street from Banyen Books, this family-owned shop says it has bought and sold new, used, rare and antiquarian books in Vancouver for over 40 years, specializing in New Age, spirituality and metaphysics. Its website offers store credit or cash for books you bring in, and the shop keeps the same hours all week. The shop's Instagram account posted eight times between September 7 and September 23, 2026.
Hours: Mon–Sun 11am–7pmWebsite Used bookstoresCanterbury Tales Bookstore
2010 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC V5N 4A9
Lea Watson ran Canterbury Tales for decades, first on West 4th in Kitsilano and then in this Commercial Drive space taken over from Bibliophile Bookshop; after she died on May 23, 2025, Vancouver Is Awesome reported that the store had closed for the time being. Her daughter Brandee Holdsworth reopened it on August 7, 2025, as her own Facebook post marking the first anniversary on August 7, 2026 recounts, and a December 26, 2025 post spoke of the hope to continue what my mom built. Its posts through March 2026 announced fresh intakes of used mystery and crime novels, and on July 21, 2026 the page announced a seven-day week. The shop publishes no hours, so call before making a special trip.
Queer-owned bookshopCross & Crows Books
2836 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC V5N 4C6
A queer-owned shop in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, opened in 2023, whose own site promises new, used and collectible books for all ages and life stages. The Commercial Drive Business Society's directory entry invites customers to bring gently used books for resale, for cash or for store credit. On August 31, 2026 the shop's Instagram told people it was still open despite the construction south of Broadway, between 12th and 13th next to Gojo Cafe, and its events page lists cartoonist Sophie Labelle for Saturday, October 10, 2026. Hours start at noon on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday and at ten from Wednesday to Saturday.
Hours: Mon–Tue noon–6pm, Wed–Sat 10am–6pm, Sun noon–6pmWebsite Used books and vinylGroove Cat Books & Records
1823 Robson St, Vancouver, BC V6G 1E4
In the West End just west of Denman, John and Cat Hughes reopened their used book and record shop over the summer of 2026 after four years on 6th Street in New Westminster, where they had started in October 2022. Vancouver Is Awesome reported the move on June 29, 2026, noting that gift cards and trade credit from the old shop carry over, and the Georgia Straight had it settled on Robson by August 21. Books and vinyl across genres share the floor with local authors, comics, puzzles and crochet, and the owners say they plan a monthly book club and live music sessions.
Hours: Mon 11am–5pm, Tue–Sat 10am–8pm, Sun 11am–5pmWebsite Used bookstoresTanglewood Books
2306 W Broadway, Vancouver, BC
At Broadway and Vine, about two kilometres east of Kestrel, Tanglewood's own Facebook page calls it a quality used bookstore that buys and sells. Curiocity's Kitsilano neighbourhood guide of July 7, 2025 still pointed readers to its shelves, although its own Facebook feed stops at a December 2022 holiday notice and the shop publishes no hours. Ring ahead before crossing town for it.
Used bookstoresBookLovers Used Books
102-175 E 3rd St, North Vancouver, BC V7L 1E5
In the City of North Vancouver's Lower Lonsdale, this owner-run shop marked 15 years under its current owner in August 2023, and its New Year's Day 2026 Facebook post called 2025 the best of the owner's 17 years there. Books go across the counter for store credit, and a June 2025 post added that magazines are welcome too because collage artists keep buying them. Plan around the owner's notices: a retinal tear closed the store from March 20, 2026 until a reopening set for Tuesday, March 31, and there are no published hours, so check the page before crossing the inlet.
Used bookstoresWestern Sky Books
2132-2850 Shaughnessy St, Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 6K5
Out in Port Coquitlam, in the Shaughnessy Station Mall, Dianne Ganz and Tamara Gorin opened this new-and-used shop in 2018, and its homepage, revised in August 2026, claims the title of sole used bookstore in the Tri-Cities. Books for credit or donation are received on Wednesday through Saturday and on no other days. Indigenous and local writers get prominence, the children's section is large and a gallery shows local artists, and the Vancouver Sun's April 2025 roundup mentioned the Words in the Burbs reading series held there.
Hours: Sun–Tue 11am–5pm, Wed–Sat 10am–6pmWebsite Bookshop and caféVillage Books & Coffee House
130-12031 First Ave, Richmond, BC V7E 3M1
Out in Richmond, on First Avenue in Steveston village, a bookshop-café that Tourism Richmond's listing describes as selling new and secondhand books alongside espresso, teas and baked goods. Richmond News readers placed it first among the city's bookstores in the 2026 A-List results published on June 3, 2026, ahead of Indigo. The shop takes title queries by email, and on Sundays it opens an hour later.
Hours: Mon–Sat 9am–5pm, Sun 10am–5pmWebsite