If you know where to look in Mexico City, you’ll find plenty of bookstores championing titles by indie editorials or lesser-known authors, as well as a plethora of second hand shops brimming with well-loved books in both English and Spanish. Of course, if you don’t know where to look, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Gandhi and Porrúa were the only places to buy books in the capital.
Enter: this brief guide to five of my favourite indie bookstores in Mexico City.
Whether you want coffee table titles, feminist literature or are looking to discover under-the-radar writers, these are the places I most recommend. And no, I haven’t included any bookstores from the famed Calle Donceles in the Centro Histórico, mostly because: 1) I wanted to include librerías I go to or buy from regularly (yes, the list skews Roma-Condesa) and 2) I wanted places with an online presence. Because…well, you know why.