Booksellers & Stationers in Paris
27 stores · curated ORBIS register
After 8 Books stocks artists' books and essays from independent publishers, also publishing through its own Paris operation. Delfonics brings Japanese notebooks and pens to Rue Saint-Honoré, with washi tape among its stationery products. Exacompta makes planners and filing systems, offering paper supplies alongside the books represented in this Paris selection.
Adeline Klam sells Japanese paper, origami supplies, stationery and decorative craft materials from Paris. Workshops and kits help beginners understand folding and paper choice before investing in larger quantities.
Paris bookshop and publisher continuing the work of Section 7 Books, formerly a department of the independent space castillo/corrales (2007-2015, Belleville); in its 10th-arrondissement premises since 2019, stocking artists' books, essays and zines from independent publishers.
Slipcased travel and fashion volumes made to sit out rather than be shelved, from the Faubourg Saint-Honore shop.
Paris engraving house founded in 1880 by Emile Benneton in the Madeleine quarter, now at 75 Boulevard Malesherbes; hand-engraves prestige stationery and calling cards, with craftspeople recognized as Meilleurs Ouvriers de France.
Independent bookshop and magazine shop at 26 Rue du Chateau d'Eau near the Canal Saint-Martin, Paris, opened in 2021 by Julien Achard, specializing in independent art, design and fanzine publishing.
Paris paper-art boutique and gallery at 6 Rue du Pont Louis Philippe in the Marais (the 'Rue du Papier'), opened 1979 by Ann Barth as an alternative to conventional stationers. Now run by Vanessa Barth and Marcel Zuger, mixing notebooks and correspondence stationery with work by paper artists and engravers.
Paris bookshop dating to 1708 near the Palais-Royal; relocated to 155 rue Saint-Honore in 1906 after a fire, owned by Gallimard since 1986. About 25,000 titles across literature, art and history in a 90 sqm space.
Delfonics is a Japanese stationery brand whose Paris selection brings notebooks and diaries together with albums and writing accessories. Its approach treats stationery as practical equipment for organising a day or recording ideas, with design central to the choice. The range offers paper goods for personal use as well as compact gifts for people who enjoy writing.
Exacompta makes planners, filing systems, notebooks, cards and desk accessories for organised paper workflows. Compatible formats and refill systems matter more than decoration when building a durable stationery setup.
France's culture-and-tech institution since 1954 — books, music, and electronics with the famous adhérent card.
Dedicated to the father of modern photojournalism, this foundation in a quiet courtyard of the Marais hosts exceptional photography exhibitions.
Gibert Joseph is a Latin Quarter bookseller descended from Joseph Gibert. He began selling books from bouquiniste boxes on the Quai Saint-Michel in the 1880s and opened a secondhand textbook shop on the Boulevard Saint-Michel. The Gibert Joseph name dates from 1929, when the founder's elder son opened at number 30. The shop now covers several buildings on the boulevard, mixing new and secondhand books with records.
Boulevard Saint-Germain bookshop, next to Café de Flore, opened in the early 1980s; stocks over 40,000 titles and stays open until midnight every night but Sunday.
Paris stationery brand launched in 2013 by three entrepreneurs, designing and producing notebooks, cards and paper goods in the Paris region as a deliberate stand for handwriting over all-digital habits.
Karl Lagerfeld’s bookshop — the Kaiser’s own 7L, now Chanel-kept, photography and style scholarship.
Paris's technical and scientific bookstore since 1894. Six floors of books on architecture, engineering, computer science, design, and applied arts. The architecture section on the ground floo.
Founded in Paris in 1801 by Giovanni Antonio Galignani — a family in the book trade since 1520s Venice — and at 224 rue de Rivoli since 1856, Galignani is an English-language bookshop. Six family generations on, its wood-panelled rooms hold three departments: English, French, and the Fine Arts section added when English books were banned under the Occupation.
Victor Hugo's former apartment, now a free museum on the Place des Vosges. The rooms are furnished as they were during his residence, and the gift shop offers an excellent selection of literary books.
Mélodies Graphiques is a Paris stationery shop focused on paper and calligraphy. It carries inks and sealing wax alongside notebooks and cards for writing projects. The shop's own calligraphy papers and selected vintage finds offer further choices for people who prefer working by hand.
The Musée Picasso Paris bookshop sits at the museum entrance in the Marais. Its shelves cover Picasso's work and modern art through exhibition catalogues and monographs, with a separate selection for younger readers. Stationery and objects in textiles or ceramics extend the selection beyond books, with ranges linked to the museum's exhibitions.
Ofr Paris is a bookshop for art books, fashion publications, photography, magazines and small-press editions. Its programme of openings and events turns the Haut-Marais store into a meeting point for independent print culture.
Paris stationery brand founded in 2011 by Maxime Brenon and Julien Crespel, launched first as a website; notebooks and paper goods are designed in-house and manufactured locally in Paris from recycled and responsibly sourced paper.
French stationery and wallpaper brand offering timeless patterns for notebooks, cards, wallpaper, and home décor with responsible French production.
The most English-language bookstore in the world — the original was a gathering place for the Lost Generation. The current version on the Left Bank continues the tradition. Readings, workshops. Established 1951.
TASCHEN’s Saint-Germain store specialises in richly illustrated art, architecture, photography and fashion books. Standard editions sit beside oversized monographs and limited collector sets, making format and production part of the purchase.
The Red Wheelbarrow occupies two addresses on rue de Médicis across from the Luxembourg Gardens, an English-language bookshop that has anchored Paris's Left Bank literary scene since opening in the Marais in 2001. Alongside its adult store at no. 11, no. 9 now houses The Red Balloon, its bilingual children's offshoot, and both host a steady calendar of author readings and poetry nights.
This Marais bookshop carries art publishing and editions connected to a noted collector.