This is a list of the best bookshops in Nairobi. Bookselling is the commercial trading of books which is the retail and distribution end of the publishing process. People who engage in bookselling are called booksellers, bookdealers, bookpeople, bookmen, or bookwomen. The founding of libraries in c.300 BC stimulated the energies of the Athenian booksellers.
Here is a list of the best bookshops in Nairobi.
Text Book Centre
Phone: 0111 011 300, 0114 509 617.
Prestige Bookshop
Address: Mama Ngina St, Nairobi City, Kenya
Phone: +254 707 660164
Bookstop ltd
Located in: Yaya Centre
Address: Yaya Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 722 701782
Savani’s Book Centre Limited
Located in: LATEMA GACHIE STAGE
Address: Ground Floor, Lagos/Latema Road Nairobi KE, Kenya
Phone: +254 20 2222405
Attic Books Nairobi
Located in: Nation Centre
Address: Pioneer Kimathi Street, 1st floor Room 5 Near Nation Centre, Kenya
Phone: +254 725 258317
Prestige Bookshop Ltd
Located in: Lavington Mall
Address: Unnamed Road, Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 797 510041
Savanis Book Centre
Location: Latema Road.
Contacts: 020 222 2405, 0735 825 555.
Avenue Bookshop
Address: Room A4, Ground Floor,Leone house Tom Mboya, Ronald Ngala St, Kenya
Phone: +254 725 522874
Keswick books & gifts ltd
Located in: Bruce House
Address: Bruce House, Cardinal Otunga Street, Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 742 499554
Keswick Books and Gifts Ltd, Sarit Centre.
Located in: Sarit
Address: Sarit Centre, Karuna Rd, Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 786 425452
Enjoy Christian Bookshop
Address: Church House, Moi Ave, Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 20 3310238
HalfPriced Books CBD-Bihi Towers
Address: Bihi Towers, Kenya
Phone: +254 703 647424
Joshy Bookshop
Address: Munyu Rd, Nairobi City, Kenya
Phone: +254 748 148920
Rafubooks
Address: Fatima Court, Argwings Kodhek Rd, Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 718 130518
UNES Bookshop
Located in: University of Nairobi
Address: 4 Harry Thuku Rd, Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 20 4913911
Pal’S Bookshop Stationers
Located in: Diamond Plaza
Address: Diamond Plaza, Fourth Parklands Ave, Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 20 3746629
Nuria- Your Honest Online Shop
Located in: Golden Touches Beauty and Barber shop
Address: Moi Avenue, The One Building Nairobi KE, Kenya
Phone: +254 729 829697
Njambas Bookshop
Address: Nairobi Central MFANGANO MECCA HSE, Kenya
Phone: +254 722 307402
New Day Bookshops Ltd.
Located in: Yaya Centre
Address: 1st Floor, Yaya Centre, Argwings Kodhek Road, Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 20 3868430
Laxmi Booksellers & Stationers Ltd
Address: Ronald Ngala St, Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 720 350222
Excel bookshop utawala
Address: Utawala near kincar, Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 712 738433
Stanley Bookshop
Address: Kimathi St, Nairobi City, Kenya
Soma Nami Books
Location: Suite 12, Ground Floor, West Wing, The Greenhouse Mall, Ngong Road.
Contact: 0705 548 052.
