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Bahrisons Booksellers

Khan Market, New Delhi

Family-run since 1953, Bahrisons is one of the few bookstores in Delhi that has outlasted every wave of retail change without becoming a chain. The shelves lean toward books that make you think — politics, culture, ecology, history. Khan Market means it gets busy, but the browsing is always worth it.

Faqir Chand & Sons

Khan Market, New Delhi

Even older than Bahrisons by two years, with roots going back to Peshawar in 1931. The fourth generation runs it now. Come here for literary fiction, Urdu poetry, mythology, and a children's section that hasn't been sanitised for Instagram. One of Delhi's most quietly essential bookstores.

Midland The Bookshop

South Extension I, New Delhi

Large inventory, low ego. Midland has been doing this since 1978 and the staff still try to recommend the right book rather than the bestselling one. Good for classics, spirituality, and children's books. A neighbourhood bookshop that has somehow stayed a neighbourhood bookshop.

Full Circle Bookstore

Greater Kailash I, New Delhi

A bookstore and café in one room, which sounds like a cliché until you're actually sitting there. Family-run and unhurried. Better for lingering than for targeted buying.

The Bookshop Inc

Lodhi Colony and Vasant Kunj, New Delhi

Started by people who came from the old Jor Bagh Bookshop after it shut. That history shows in how the store feels — curation-led, quiet, focused on matching the right book to the right reader. The Lodhi Colony location has the added bonus of being walking distance from one of Delhi's best gardens.

Kunzum Books

Greater Kailash II and other locations, New Delhi

Founded by author Ajay Jain, Kunzum is less a bookstore and more a proof of concept — that a community can be built around reading in Delhi. Coffee, cookies, events, open mics, book clubs, theatre. The GK II space is the anchor. If you are new to Delhi's literary scene, start here.