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Which are some of the good bookstores in Pune? Having a big area and also a good collection of books. |
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Odyssey has a much better collection of books as compared to Crosswords. Any Crosswords for that matter. In fact their collection of Music too is waaaay better than Crosswords. Crosswords is mostly for popular books only. LandMark (located near MG Road) is also a big book store. Their collection of books is also much larger than Crosswords. Also, their technical section is more well stocked than CrossWords or Odyssey. Though I don't know whether one can compare them to Barns & Nobles. The good thing about CrossWords though (IMO) is that - they are located everywhere. So while wife shops, I and son can read books in the same mall. At that point, the intention is to escape from shopping ... :)! |
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Twist*n*Tales is just off the petrol Pump in Aundh.
If you need technical books,
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Unfortunately, highly technical books are still not offered by these stores - Crossword, Odyssey etc. For that you may have to go to Appa Balwant Chowk. suvikas, I agree 100% with you. Only would appreciate if you could add names of book shops. That would be really helpful
(17 Dec '09, 05:15)
Arati Halbe
Pragati Book store (157 Budhwar Peth) has so far been good to me. Do browse the area when you are there. All the bookstores are next to each other. And there are a couple of stores handling used books as well. Haven't tried those, but sometimes you may discover gold :) All the best !
(17 Dec '09, 06:31)
Suvikas
Agreed. Appa Balwant Chowk (Or 'ABC' as it is widely known!) is the best place for techie and academic books.
(17 Dec '09, 10:57)
Amit Paranjape ♦♦
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Pathfinder, near Neelayam Talkies (off tilak road, about 300 m from S.P. College) has a nice collection of marathi, english books. I am not sure about technical books, but at least in the general books categories, this shop stocks more than what is just "declared bestselling" BTW, i keep wishing there should be something like "strand book stall" in Pune. Bangalore and Mumbai are extremely lucky in that respect.
(17 Dec '09, 05:22)
Arati Halbe
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After learning my lesson the hard and expensive way, I now shop for books only online. Saves atleast 30% sometimes upto 70%. Does not give you the feel of real shopping though. Raddi ( buyers of old newspapers and books) can have some fantastic books. my favourite one is near KEM hospital in Rasta Peth ( on the road to apolo talkies, just before kulkarni hospital) A good service is Flipkart.com for online. And yes, the savings can be good as well. Bhooshan, which service have you used so far?
(17 Dec '09, 17:23)
Suvikas
I use indiaplaza.in , get 25% membership discount. searching thru' igloo is also a good option.
(20 Dec '09, 05:29)
Dr. Bhooshan...
+1 for raddi stores. Everytime I'm walking past a raddi store, I check to see what books they have. I usually pick up one or two good ones which are a steal at Rs. 20 or 30.
(20 Dec '09, 06:26)
Navin Kabra ♦♦
On the online book stores http://www.firstandsecond.com/ is also a good site for online buy
(24 Dec '09, 17:18)
Abhinav S
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Visiting British Council Library, Pune Granthalay could be useful. They sell old books at quite cheap price. |
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There are many Crosswords bookstores in Pune. You can find a list of these bookstores with addresses here. Then there is Landmark bookstore in Kakade Mall (SGS) at Camp. It is 2 storeys big and very huge. Opposite Landmark and next to Coffee House is Manneys bookstore in camp. Manneys used to be the largest bookstore at one point of time (before the crosswords and landmarks) but their anti-customer approach over the years have seen their patronage dwindling. Nevertheless, they are still large and worth a mention. |
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Manneys in Pune Camp, near Dorabjees/M.G. Road. Pretty big, nice collection across subjects. |
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Not from Pune but you would find all technical books here http://www.cb-india.com/index.asp You have to go all the way to Fort,Mumbai (Opp to CST ) but its worth the experience. I went there twice and got the books which I couldnt find anywhere else(clojure/erlang etc) |
The responses have brought in light some real gems of bookstores and half of them which I didn't know about and I am sure not all of us know all the bookstores mentioned. So all the responses are wonderful and helpful. Though the one meeting the criteria of the question is marked as the accepted answer but every response helped. Thanks Guys!