Where to Find Foreign Language Books in Beijing

For instance you wish to discover English and different foreign-language books within the capital, the place would one go?

Ever since The Bookworm closed again in 2019 – which boasted not solely a big number of China-related books in international Languages, however a big library for borrowing – the choices are just a little few and much between. That does not imply they’re nonexistent, although.

PageOne Qianmen

Maybe the most important of PageOne’s many Beijing branches, this one can be the perfect to go to. On the higher flooring you will discover English variations of tomes on artwork, structure, movie, and journey complimented by views of Zhengyangmen and Tian’anmen Sq.. There’s even a espresso store you possibly can learn in to whereas away the time as effectively.

PageOne Bookstore (Qianmen Department)
Bldg E11, Beijing Enjoyable East, Qianmen Meishi Jie, Xicheng District
西城区前门煤市街北京坊东区E11号楼

Beijing Overseas Languages Bookstore

What as soon as was one of many capital’s greatest identified bookshops in addition to The Bookworm, these have additionally turn out to be worse for put on over time. BFLB as soon as had a separate store on the 4th flooring replete with secondhand novels that is now lengthy gone.

Now a lot of the novels, classics, journey guides and the remainder have been relegated to a again room to make room for… different nice works. There is not any telling how lengthy they will be there, however not less than there are nonetheless some good reads to be discovered inside.

Beijing Foreign Languages Bookstore 北京外文书店
235 Wangfujing Dajie, Dongcheng District
东城区王府井大街235号

Mac Youngsters Books

This store, positioned in a nondescript workplace build up in Shunyi, is the most comprehensive kids bookstore in Beijing in response to our sister web site Jingkids Worldwide. Though it is primarily aimed in direction of Youngsters aged 0-18, there are works just like the Lord of the Rings to be discovered right here, and the homeowners can order books to be shipped to Beijing if you cannot discover what you are searching for.

Mac Youngsters Books 麦克英文童书店
Golden Landmark Workplace Bldg 910-911, 32 Liangmaqiao Highway, Chaoyang District
朝阳区亮马桥32号高斓大厦910-911号

Roundabout

Though a retailer for second hand items throughout, Roundabout does have a good number of second hand international language books on supply. In addition they have a particular WeChat group for gross sales and exchanges of second hand books (hyperlink beneath).

Roundabout
Cathay View Plaza, 2 Xiangjiang Bei Lu, Shunyi District
顺义区香江北路2号

JD and Taobao

It goes with out saying that if you cannot discover it offline, you can probably discover it on-line. Various retailers on JD and Taobao supply Overseas and English-language titles for supply (one in every of my go-tos on JD is 中华商务进口图书旗舰店 Zhōnghuá Shāngwù Jìnkǒu Túshū Qíjiàn Diàn, China Enterprise Import Flagship Bookstore). Simply make sure you examine that the Chinese language phrase 预订 yùdìng, which means “reserve” is not earlier than the title. Which means it’s going to be shipped from abroad, which usually takes three to 4 weeks to reach.

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