Dom Knigi (The House of Books)

Address: 28, Nevsky Prospekt Tel. 219 6402 Open: Mon: Sat: 9 a.m.- 8 p.m. Sun: 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. No credit cards accepted

   Dom Knigi is the most prominent book store in St.Petersburg. It is located at the corner of Nevsky Prospekt and Kanal Griboyedova, opposite the Kazan Cathedral. Books in foreign languages are sold at Dept 8 on the lower level. For art books, postcards, posters and maps go up the stairs to the second level.

Mir

Address: 13, Nevsky Prospekt Tel. 311 5146 Open: Mon - Sat: 10 a.m.- 7 p.m. Lunch break: 2 p.m - 3 p.m. Sun: closed No credit cards accepted

Located at the corner of Nevsky Prospekt and Bolshaya Morskaya Ulitsa, the Mir store offers a good selection including rare books. There is also a souvenir department.

Iskusstvo

Address: 16, Nevsky Prospekt Tel. 312 8535 Open: Mon - Sat: 10 a.m.- 7 p.m. Lunch break: 2 p.m - 3 p.m. Sun: closed No credit cards accepted

Located at the corner of Nevsky Prospekt and Bolshaya Morskaya Ulitsa, the Iskusstvo store offers its customers a good selection of art books, guidebooks, and fiction. In addition, there are both souvenir and music departments.

Knizhnaya Lavka Pisatelei
 (The Writers' Bookshop)

Address: 66, Nevsky Prospekt
Tel. 314 4858, 314 4759
Open:
Mon - Sat: 10 a.m.- 7 p.m.
Sun: closed
No credit cards accepted

Located at the corner of Nevsky Prospekt and Fontanka Embankment, the shop has books by both Russian and foreign authors, books on art, as well as rare and antique books.