I am rating that bookshop depending on its english books…read more Well to be honest ... if you cant read german, or just want to buy an english book, then this bookshop shouldnt be ur sole option. they have excatly 10 english books... these are the books of their "top 10" . Their top 10 is also a bit out of date, since i have read all 10 books at least a year ago... I think id stick to thalia or just order online from amazon Otherwise they sell a lot of german books, german magazines, postcards, chocolate, drinks... So if ur looking for english books/magazines save yourself the trip, otherwise... you might find something there

Lehmanns is not an ordinary book shop. It is specialized on medical and pharmaceutical books as…read morewell as computer literature. The choice of books in these fields was big and the staff was very helpful.

I look at Amazon and get it at Ruthmann. The owner has my taste or knows what my kind likes…read more English books on display are mainly top sellers. German children books are also nicely sorted. Non book department not so hot. I never buy audio, but saw some at Ruthmann's. Maybe someone else can say something. Good shop.

Cohen's is a fantastic little bookshop just behind Knust on Sternstrasse. They stock a lot of…read morecoffee table material on art, architecture, design and what have you. In fact, we even found the bus stops designed by my friend V when we came! There is a small English section with a selection of classics and some modern stuff, but this is primarily a German-language shop.

The Heymann in Eppendorf is a medium-sized bookstore spanning two floors which seems to be the only…read moremoderately-sized bookstore in the entire Hoheluft-Ost/Eppendorf area. Truth be told, I'm more of a Thalia fan. I find Heymann to be a bit chaotic as far as store organization goes, they're got a weak discount-book selection and not much by way of English books. There does seem to be an abnormally large selection of travel books and occult-related topics, so if you're into these, you might want to check Heymann out. I'm largely interested in books related to Graphic Design, and in this regard, the selection at Heymann is of the slimmest I've seen (unless you count Photography, Interior design, Plastic Arts and Architecture into the mix, which I don't). Heymann does, however, come up with some rare gems once in a while, and I have found some great books there. Unfortunately, in my range of interests, this doesn't happen much. I don't like the service at Heymann. They seem to be largely disinterested and normally chat away amongst each other without paying much attention to customers. What's nice about Heymann in general is that they have book signings and readings. This particular Heymann is too small for these, but it does advertise these events for other Heymanns in the area. Next time you're in Eppendorf check their store window for any upcoming events. I've had a friend come all the way from Berlin for one of these events, so they should be good!