I was recently vacationing in Playa Del Carmen and finished the only book I brought. I'd hoped…read morethere would be a "book swap" at our condo building, but there wasn't. Luckily we found Gandhi located just a 10 minute walk from our place. It's a small but mighty little bookstore, packed with books in multiple languages (including a substantial English-language section). They had several recognizable best sellers as well as true classics. And they even had a copy of a book that's been on my Goodreads bookshelf for years! Their prices are a pretty much full retail, so don't expect the "big box" discount you might be used to. But if you're in PDC and in need of a book to read, you've come to the right place! (They also had a lovely little stationary section with journals, gifts, games, and art supplies too.)

Nice small bookstore with a decent English book selection, this is chain bookstore, but there are…read moresome good choices. If they don't have what you are looking for here they can tell you if they have it in their Cancun location. Helpful service as well.

Una muy amplia selection de libros para niños. Siempre encuentro algo apropiado y me gusta que no…read moreestá lleno de los tipicos libros de las caricaturas. A veces más barato que las librería grandes.

My review is going to stick out like a sore gringo thumb, but here it goes! Geek that I am, I…read morewanted to go book shopping while in the Mexican Riviera - nothing in Cozumel but I was told by some of the shopkeepers in Playa del Carmen that there was a bookstore in the mall in the heart of the city. At first I was disappointed as it is kind of small, but the shelves were overflowing and the man at the counter was very helpful pointing me to the right sections(bearing with my not-close-to-fluent Spanish). I found what I was looking for and learned that John Katzenbach (a mystery/thriller writer) apparently is very popular down there - they had his complete (translated) works!