Without books, history is silent, literature dumb,
science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.
Without books, the development of civilization
would have been impossible.Books are engines of change,
windows on the world,
"lighthouses" (as a poet said)
"erected in the sea of time".
They are companions, teachers, magicians,
bankers of the treasures of the mind.Books are humanity in print.
Barbara Tuchman, Historian, Pulitzer Prize Winner
Let yourself be found by a book.

Find Treasures of the mind at Shakespeare & Company located
in the oldest part of Vienna
offering exclusively English Books since 1982
at the address 1010 Vienna, Sterngasse 2

Browse – relax – enjoy and choose according to your mood, interests and needs.

Classical & Contemporary Literature, Poetry, Plays, Science-Fiction & Crime, Graphic Novels.
Austrian History & Writers in translation.

Academic Books on Philosophy, Science, History, Current Affairs, Politics, Economy, Sociology & Psychology, Cultural Studies.

Books on Art, Music, Theater & Film, Architecture, Design, Photography, Fashion, Cooking & Living.

Books for children and for a 100 and more occasions.

browse - relax - enjoy


We are open Monday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

If you do not find a specific title in the shop, a bookseller will be happy to search and order the Book for you.

Place your order via e-mail booksellers@shakespeare.co.at
or Tel. +43 1 535 50 53

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All the best your Booksellers

We lose ourselves in books, we find ourselves there too.