Russians were once the greatest consumers of books per capita in the world, and reading still ranks highly among the nation's favourite passtimes. Sadly, the publishing industry has yet to fully recover from the ravages of the 1990s, and Russian literature buffs will be hard pressed to find much but the latest releases and the best-known classics. Foreign-language literature, on the other hand, is increasingly widely available, and no longer at the shockingly inflated prices that were once the norm.

Moskovskiy Dom Knigi

Books

Moscow's "House of the Book" is the city's biggest bookshop, stocking over 200,000 titles, including special departments for technical and academic literature.

8, Ulitsa Novy Arbat, +7 (495) 789-3591

Moskovskiy Dom Inostrannoy Knigi

Books

This famous English-language bookshop in the heart of Moscow has been a bookseller's for over a century, and has recently been rebranded the "House of the Foreign Book".

18/7, Ulitsa Kuznetsky Most, +7 (495) 628-2021

Biblio Globus

Books

A huge, centrally located bookstore that offers a wide selection of Russian literature, academic publications, antiquarian books, and English-language literature under one roof.

6/3, Ulitsa Myasnitskaya, Bldg. 1, +7 (495) 781-1900

Bookhunter

Books

Specialist English-language bookshop stocking EFL teaching resources as well as a good selection of fiction and history at reasonable prices.

9, Krivokolenny Pereulok, Bldg. 1, +7 (495) 623-0322