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An independent bookshop · College Street

Books we have read, chosen for the person you are.

New fiction, Bengali writing in translation, children’s books and old editions, from a College Street shop with the same shelves since 1974.

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Every book read by our staff
Gift wrapping free
Old books checked page by page
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Fiction and poetryNew writing, read before we stock it

Children’s booksPicture books and first readers

Old and rareFirst editions and family libraries

Shop

On the front table this month

Picked by the people who work the counter.

Staff pick

Birds of Our Balcony

Sohini Roy · illustrated · ages 6–10

₹549

Only 1

Bengal travel journals, 1920s

Five volumes · leather bound · used

₹6,800

Letters from the Hooghly

P. N. Ghosal · 1956 first edition

₹2,400

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Since 1974

The same shelves on College Street, the same habit of reading first.

Golpo began as a single stall outside the university. Today four of us run the shop, and nothing goes on the front table until one of us has read it. Old books are bought from family libraries across Bengal.

1974: year we opened
18,000: books on the shelves
4: readers behind the counter

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Choose

Browse, or ask us for a recommendation.

We wrap

In brown paper, with a note if it is a gift.

Read

At your door in Kolkata in 1–2 days.

Tell us three books you loved. We will send you a fourth.

Our reading service picks one book a month for you, wrapped with a short note on why. ₹650 a month including delivery.

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Reviews

What customers say

Sample reviews, written for this demo. Real customer reviews replace them on your store.

I asked for something like a book I loved at school. They sent three choices and a note. I bought all three.

Debjani S. · Salt Lake

The old edition arrived in a box with a page listing every mark in it. Exactly as described.

Rahul M. · Pune

My son now asks to go to College Street on Saturdays. The children’s shelf is small but every book is good.

Tanushree G. · Behala

Questions

Before you order

Answers to what customers ask us most. More on the questions page.

Do you buy old books?

Yes. We buy family libraries and single rare books. Send photos of the spines on WhatsApp and we will reply within two days.

Can you find a book you do not stock?

Usually. We order any book in print in India; it reaches the shop in 5–10 days and there is no extra charge.

How do you pack books?

In brown paper and a corrugated box. Old and rare books are wrapped in acid-free paper and shipped in a rigid box.

Do you have Bengali books?

Yes, about a third of the shop. Ask us; the online list shows only part of the Bengali shelf.

Journal

From Golpo Bookshop

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12 September 2026 · 2 min read

One letter a month about books.

What we are reading, what just came in, and the old books before they go on the shelf.