Under the Volcano Books

Mexico City's first English language used bookstore

Celaya 25, Col. Hipódromo Condesa

2 Blocks West of Metrobus Sonora

Mission

To establish: an embassy for the soul of the English-speaking world – its literature – in Mexico; an educational resource for Chilangos learning English and eager to explore the artistic reach of the language; a web-free, Kindle-less island of analog time in the digital sea; a community center for Commonwealth and American expatriates in the most exciting, vibrant and accessible city on Earth; an institution that will pay tribute to that city’s magnificence with the best our native culture has to offer

Hours

Open every day from
11am-6pm

Contact

Under The Volcano Books
Celaya 25
Col. Hipódromo Condesa
Distrito Federal
MEXICO C.P. 06100

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Latest Updates

  • Regular hours are back

    Open 11 to 6 Monday through Saturday. Closing for Xmas end of Saturday Dec 18th. Reopening sometime in early January still figuring out when. SCADS of new titles on the shelves this week.

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  • More sale prices; weekend hours continue

    The 4th was kind of wild – still, a reminder why I don’t drink at work. We’ll just leave that there. Slashing even our sale price: this weekend we encourage you to take home all you can from our to-be-temporarily-terminated Non-Fiction and History sections. The books are going for 50 pesos each. And a reminder […]

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  • 4th of July Sale! 50% off History & Non-Fiction

    First of all, want to share the news that our forthcoming move and expansion has been further set back by the city’s slide from green to yellow semáforo. We can’t move if we can’t get into any of the places we’d consider moving to. So our hours are going to be just Saturdays and Sundays, […]

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