Aladdin Used Books

Address: 621 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles 90005
Phone: (213) 385-2400

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Located on the third floor of the Madang mall, this is the first L.A. branch of the ALADDIN chain known for buying and selling used Korean books, English books, CDs, and DVDs. In South Korea, the chain’s name is spelled with one “d” — Aladin.

Pio Pico Koreatown Library

Address: 694 S. Oxford Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90005
Phone: (213) 368-7647

Named after Pío de Jesús Pico, the last Mexican governor of Alta California, who died in 1894.

This library branch has the largest Korean-language collection in LAPL system.

Wilshire Branch Library

Address: 149 N. Saint Andrews Place, Los Angeles, 90004
Phone: (323) 957-4550

In addition to the Pio Pico Library, another LAPL branch that serves what is still considered the Koreatown area of Los Angeles is the Wilshire Library. It doesn’t have as extensive a collection of Korean books or resources, but it’s the next best branch.

(The Central Library in downtown LA also has a substantial amount of Korean-language materials.)

Sejong Bookstore

Address: 3250 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90006
Phone: (323) 735-7374

Korean bookstore on the third floor of the Koreatown Galleria mall on the southeast corner of Western and Olympic.

Carries a few Japanese and Korean magazines (Vogue, Junior…), children’s books, novels… Past issues of imported magazines are sold at a discount.

Jump Q – Moved

Address: 170 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90004
Phone: 213-365-6133

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Olympic Aladdin – Name Change

Address: 2777 W Olympic Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90006
Phone: (213) 739-8107

Bookstore that sells mostly Korean-language books written by Korean authors in South Korea

Now known as “Bandi Books”

California Comic: Korean Book-Lending Shop

California Comic Books

Address: 355 South Western Avenue #102, Los Angeles 90020
Phone: 213-739-2021

Korean-language comic books for rent… It’s a manhwa-bang.

Duranno Bookstore

Address: 3130 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 100, Los Angeles, CA 90005
Phone: (213) 382-5400

Korean Christian Bookstore

Happy Bookstore

Address: 321 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90020
Phone: 213-384-0750

Used Korean books, even textbooks.