El Lector Bookstore
Paraguay's leading bookstore and publisher
About El Lector Bookstore
El Lector Bookstore is Paraguay's leading bookstore chain and publishing house. Its story began on September 9, 1971, when Pablo León Burián, only 15 years old, set up a wooden stand —"Kiosko 653"— in Asunción's Plaza Uruguaya to sell magazines, cigarettes and books. That street stall grew into a venture that, decades later, became a cultural landmark of the country.
Today El Lector operates through around 12 branches across Asunción, Greater Asunción, Encarnación and Ciudad del Este, run by the founder's children. Beyond its role as a bookstore, it works as a publishing house with a wide catalog of Paraguayan authors and ties to the work of Augusto Roa Bastos, the country's greatest writer. Its flagship store is located on Av. San Martín near Austria, in the Manorá neighborhood of Asunción, a reference point for readers, students and researchers.
Image credits: Librería El Lector (Material institucional — revisar derechos)
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Opening Hours
- Monday Today 07:00–20:00
- Tuesday 07:00–20:00
- Wednesday 07:00–20:00
- Thursday 07:00–20:00
- Friday 07:00–20:00
- Saturday 07:00–20:00
- Sunday 07:00–20:00
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Av. San Martín casi Austria, Asunción, Asunción (Distrito Capital)