Established some 30 years back, The Book Shop was founded by Viram Satra, an individual from Gujarat who shifted to Mumbai to earn bread and butter for his family. Presently, his son, Ramnik Viram Satra runs the shop. 

Although the prices of books here are fixed, you can still find your favourite one starting at Rs 50 or 100 if you wish to get your hands on a second-hand copy. 

To encourage people to read books and drive a good amount of sales, The Book Shop lets you borrow a book for eight days. If you read and return the book within those days, you get over 70 per cent refund of the price paid for the book. 

Besides selling books, the shop also accepts old books from customers in the form of donations. So if you have a pile of books untouched for years and you wish to find the right place for them, you can choose to give them away to The Book Shop for the benefit of other fellow readers 

The best time to purchase books here is during the day as the shop gets crowded post 5 pm. 

The shop is located right outside Vile Parle East railway station, opposite HDFC bank. It is open on all weekdays from 9 am to 9 pm, except on Mondays.
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