Daunt Books

Daunt Books
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryRetail
Bookshop
Founded1990
FounderJames Daunt
HeadquartersLondon, England, UK
Number of locations
9 stores (2021)
Area served
United Kingdom
ProductsBooks
Stationery
Calendars
Gifts & Bags
Websitewww.dauntbooks.co.uk

Daunt Books is an independent chain of bookshops in England, founded in 1990 by James Daunt. It originally specialised in travel books. In 2010, it began publishing. James Daunt later became the managing director of Waterstones and the US bookstore chain Barnes & Noble.