Just like coffee shop, independent book stores mushrooming in Jakarta. Independent book stores itself refers to bookshop, bookstore which has rare book and special collections. Along with that, they also offering different kind of homey ambience such as Gerai Salihara.

Gerai Salihara is a bookshop (bookstore) under management of Komunita Salihara which located at Salihara Theatre complex, Jl. Salihara 16, Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta to be exact. Mostly book and collections here are literary works by well-known authors in Indonesia.

In this bookshop also provides souvenirs, you can also find autobiographies you probably hard to find in other bookshops. Book and collections about history of Indonesia also available here. Like a treasure haven, Gerai Salihara sells handicrafts made of young Indonesian artists and CDs for your non-book collections at home.

While hunting for your favourite books and CDs, you can also enjoy exhibitions and art performances or just lay back and sip cup of coffee at Kedai Salihara. It is sure that Gerai Salihara has highly recommended rare book and special collections to gain your insights and knowledge.