Berkeley Bookstores & Booksellers

Bookstores A-Z

Click here to search mutiple bookstores' online inventory. Find our textbook store list here. Booksellers without storefronts can be found here.

Store	New/Used	Street	Notes
Afikomen-Jewish Books Gifts & Arts	N	3042Claremont	Jewish Books Gifts & Arts
Alkebulan Books	N	1757 Alcatraz	Specializing in Africa-related books.
Analog Books	N	1816 Euclid
ASUC Bear Student Stores, General Book Dept.	N	Telegraph @ Bancroft	General bookstore in main mall. UC textbook store downstairs.
Barnes & Noble Booksellers			B&N closed their Berkeley store June 2007
Bazaar of India	N	1810 University	Ayurvedic Books/Indian cookbooks
Berkeley Ecology Center	N	2530 San Pablo	The Ecology Center Store features a unique selection of environmental, social justice, gardening, environmental education, and children's book titles.
Black Market Bargain Books	N	1013 University	Remainders, etc. Most titles just $5 each.
Black Oak Books	N   /   U	1491 Shattuck
Book Zoo	N   /   U	6395 Telegraph, Oakland	Used books and independent publishers
Builders Booksource	N	1817 4th St	Architecture, Interior Design, Lanscaping/Gardening, Construction, Engineering and Do-It-Yourself.
Cartesian Bookstore	N	2445 Dwight	Scholarly non-fiction in philosophy, religion, psychology, history, and science and math, and literature.
Cody’s Books	N	1730 Fourth St.
Comic Relief	N	2026 Shattuck
Dark Carnival	N	3086 Claremont	Fantasy & Science Fiction
Dharma Publishing Bookstore	N	2910 San Pablo	Buddhist Books & Art/Meditation items
Eastwind Books of Berkeley	N	2066 University	Ethnic Studies, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Asian Studies, Martial Arts, Qigong, Asian Art, Translated Chinese Literature, Asian American Literature, Asian American Studies and Chinese Mandarin and Cantonese Learning.
Easy Going-Travel Shop and Bookstore	N	Online only	Travel books and maps
Friends of The Berkeley Public Library Bookstore	U	2433 Channing 2090 Kittredge	Raises money for the Berkeley Public Library
Good Vibrations	N	2504 San Pablo	Woman-owned. Sex books and videos.
Graduate Theological Union Bookstore	N	2465 Le Conte	Theological
Half Price Books	N   /   U	2036 Shattuck
Lawrence Hall of Science Bookstore	N	1 Centennial	Science books, toys, museum
Lewin’s Metaphysical Books	N	2644 Ashby, 843-4491	Metaphysical, inspirational
Moe’s Books	N   /   U	2476 Telegraph	Also featuring Art & Antiquarian Shop
Mr. Mopps’ Children’s Bookshop	N	1405 ML King	Children’s
Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts	N	2904 College	Carries personally selected literary fiction and quality mysteries, and first-rate non-fiction: history, current affairs, politics, biography, memoir, travel literature, cooking, food, wine, children's books, home, design, landscape architecture, and gardening, both practical and literary.
Ned’s Berkeley Bookstore	N	2480 Bancroft	UC Textbooks and others.
Nolo Outlet Bookstore	N	950 Parker	Business, legal and consumer information
North Atlantic Books & Frog, Ltd. Outlet	N	1456 Fourth	A leading publisher of alternative medicine, martial arts, and somatics.
Other Change of Hobbit	N   /   U	2020 Shattuck	Science fiction & Fantasy
Pegasus & Pendragon Books	N   /   U	1855 Solano 2349 Shattuck	. Also at 5560 College Avenue in Oakland.
Rebecca's Books	N   /   U	3268 Adeline	Specializing in ethnic poetry.
REI	N	1338 San Pablo	Outdoor, camping bicycling, etc.
Revolution Books	N	2425 Channing	Books and periodicals on revolution, Mao, Marx, Lenin, Nepal, Peru, Black Liberation, women, graffiti art, hip hop
Serendipity Books	U	1201 University	Literature, Little Magazines, Fiction, Mystery, Black Literature, First Editions, Poetry, Fantasy, Science Fiction and Ginsberg
Shakespeare & Co Books	U	2499 Telegraph	Specilties: Out of print, literature, art, western americana, rare, 60's.
Sultana Bookstore	N	1418 San Pablo	Sultana Bookstore is the Islamic bookstore for your family. We carry 4,000+ DIFFERENT TITLES of Books, Magazines on Islam, Comparative religion in English, Arabic, Urdu.
Sunrise Book Shop & Metaphysical Center	N   /   U	3054 Telegraph	Specialties are Eastern Religions, Christian mysticism, Jungian psychology, Hermetica, Theosophy, New Thought, Alternative healing, Cookbooks, Occult Fiction and Mystery Fiction.
Sweet Dreams	N	2921 College	Children's books.
Turtle Island Booksellers	U	3032 Claremont	Antiquarian and scholarly out of print books in the Fine and Decorative Arts; Literary First editions; photography, Horticulture and Botany, Architecture, Fine Press books, Book Arts and Printing History.
University Press Books	N   /   U	2430 Bancroft	Specializing in titles from over 100 university presses and other scholarly publishers; plus Literature, Children's, and rare and used.
Booksellers One of the benefits of the internet is that individual booksellers can offer their inventory online. Many of the businesses listed below work out of their homes and garages.
Adams Angling & Hunting Books	N   /   U	Keeler	Fishing and hunting only
Cargo Cult Books and Notions		Stuart	Mail order: Mostly science fiction, fantasy. Write for a catalog.
Crystal Publications	N	Arlington	Publishers dedicated to providing quality books and service to readers at reasonable prices.
Militarybookshop.com	U	Online	Formerly doing business as Stephen Avedikian Fine and Rare Books.
Phillip Smith, Bookseller		Hilgard Ave	Specialties are Uncommon Periodicals, Religion, Philosophy, Literature, History, Politics, Scholarly, Metaphysics, Fine Art and Cinema.
Burton Weiss Bookseller		Forest Lane	Modern Literature, Gay and Lesbian Literature, Spanish Civil War, Leftist Poetry, African-American Literature, Fables

Other Bookstore Resources:

Brian’s Guide to Berkeley Bookstores A great internet guide to bookstores in Berkeley, he has neighboring cities as well.

Two nationwide independent bookstore databases: Quick Search By... Title Author Keyword Publisher     Click the ad below to search for new and used textbooks from independent bookstores in Berkeley and nationwide: Also check BookSense for local independent bookstores online. We would especially recommend BookSense's "Themes" section where they have collected together their recommendations of good books in various themes.

All businesses are in Berkeley, CA, and unless otherwise noted the area code is 510.

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Last updated May 26, 2008