15 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805-962-3321
Monday – Saturday 10 AM – 6 PM Sundays 11 AM – 5 PM

Noteworthy

National Book Lovers Day National Book Lovers Day

Today is National Book Lovers Day. We in Santa Barbara are fortunate to have so many places to find more books to love.

The Book Den
15 East Anapamu Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805-962-3321
www.bookden.com

The Book Loft
1680 Mission Drive
Solvang, CA 93463
805.688.6010
www.bookloftsolvang.com

Chaucer’s Books
3321 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
805-682-4067
www.chaucersbooks.com

Lost Horizon Bookstore
539 San Ysidro Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93108
805-962-4606

Mesa Bookstore
1838 Cliff Dr
Santa Barbara, CA 93109
805-966-3725

Paperback Alley Used Books
5840 Hollister Avenue
Goleta, CA 93117
805-967-1051

2021 Best of Santa Barbara poll 2021 Best of Santa Barbara poll

We are happy to announce that the Book Den is a finalist in this years poll!

Doing business in pandemic times Doing business in pandemic times

We are open on our usual schedule:

Monday through Saturday 10 AM to 6 PM

Sunday 11 AM to 5PM

The County of Santa Barbara Public Health Department recommends wearing masks indoors and in public places, regardless of vaccination status.

What’s New?

A Teacher’s Journey

A memoir of decades long teaching career span the country from inner-city New York to the California Bay Area.

New poetry from Paul Willis

From California coastal redwoods to giant sequoias in the Sierra, from practical jokes of adolescence to unexpected epiphanies marking an academic career, the many poems in Somewhere to Follow range through the life of a poet on the lookout for what comes next.

Who knew…?

When Eliza’s family adopts a new puppy named Baker, they soon find out the dog has a magical gift!

The Other Alice

Time to celebrate a new edition of The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book, with the introduction by M. F. K. Fisher and a new introduction by Ruth Reichl.

On sale Tuesday, May 18.

New local fiction

Santa Barbara critic, jazz author, composer, and musician Josef Woodard has now written a novel. Ladies Who Lunch – a Satirical Tast of L.A. promises love, Lust and Lunch in the La-la-Land of the 1990’s.