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Noteworthy

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.

A new book on Santa Barbara by former mayor Sheila Lodge A new book on Santa Barbara by former mayor Sheila Lodge

Santa Barbara: An Uncommonplace American Town
Lodge, Sheila

This book is subtitled, “How Thoughtful Planning Shaped a City.” As such it covers the historical battles over the built environment, including property rights, height limits, architectural review, down-zoning and density.

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.