Summer has long been the ideal time to catch up on reading. Support local merchants by shopping at these privately owned Santa Barbara bookstores that stock everything including current bestsellers, travel guides and home design books.
Vedanta Temple Bookstore
925 Ladera Lane
Santa Barbara, CA 93108
969-5697
Quietly nestled against a scenic mountain range, the Vedanta center in Santa Barbara overlooks the Pacific ocean. A convent of seven nuns oversees the maintenance of the 45-acre property, manages the bookstore and facilitates public activities at the temple. The Bookstore at the Vedanta Temple is located next to the temple. It is well-stocked with religious classics and hard-to-find books on the major religions of the world.
http://www.vedanta.org/vssc/centers/sb.html
Book Den
15 East Anapamu Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
962-3321
The Book Den has been serving the literary needs of Santa Barbara residents and visitors alike for nearly seventy years. They stock tens of thousands of new, used and out-of-print books in a clean, bright and well-organized store. They stock books on most subjects, from Art and Literature through History and the Sciences.
Chaucer’s Books
3321 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
682-6787
Chaucer’s is a fine bookstore, particularly strong in literature, including many British and Canadian imports and academic titles not usually found in bookstores off university campuses. Also good for local interest including history, nature, children’s books and local authors.
Lost Horizon Bookstore
703 Anacapa Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
962-4606
Lost Horizon is a used book store on Anacapa with an especially good selection of art, photography, and fashion books.
Pacific Travelers Supply
12 West Anapamu Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
963-4438
Pacific Travellers Supply is a retail travel supply store located in downtown Santa Barbara that sells travel books and maps.
www.adminpts.web.aplus.net/index.html
Randall House
835 Laguna Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
963-1909
The Randall House is located in the historical Gonzales-Ramirez Adobe and sells rare, fine, first edition, antiquarian, old, limited edition, and collectible books.
http://www.randallhouserarebooks.com
Tecolote Book Shop
1470 East Valley Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93108
969-4977
An 82-year-old institution in Montecito that sells mostly new books.
