Bookstores

The back of Bogeys.

Davis has a university roughly the size of Berkeley, but even with Borders, Bogey's, and Sweet Briar we only had a fraction of the retail space that Berkeley used to have for books. But today we have a lot less than we had a few years ago.

• The Avid Reader Independent new book seller, specializing primarily in fiction.
• Avid Reader Active specializes in non-fiction
• Bizarro World Sells Used Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy. A small collection of more general used books.
• Christian Science Reading Room
• Davis Christian Bookroom
• Health Sciences Bookstore Campus operated book seller.
• Logos Books Used and Out-of-Print Books
• Newsbeat Technically, Newsbeat sells periodicals, but they also carry literary reviews.
• Off-Campus Books Independent used book seller; purchases textbooks.
• UC Davis Bookstore Campus operated book seller; sells general books in addition to textbooks.

Closed but not forgotten:

• agAccess — a progressive agricultural book store
• The Avid Reader for Younger Readers Independent new book seller. — Merged back into The Avid Reader
• Bogey's Books Independent used/new book seller — all new books discounted daily. Discount available for volume purchases, e.g. 10 copies of a single book. — Closed Feb. 2008
• Borders Books & Music Chain book seller. There was major controversy in town prior to the arrival of Borders. — Closed Summer 2011
• Casita del Cielo Books in Spanish for children.
• Culpepper Used Books formerly Get Used Bookstore
• Gayle's Books
• The Next Chapter
• The Open Bible
• Orpheus Books specialized in metaphysical titles.
• Sweet Briar Books Independent new/used book seller.

If you are a reader also check out bookcrossing... or the library system.

Online alternatives to physical bookstores:

• DavisText.com
• ASUCD Book Exchange