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April 2024 by Bud Winn
I live around the corner and I've been coming regularly for the last 18 months. Great store with a wide selection
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February 2024 by Julia Hackel
great selection!! love the psychology books, kind staff, great store and atmosphere
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February 2024 by KC Skeldon
Awesome selection, great prices, and a great place to donate and support a great cause! Hit the ATM first, because you'll probably come out with a great haul.
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November 2023 by Anne D.
Helpful staff will point you to the section you want, but don't necessarily expect the particular book you seek. It's not a new book store; it's a used book store, so they're limited to what comes in. That said, they have a terrific, wide selection.
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August 2023 by kate fortin
Perfect, well organized, interesting littlebookstore.
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May 2023 by Lisa D
Delightful collection of used books.Cash only.Very reasonable prices.I was impressed by the children’s selection. Wonderful assortment of art books, history, fiction…everything you need!Worth a visit.
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March 2023 by Gopal Chopra
Wonderful people, incredible book selection, unbelievably affordable. An adventure with thrills for those looking for that unique book. Will not disappoint. Take cash!
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March 2023 by Mai Nguyen
One of my favorite local bookstores in Cambridge. Amazing selection, a whole cupboard of $1 books outside, usually free sweets at the counter, super friendly people.
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March 2023 by Elle Revett
A gem of a bookshop filled with books from many genres. They have many sets of bound books, a well stocked literary criticism section, lovely art books and an interesting history selection. There is also a nice children's section full of nostalgic books! Helpful staff, neat aisles and very reasonably priced books. There is street parking and quite a few very good eateries and specialty shops on Huron Ave.
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January 2022 by J D
This is a beautiful used book store — a wonderful place to browse, with a diverse and sophisticated selection, especially rewarding for a scholarly audience. But I just can’t stand the cash-only constraint. I’m a bibliophile, own several thousand volumes purchased from locally (Boston and Cambridge) owned stores, and would buy something here every time I shop at Formaggio’s Kitchen across the street, but I never, ever have cash on me, and there’s no Bank of America ATM in walking distance. In my case, at least, the store thus loses at least a few hundred dollars in sales each year, and I can’t imagine I’m alone. Given that credit card processing fees are around 2% per transaction, or about 30 cents for a $15 book, I can’t see how this makes a whole lot of sense. And indeed, this is the only locally owned used book store in the area that is cash-only, to my knowledge (Raven Used Books in Cambridge isn’t, Commonwealth Books in Boston isn’t, Deep Thoughts in Jamaica Plain isn’t). In any case, if you do happen to have cash or just want to browse and not buy, do make sure to stop by.
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October 2021 by Steven Schwartz
Not a corporate chain bookstore; quite the opposite. The Bryn Mawr Bookstore is one of the charming and undiscovered "old Cambridge" locations favored by the locals. The store is run by alumnae for the benefit of Bryn Mawr College. (Bryn Mawr College is one of the Seven Sisters, a group of colleges in New England.) This is the place to go if you are looking for a quiet place to reflectively peruse books. Stepping off the bus on to Huron Avenue is like walking out of a time machine into a more peaceful period in American history.
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October 2021 by Kyra D.
This place is great. It puts most other used bookstores to shame!! October has 1/2 off fiction and you can often find hardcover bestsellers for dollars compared to $30 at Barnes and noble's.
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May 2021 by L Dana
Lots of unusual books for very good prices. Every month they have a certain genre half off as well, making their prices even better. The staff are all volunteers, and very kind. Plus it goes to scholarships for college!If you want to see which genre is on sale this month check out their Facebook page!
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February 2021 by Yusuf Nasrullah
Great shelves on mysteries, South Asian politics, classics and bestselling novelists! Beautiful volumes on art and architecture!
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January 2020 by Daniel Adamec
Anyplace you can get a copy of the complete works of Oscar Wilde that's almost a century old for less than three figures has to be pretty awesome. The sci-fi section has some classics (Vinge! Van Vogt! Clarke!) and some new books mixed in. It's one shelf, but it's got a surprising range. The fiction section is vast and well stocked (to someone who only dips in occasionally, anyway). The science and math sections are small, and don't always have something interesting, but there's enough turnover for a thorough search to be rewarding. I've found some gems in there -- mostly historical interest, but I've found enough to be extremely entertaining.
