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December 2023 by Huxley2448
Awesome store, lovely staff, great school
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February 2022 by Jesse Rundle
Lovely selection of books you won't really find anywhere else. Too many great choices to make!
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October 2021 by Brady P.
I'm so glad I had a chance to visit, even though I only browsed. The most exciting parts of the store were the staff/tutor recommendations and the books written by faculty. Lots of good stuff, and friendly staff. Bags and things are supposed to be kept outside, but they were kind enough to let me leave my bag behind the counter (I'm a tourist practically living out of a backpack). Store highlights are definitely mythology and classics. I took an Uber in and enjoyed a nice, pretty, long walk back to town. Two thumbs up.
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March 2020 by Demetri C
One of the best gems in Santa Fe, a treasure trove of knowledge ♥️
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September 2019 by Chrysanthemum A.
Santa Fe is a town full of history- and bookstores. There are tons of cafe/bookstore combinations around town, and since this one is beside a cafe, it counts. It's a tiny bookstore, smaller than most in Santa Fe, but it's packed with a lot. One can spend hours among the cookbooks, philosophy, religion. The owners are friendly&are more than willing to take special orders. There are sofas&couches for lounging&reading. High quality books, reasonable prices, friendly staff. Plus it has beautiful mountain views.
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September 2019 by Corgi Pem
This is an incredible place if you want to learn learning and develop as an entire person. The thought journey and workout your mind receives allows for precise thinking and isolating nuances. Great college if you want to be educated.
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September 2019 by Debra R
Somewhat secluded, nestled in the rolling hills of Santa Fe, the St. John's College is worth visiting. I highly recommend both the library and the book store. The program's classics is almost surreal. My husband and I enjoyed our visit here a great deal.
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July 2019 by Nikki Nasca
This school is very old and funky.
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June 2019 by Jay Hennicke
Unique books for all kinds of readers.
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April 2019 by Pete Warzel
Incredible bookstore.
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February 2019 by Gary
Nice bookstore with lots of interesting stuff. Visit it now.
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January 2019 by Matthew M.
Update 2019 from my old review of St Johns still stands. It's a pretentious school that doesn't offer much in terms of education. Most of the students I went to school with at St Johns a few years ago don't have good jobs. Of course the well off students do, but the rest are jobless, in debt, reliant on a network, etc... In short, NOT INDEPENDENT. After leaning Ancient Greek and a few other useless skills from this pretentious college, I finally did something wise and went to trade school. I earn more than people who were my classmates in my first year welding. Year two of welding, I am a teacher at a community college. I went to St Johns to become an English teacher, but this school did not provide the knowledge for me to even do that. Even though I'm not teaching literature, I'm teaching something of value to society. Do yourselves a favor. Don't invest in SJC! Go to trade school and invest in YOU! I never learned science and math at St. John's... their classes are a joke and not practical. Where did I learn physics, chemistry, and mathematics? Burning rod! Less that 1% of the population can weld according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Any idiot Johnnie can criticize a book and call it education. Don't take my word for it. Here's what another philosopher thinks about trades and the sciences. "Skilled manual labor entails a systematic encounter with the material world, precisely the kind of encounter that gives rise to natural science. From its earliest practice, craft knowledge has entailed knowledge of the 'ways' of one's materials -- that is, knowledge of their nature, acquired through disciplined perception and a systematic approach to problems. And in fact, in areas of well-developed craft, technological developments typically preceded and gave rise to advances in scientific understanding, not vice versa. The steam engine is a good example. It was developed by mechanics who observed the relations between volume, pressure, and temperature. This at a time when theoretical scientists were tied to the caloric theory of heat, which later turned out to be a conceptual dead end. The success of the steam engine contributed to the development of what we now call classical thermodynamics. This history provides a nice illustration of a point made by Aristotle: 'Lack of experience diminishes our power of taking a comprehensive view of the admitted facts. Hence those who dwell in intimate association with nature and its phenomena are more able to lay down principles such as to admit of a wide and coherent development; while those whom devotion to abstract discussions has rendered unobservant of facts are too ready to dogmatize on the basis of a few observations.'" Shop Class as Soulcraft
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November 2018 by Leslie Roush
Great products and the clerk was very helpful!
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May 2018 by Robert Holmes
Probably the best bookstore in Santa Fe, particularly if you have a taste for the classics.
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April 2018 by Jasper Jackson-Gleich
Best book store in town!
