San Diego's Best Bookstore

Shop for books, music and more in a warm, relaxing and customer-friendly environment.

Tips: Most locations have an in-store cafe, featuring caffeinated specialty drinks and a small selection of baked goods.

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Upstart Crow Bookstore

Classics, bestsellers and hard-to-find books share space with eclectic gifts, toys and a lively coffeehouse near the harbor.

Upstart Crow Bookstore

Longtime book shop near coffee shops and the harbor is a fixture inthe La Playa community of Point Loma.

Point LOMA Books

Casual, eclectic book store in PB’s residental neighborhood that specilizes in spirituality titles

Open Door Books

Hillcrest independent bookseller with used and new books, journals and gifts is also a popular meeting spot for book clubs and poets.

Reviews:

• “Love this place”

Blue Stocking Books

North Park neighborhood shop specializes in rare, used and out of print books, plus local readings, signings and music events.

Tips: Open since 1965, the store anchors the local community gathering scene in North Park.

Adams Avenue Bookstore

New and used books in a no-frills beachside shop in the heart of Pacific Beach

Pennywise Books

Friendly, if a little dusty, Hillcrest bookstore with used, rare and out-of-print books.

Tips: True book worms will appreciate the no-nonsense layout with very few trinkets, greeting cards or distractions.

Fifth Avenue Books

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