Books Inc.
@booksinc.bsky.social
The West’s oldest bookstore (since 1851!) 🎉
8 Neighborhood shops + 2 @flysfo✈️
Community support matters — currently reorganizing under Chapter 11❤️
www.booksinc.net
8 Neighborhood shops + 2 @flysfo✈️
Community support matters — currently reorganizing under Chapter 11❤️
www.booksinc.net
Main takeaway: All of our stores will be closed for a short period of time, and all of our stores will be opening back up in a couple of days! We're so excited to welcome everybody back to our stores soon!
October 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Main takeaway: All of our stores will be closed for a short period of time, and all of our stores will be opening back up in a couple of days! We're so excited to welcome everybody back to our stores soon!
🌈 Come hang out at Books Inc. Mountain View for our next queer & trans meetup on Thursday, August 21 at 6:30pm! 💖
We’ll have snacks, drinks, a round of trivia, and some fun get-to-know-you bingo. Prizes TBD, but stickers are definitely on the table! 🏳️🌈
We’ll have snacks, drinks, a round of trivia, and some fun get-to-know-you bingo. Prizes TBD, but stickers are definitely on the table! 🏳️🌈
August 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
🌈 Come hang out at Books Inc. Mountain View for our next queer & trans meetup on Thursday, August 21 at 6:30pm! 💖
We’ll have snacks, drinks, a round of trivia, and some fun get-to-know-you bingo. Prizes TBD, but stickers are definitely on the table! 🏳️🌈
We’ll have snacks, drinks, a round of trivia, and some fun get-to-know-you bingo. Prizes TBD, but stickers are definitely on the table! 🏳️🌈
🎉 This Saturday is another Books & Brews fair ( our summer book fairs for all ages at Bay Area breweries), this time at Faction Brewing! 🎉
Who's ready for some cold beers and new reads? 🍻📖
Who's ready for some cold beers and new reads? 🍻📖
August 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🎉 This Saturday is another Books & Brews fair ( our summer book fairs for all ages at Bay Area breweries), this time at Faction Brewing! 🎉
Who's ready for some cold beers and new reads? 🍻📖
Who's ready for some cold beers and new reads? 🍻📖
Join us this weekend at Books Inc. in the Marina and Books Inc. Pruneyard as we wrap up the Find Waldo Local scavenger hunt in style!
Come in your stripes, celebrate your sleuthing, and help us give Waldo the send-off he deserves.
Check the calendar on website for more details.
Come in your stripes, celebrate your sleuthing, and help us give Waldo the send-off he deserves.
Check the calendar on website for more details.
July 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Join us this weekend at Books Inc. in the Marina and Books Inc. Pruneyard as we wrap up the Find Waldo Local scavenger hunt in style!
Come in your stripes, celebrate your sleuthing, and help us give Waldo the send-off he deserves.
Check the calendar on website for more details.
Come in your stripes, celebrate your sleuthing, and help us give Waldo the send-off he deserves.
Check the calendar on website for more details.
Don’t miss K.X. Song and Hana Lee at Books Inc. Palo Alto later this August!
We’re celebrating the release of The Dragon Wakes With Thunder, the explosive second novel in The Dragon Spirit Duology 🐉⚡
Grab your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/kx-song-at...
We’re celebrating the release of The Dragon Wakes With Thunder, the explosive second novel in The Dragon Spirit Duology 🐉⚡
Grab your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/kx-song-at...
July 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Don’t miss K.X. Song and Hana Lee at Books Inc. Palo Alto later this August!
We’re celebrating the release of The Dragon Wakes With Thunder, the explosive second novel in The Dragon Spirit Duology 🐉⚡
Grab your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/kx-song-at...
We’re celebrating the release of The Dragon Wakes With Thunder, the explosive second novel in The Dragon Spirit Duology 🐉⚡
Grab your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/kx-song-at...
We've got lots of new books with prices slashed to $5-$10 bucks dropping in Alameda next weekend, July 26 & 27!
Don't miss this Warehouse Sale. There's gonna be lots and lots of gems...
Don't miss this Warehouse Sale. There's gonna be lots and lots of gems...
July 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We've got lots of new books with prices slashed to $5-$10 bucks dropping in Alameda next weekend, July 26 & 27!
Don't miss this Warehouse Sale. There's gonna be lots and lots of gems...
Don't miss this Warehouse Sale. There's gonna be lots and lots of gems...
Hey Berkeley! We've got another Books & Brews all ages bookfair coming to Cellarmaker next Saturday, July 19!
Stop on by for some beers, books, and good vibes!
All proceeds go to our nonprofit The Reading Bridge to help bring books to kids across the Bay Area! What's not to love?
Stop on by for some beers, books, and good vibes!
All proceeds go to our nonprofit The Reading Bridge to help bring books to kids across the Bay Area! What's not to love?
July 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Hey Berkeley! We've got another Books & Brews all ages bookfair coming to Cellarmaker next Saturday, July 19!
Stop on by for some beers, books, and good vibes!
All proceeds go to our nonprofit The Reading Bridge to help bring books to kids across the Bay Area! What's not to love?
Stop on by for some beers, books, and good vibes!
All proceeds go to our nonprofit The Reading Bridge to help bring books to kids across the Bay Area! What's not to love?
A pair of lovely authors, Tracy Wolff & Cindy R.X. He @cindyrxhe.bsky.social, stopped by our SF Marina shop this weekend!
Jump over to the store to snag some signed copies of their books while they last!
Jump over to the store to snag some signed copies of their books while they last!
July 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A pair of lovely authors, Tracy Wolff & Cindy R.X. He @cindyrxhe.bsky.social, stopped by our SF Marina shop this weekend!
Jump over to the store to snag some signed copies of their books while they last!
Jump over to the store to snag some signed copies of their books while they last!
The year is officially half over, and our bookseller teams have crafted this wonderful catalog of our favorite books of the year (so far), for every voracious reader in the family!
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What have you loved reading so far this year?
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What have you loved reading so far this year?
July 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The year is officially half over, and our bookseller teams have crafted this wonderful catalog of our favorite books of the year (so far), for every voracious reader in the family!
booksinc.net/booksellers-...
What have you loved reading so far this year?
booksinc.net/booksellers-...
What have you loved reading so far this year?
Happy Juneteenth!
Let's celebrate true independence and freedom, and continue to fight for liberty and justice for all.
All book recs available in (at least one) Books Inc. store and online.
Let's celebrate true independence and freedom, and continue to fight for liberty and justice for all.
All book recs available in (at least one) Books Inc. store and online.
June 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Happy Juneteenth!
Let's celebrate true independence and freedom, and continue to fight for liberty and justice for all.
All book recs available in (at least one) Books Inc. store and online.
Let's celebrate true independence and freedom, and continue to fight for liberty and justice for all.
All book recs available in (at least one) Books Inc. store and online.
Hey South Bay! We're bringing another Warehouse Sale to Mountain View.
Join us next weekend, June 21 & 22, for new $5-$10 books, plus lots of other cool things with massively slashed prices.
See ya'll there~
Join us next weekend, June 21 & 22, for new $5-$10 books, plus lots of other cool things with massively slashed prices.
See ya'll there~
June 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Hey South Bay! We're bringing another Warehouse Sale to Mountain View.
Join us next weekend, June 21 & 22, for new $5-$10 books, plus lots of other cool things with massively slashed prices.
See ya'll there~
Join us next weekend, June 21 & 22, for new $5-$10 books, plus lots of other cool things with massively slashed prices.
See ya'll there~
🍻Kick off your summer right with a return to a good old fashioned book fair, but even better, cause this one has beer!
Join the The Reading Bridge team at the West Oakland Ghost Town Brewery this Saturday, June 14, for new reads, cold brews, and seriously good vibes. 🌞
Join the The Reading Bridge team at the West Oakland Ghost Town Brewery this Saturday, June 14, for new reads, cold brews, and seriously good vibes. 🌞
June 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🍻Kick off your summer right with a return to a good old fashioned book fair, but even better, cause this one has beer!
Join the The Reading Bridge team at the West Oakland Ghost Town Brewery this Saturday, June 14, for new reads, cold brews, and seriously good vibes. 🌞
Join the The Reading Bridge team at the West Oakland Ghost Town Brewery this Saturday, June 14, for new reads, cold brews, and seriously good vibes. 🌞
🌈The month is a good month to be as vocal about gay and trans rights as possible!
Currently planning to use this Pride to protest and party. And reread a lot of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde. And one silly cheesy sapphic romance. 💖
See ya'll at the bookstore 🌞
Currently planning to use this Pride to protest and party. And reread a lot of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde. And one silly cheesy sapphic romance. 💖
See ya'll at the bookstore 🌞
June 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🌈The month is a good month to be as vocal about gay and trans rights as possible!
Currently planning to use this Pride to protest and party. And reread a lot of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde. And one silly cheesy sapphic romance. 💖
See ya'll at the bookstore 🌞
Currently planning to use this Pride to protest and party. And reread a lot of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde. And one silly cheesy sapphic romance. 💖
See ya'll at the bookstore 🌞
It's time for our favorite way to get into our Summer reading: Book Bingo is back!
🌞Grab a bingo card in store or online
🌞Read books that match the categories
🌞Complete four in a row (or a blackout) and bring it in for your prize!
Which category are you gonna start with?
🌞Grab a bingo card in store or online
🌞Read books that match the categories
🌞Complete four in a row (or a blackout) and bring it in for your prize!
Which category are you gonna start with?
May 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
It's time for our favorite way to get into our Summer reading: Book Bingo is back!
🌞Grab a bingo card in store or online
🌞Read books that match the categories
🌞Complete four in a row (or a blackout) and bring it in for your prize!
Which category are you gonna start with?
🌞Grab a bingo card in store or online
🌞Read books that match the categories
🌞Complete four in a row (or a blackout) and bring it in for your prize!
Which category are you gonna start with?
Kick off your summer right with a return to an good old fashioned book fair, but even better, cause these ones have beer! 🍻
Every book you buy helps give free books to Bay Area kids—so let's have fun and spread some good! 👏
booksinc.net/books-n-brew...
Every book you buy helps give free books to Bay Area kids—so let's have fun and spread some good! 👏
booksinc.net/books-n-brew...
May 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Kick off your summer right with a return to an good old fashioned book fair, but even better, cause these ones have beer! 🍻
Every book you buy helps give free books to Bay Area kids—so let's have fun and spread some good! 👏
booksinc.net/books-n-brew...
Every book you buy helps give free books to Bay Area kids—so let's have fun and spread some good! 👏
booksinc.net/books-n-brew...
Setting up for our Warehouse Sale at Books Inc. Opera Plaza!
Join us for great books (all for $5-$10) and to support a great cause!
All proceeds from the sale will be donated to our nonprofit The Reading Bridge, to help them bring free books to local students at title 1 schools!
See ya there 🤘
Join us for great books (all for $5-$10) and to support a great cause!
All proceeds from the sale will be donated to our nonprofit The Reading Bridge, to help them bring free books to local students at title 1 schools!
See ya there 🤘
May 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Setting up for our Warehouse Sale at Books Inc. Opera Plaza!
Join us for great books (all for $5-$10) and to support a great cause!
All proceeds from the sale will be donated to our nonprofit The Reading Bridge, to help them bring free books to local students at title 1 schools!
See ya there 🤘
Join us for great books (all for $5-$10) and to support a great cause!
All proceeds from the sale will be donated to our nonprofit The Reading Bridge, to help them bring free books to local students at title 1 schools!
See ya there 🤘
Our next Warehouse Sale is rolling through San Francisco, this weekend, May 24 & 25 at Books Inc. Opera Plaza!
All proceeds from the sale will be donated to our nonprofit The Reading Bridge, to help them bring free books to local students at title 1 schools!
See ya there 🤘
All proceeds from the sale will be donated to our nonprofit The Reading Bridge, to help them bring free books to local students at title 1 schools!
See ya there 🤘
May 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Our next Warehouse Sale is rolling through San Francisco, this weekend, May 24 & 25 at Books Inc. Opera Plaza!
All proceeds from the sale will be donated to our nonprofit The Reading Bridge, to help them bring free books to local students at title 1 schools!
See ya there 🤘
All proceeds from the sale will be donated to our nonprofit The Reading Bridge, to help them bring free books to local students at title 1 schools!
See ya there 🤘
Three cheers for all of the moms in our lives! 💐
In celebration of this exceptional day, we’ve filled up our tables with spectacular books of all genres, perfect for the mom of littles or adult children, too, for every day of the year!
See our website catalog here: booksinc.net/mothers-day-...
In celebration of this exceptional day, we’ve filled up our tables with spectacular books of all genres, perfect for the mom of littles or adult children, too, for every day of the year!
See our website catalog here: booksinc.net/mothers-day-...
May 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Three cheers for all of the moms in our lives! 💐
In celebration of this exceptional day, we’ve filled up our tables with spectacular books of all genres, perfect for the mom of littles or adult children, too, for every day of the year!
See our website catalog here: booksinc.net/mothers-day-...
In celebration of this exceptional day, we’ve filled up our tables with spectacular books of all genres, perfect for the mom of littles or adult children, too, for every day of the year!
See our website catalog here: booksinc.net/mothers-day-...
Say hello to the new Books Inc. Outlet store!💥
We've transformed our San Leandro spot. It’s everything you loved about our Warehouse Sales, but now with regular operating hours!
Even better? A portion of proceeds support The Reading Bridge, our nonprofit that brings free books to Title I schools.
We've transformed our San Leandro spot. It’s everything you loved about our Warehouse Sales, but now with regular operating hours!
Even better? A portion of proceeds support The Reading Bridge, our nonprofit that brings free books to Title I schools.
May 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Say hello to the new Books Inc. Outlet store!💥
We've transformed our San Leandro spot. It’s everything you loved about our Warehouse Sales, but now with regular operating hours!
Even better? A portion of proceeds support The Reading Bridge, our nonprofit that brings free books to Title I schools.
We've transformed our San Leandro spot. It’s everything you loved about our Warehouse Sales, but now with regular operating hours!
Even better? A portion of proceeds support The Reading Bridge, our nonprofit that brings free books to Title I schools.
Who's ready for an evening with the legendary @theauthorguy.bsky.social!? Get your tickets now~
www.eventbrite.com/e/christoper...
www.eventbrite.com/e/christoper...
April 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Who's ready for an evening with the legendary @theauthorguy.bsky.social!? Get your tickets now~
www.eventbrite.com/e/christoper...
www.eventbrite.com/e/christoper...
Humorist and author David Sedaris is bringing his sardonic wit and incisive social critiques to San Jose Center for the Performing Arts on November 8.
Don’t miss an evening of all new readings, the Q&A, and book signing.
Use code BOOK to get your tickets: ticketmaster.com/event/1C006289AE5B2978
Don’t miss an evening of all new readings, the Q&A, and book signing.
Use code BOOK to get your tickets: ticketmaster.com/event/1C006289AE5B2978
April 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Humorist and author David Sedaris is bringing his sardonic wit and incisive social critiques to San Jose Center for the Performing Arts on November 8.
Don’t miss an evening of all new readings, the Q&A, and book signing.
Use code BOOK to get your tickets: ticketmaster.com/event/1C006289AE5B2978
Don’t miss an evening of all new readings, the Q&A, and book signing.
Use code BOOK to get your tickets: ticketmaster.com/event/1C006289AE5B2978
We said what we said 😤
April 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
We said what we said 😤
Being in a bookstore means talking to friendly people, getting book recs tailored to you, browsing shelves, picking things up, putting them back down, and going home with lots of new books!
This Independent Bookstore Day celebrate the ways bookstores like ours make the world a little bit better.
This Independent Bookstore Day celebrate the ways bookstores like ours make the world a little bit better.
April 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Being in a bookstore means talking to friendly people, getting book recs tailored to you, browsing shelves, picking things up, putting them back down, and going home with lots of new books!
This Independent Bookstore Day celebrate the ways bookstores like ours make the world a little bit better.
This Independent Bookstore Day celebrate the ways bookstores like ours make the world a little bit better.
Tis the day before IBD, and our store teams have found the *perfect* hiding place for the infamous Golden Libro Ticket. 🎧
Need something to tide you over until the shop doors are open? Hop on over to our Libro shop to browse through over a dozen of our audiobook favorites!
libro.fm/picks/booksinc
Need something to tide you over until the shop doors are open? Hop on over to our Libro shop to browse through over a dozen of our audiobook favorites!
libro.fm/picks/booksinc
April 25, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Tis the day before IBD, and our store teams have found the *perfect* hiding place for the infamous Golden Libro Ticket. 🎧
Need something to tide you over until the shop doors are open? Hop on over to our Libro shop to browse through over a dozen of our audiobook favorites!
libro.fm/picks/booksinc
Need something to tide you over until the shop doors are open? Hop on over to our Libro shop to browse through over a dozen of our audiobook favorites!
libro.fm/picks/booksinc