| Location |
| 654 G Street, in the G Street Shopping Center |
| Hours |
| Mon-Sat 10am-8pm |
| Sun noon-5pm |
| Phone |
| (530)750-2665 (750-BOOK) |
Sweetbriar is a small, independent bookseller offering used books, along with some new inventory. Staff are friendly, helpful, and browsing through this store is always a pleasant experience.
Book Buying Hours:
Monday-Saturday 10:30 am-7:00 pm
(Current hours are different. They stop buying at 4:00pm during the summer.)
You can bring in your books to sell during these times. You can sell your books for store credit only, not for cash.
Comments:
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2005-10-13 17:29:01 This is a great place. Many books are absurdly cheap. Worth a stroll if you've eaten at Osaka or just shopped at the Co-Op —MisterProfessor
2005-10-13 19:12:34 Personally, I think the used books in this store are overpriced. $7 for a beat up paperback is ridiculous. —AnnaJones
—In their defense, the beat-up paperback is probably out of print. The UCD library doesn't even have Rick De Marinis' The Burning Women of Far Cry, but for a time you could get it here for 6 or 7 dollars in, admittedly, a beat-up paperback. That seems good to me.
2005-10-13 19:32:38 I think that Sweet Briar's prices are much better than other used bookstores in town. —JackHaskel
2006-06-18 13:01:06 Sweetbriar has a lot of remaindered books too - those are brand new. If you hate to pay full price for a bestseller, try Sweetbriar. Quite a few music CDs too, and children's books. —ValerieVann
2006-10-15 10:56:42 Very good art books at excellent prices. Well worth visiting. The owner is great. —PatKahn
2007-01-12 14:38:10 I used to shop here a lot, but haven't gone in a while. I went in today and they were selling stripped books! While I, like many in davis have been known to get books out of the border dumpsters, selling them is a little much? —KevinMurakoshi
2007-02-06 13:15:00 I think this is one of the best sources of cheap used books in Davis. I always check here first if I'm looking for a novel and their cookbook selection is wonderful. I've purchased way too many beautiful cookbooks here that were too cheap to pass up. —NaomiVoosen
2007-03-06 00:51:09 I always enjoy browsing and buying books at Sweet Briar. It has a small play area where my son always enjoy playing with blocks, puzzles, and dinosaurs. The prices are very reasonable; there is a wide range of books, including children's books. The owner is very nice, accomodating, and knowledgeable. The quality of the books is great. —KarlaMahoney
2007-11-25 18:36:51 Helpful employees. Friendly. Always a curious and wonderfully eclectic selection of books both used and new. Just bought a storybook illustrated by Gorey as a birthday present for a friend. —EliseKane
2007-12-14 22:37:36 I agree with Naomi: one of the best cookbook selections around. Always some interesting finds among the art books and the humor section as well. Comfortable layout, interesting inventory, and nice folks. —DonShor
2008-03-27 21:57:25 I love this store...great knitting books at fantastic prices. You'll have money left over for yarn. The best kept secret though is the ballroom dance music. Best prices on C-D's and since I teach both subjects...this is the place I send all my students. —LizetteHopkins
2008-04-05 18:11:22 So what are their "book buying" rules? Is it a case-by-case basis or are there certain qualifications of what is acceptable? —SunjeetBaadkar
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Edit: I ended up just calling them and asking. Its case-by-case, but they are currently going to not be buying back books for a while as the person that does that is going to be out of town.
2008-05-08 16:40:37 I called a nice lady who looked for a few books for me, but, although they were popular titles, they didn't have them in stock. I was disappointed, but nice service —AnnaF
