The Avid Reader | A pair of general-interest independent bookstores located in both downtown Davis, CA and in Sacramento, CA.

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Welcome!

Welcome to The Avid Reader

We are currently undergoing changes with our website, so stay tuned as you can watch the transformation as it happens.

As of June 1st, 2010, all Avid Reader bookstore gift cards are redeemable only at the store from which they were originally purchased. Thank you.

Don't miss out on our 1/2 off sale going on at The Avid Reader (in Davis). All sorts of fiction, sci-fi, mystery, and hardcovers are continuouly put on sale, located on the carts at the center of the store.

The Avid Reader at The Tower offers Newspapers and Magazines, including:

Sacramento Bee

San Francisco Chronicle

Los Angeles Times

Wall Street Journal

New York Times

IBD (Investor's Business Daily)

Financial Times

Barron's

Sacramento Observer

Sacramento Business Journal

We also carry Sacto and Sactown magazines as well as over 800 additional titles on a wide variety of topics.

Need good books for your reader age 9-12? The Avid Reader at The Tower now has a complete collection of Newbery award winners dating back to the 1920s. The Newbery Award is given annually to the book considered the best in chidren's literature.

Andrei Codrescu presenting his new book, The Posthuman Dada Guide

Davis Authors

The Avid Reader regularly features local authors for readings, booksignings and discussions. Davis is home to fantasy writer Kim Stanley Robinson, Max Byrd, the author of the critically acclaimed Jefferson and Jackson novels, best-selling fiction/thriller writer, John Lescroart, and Ted Puntillo, creator of the popular children's book, The Toads of Davis: A Saga of a Small Town, to name just a few.

Of course, we can special order titles by local favorites, but our shelves typically carry the most recent publications by Davis writers.

Many other writers call Davis home. To find out more about an author click on a name below.

Linda Acredolo & Susan Goodwyn
Francisco Alarcon
Peter Beagle
Matt Biers-Ariel
Max Byrd
Joshua Clover
Michael & Judy Corbett
Lucy Corin
Karen Joy Fowler
Mark Francis
Marion R. Franck
Lynn Freed
Dr. Michael Goodman
Peter Grandbois
Pam Houston
Sarah Hrdy
John Lescroart
Julia Levine
John Lofland
Jane Lotter
Mike Madison
Clarence Major
David Masiel
Sandra McPherson
Benjamin Orlove
Kim Stanley Robinson
Bill Roe
Eleanor Roosevelt II
Gary Snyder
Ron Soohoo
Sherman & Hannah Stein
Joe Wenderoth