Granada Books

Amazing bookstore. Love it.

This is a cool little bookstore but it is going out of business on May 3^rd. Everything in the store is currently 40% off.

A great staple for a reader in Santa Barbara. I used to love just spending hours here looking at books and finding just the right titles to purchase. The staff is very friendly and often offers great suggestions. They usually have a few themed displays with newer and classic books to look through. I am so glad it has survived the rise of Nooks, Kindles, and IPads. Being just right downtown, it’s a great space to visit and find some new world to get lost into.

Granada Books is a community bookstore located in downtown Santa Barbara. Located next to the Granada Theater, I loved how they had the event ‘Bring Good Books to Children,’ a summer reading program in which SB children can earn a free boo of their own choosing by reading 10 books through the SB Public Library. Since this is a local bookstore, the selections are limited, but the staff are helpful and they are able to order a particular book that you’re looking for. A cute little store to stop by while roaming around State Street.
+community bookstore
+take advantage of the children’s summer reading program, ‘Bring Good Books to Children,’ partnered with the SB Public Library

When Borders and Barnes & Noble closed a few years ago I was so upset that Santa Barbara wouldn’t have any bookstores. However I am SO pleased with Granada Books! It’s a good ol’ fashioned book store where I have had luck finding new books as well as classic literature. The store itself is so warm and welcoming. So happy to have discovered this little gem!

Been in a few times and the service is very friendly, they know a lot about books in general and also their own inventory. I placed a special order recently and it arrived very quickly without any problems or issues.
The selection is small if you compare it to a very large bookstore, but it’s a nicely edited (no pun!) collection of topics and titles.
It seems like they’ve got a good selection that will cover anyone’s needs, from best sellers to unusual books and gifts.
Just a pleasant place to browse, spend some money and also chat with folks who love books. Glad they are here in town!

It is so fabulous to have an AUTHENTIC bookstore back on State Street! They have all the current best sellers, plus hard to find and eccentric titles. Great reading space for kids and art books, too! A great place to stop in and just browse — like the good old days!

This is a great book store on State Street. I was impressed by the selection of books, appealing layout of the store, and friendliness of the staff.
I will definitely make a point to shop here the next time I’m in Santa Barbara!

Perfect bookstore located downtown, always helpful, bringing in special orders!

This book store is awesome! I absolutely love coming here. Every time I walk in, I always get greeted with a friendly smile and asked if I need help. The customer service is great, they are all very friendly and book enthusiast. I’ve pre-​ordered from them several times and I always enjoy going back. Even phone conversations are pleasant. I’ll call asking for a specific book (saving myself the drive) and they are always willing to look for it and put it aside for me while I go over.
The prices aren’t bad either (books are expensive anyways). There are a few other book stores in Santa Barbara but this one is by far my favorite. They even give out cute little book totes! Great location, great organization of books and great atmosphere. I do not have one bad thing to say about Granada Books. If price is the only negative comment people have bad to say about them, then they can go to thrift stores. I prefer new, clean, hardcovers and perfect paperbacks.
DFTBA GRANADA BOOKS!

Great independent bookstore! Will be back the next time we are in Santa Barbara!

A town can never have too many bookstores, at least in my opinion. I hope this place becomes at long-​timer. We went in during first Thursday, think we missed the snacks. Fun was still had looking at the kid’s books, puppets, and the other books.

The new kid on the block! I believe this place opened after Borders and B&N kicked the bucket. I’m happy to have another place to browse my beloved books. I like a used/​bargain but this place appears to have mostly new stuff. Neat, clean lay out makes it feel like Granada just opened, and relatively speaking they have, but they’re always busy whenever I walk by, so that’s a good sign!

Bookstores are cool, the people must know,
but most are damn fools, and their brains don’t grow,
they could come here, on this main thoroughfare,
instead they’re shopping or doing their hair,
which leaves little Granada in quite the tough spot,
especially since everyone’s attention is caught,
by Kindle screens and Iphone apps,
blockbuster movies and Soulja Boy raps,
TO ALL OF THESE PEOPLE I COULD GIVE THEM A SLAP!
See, the greatest gift I could give my daughter,
if years from now I can say that I taught her
to grab a book and take a seat,
spend a day here and forget to eat,
when she tires, put her head in that book and take a nap,
THEN I’VE DONE MY JOB AS HER PAP!
Yeah, just another cool bookstore. I love them all. A great place to take my little one and spend some quality time.

This is my favorite bookstore in SB– which is a little out of character for me since I generally like musky, dirty, and cheap bookstores. I think their displays and organization make all the difference. Everything here is clean and the chairs scattered about are very comfortable, so trying your new treasure out is a breeze.
To top it off, the prices are only a few bucks more than Amazon– at least the ones I looked up. I love supporting this place and will continue to do so with pleasure.
May the books be with you.

What a nice surprise to come back to Santa Barbara and find a new bookstore opened in town, on State Street, near the beautiful Granada Theater.
It’s great to see a new indie bookstore opening nowadays.
The space is big and airy, nicely organized, the selection is great, staff is nice. They have events, book signings (they had one when we stepped in), so stop by, check it out if you live in the area or visit for a while. They have nice restrooms as well.
I really enjoyed discovering and browsing Granada Books. It’s a little gem in Santa Barbara, a great place for books lovers!

You can’t go wrong in this bookstore. As a former library worker I’m very picky. You will find me at Book Den over Chaucers which is haughty at best. So when a new bookstore opened I had to go see if this was a place I would spend hours browsing, smelling my new book and taking my purchase home. I ended up asking to apply for a job as well.
They are honest out the gate, letting me know their main thrust is general topics. Although in a sense this aatrue, both political science and Current Affairs were well stocked with quite a few very specific books.

We randomly popped in here before an event at the Granada Theatre. With the advent of Kindle and ebooks I can’t remember the last time I actually stepped foot in a bookstore but now I remember why I loved bookstores. I loved walking through the shelves and seeing what latest books were available, what staff recommended and even browsing the oldies but goodies in paperback. I’ve noticed since ebooks came into my life I’ve read less and I think its because I miss the feel of the book in my hand. Its just not the same browsing on
. Walked out with Lowland am voraciously reading it now as we speak.
Thank you Granada Books for reminding me about real books.

There’s nothing like a good bookstore to give me a braingasm. Make that two braingasms if the bookstore keeps late hours like a proper bookstore should. Make that three braingasms if they offer me a reusable book bag upon checkout.
Multiples! There would have been four braingasms had they been carrying a copy of Rush: The Illustrated History, but that was the one thing they did not have.
Granada Books is a lovely new gem that we should be very grateful for especially after our Borders located became a discounted Made in China crap store and Barnes and Noble became a sweatshop-​produced clothing store. Also, their hours are 10 – 10 Monday through Saturday and 11 – 7 on Sunday, which means that, unlike other bookstores in town, I can actually go in and take my time after work instead of feeling rushed because they are near closing.
The staff are very friendly and the store offers a great variety of books and even gifts. They sell those awesome little stuffed magnets that are mini versions of writers like Hemingway, Poe, Plath, or other historic or literary figures like Shakespeare, Alice in Wonderland, or even Buddha and Einstein. While in the store I held each one up and quizzed my partner on their identity.
He was only able to properly guess Shakespeare and Einstein.

I stumbled across this bookstore while walking downtown during Summer Solstice. As I leisurely glanced over the shelves, an employee asked me if I was searching for something specific. When I asked if the store had a database listing their inventory, she proceeded to look up several titles on the computer for me. The store had 1 copy of «Rebecca,» a gothic romance by Daphne Du Maurier, but we did not find it in the Fiction section. The employee enlisted the assistance of a coworker who located it in the young adult section, explaining that listings varied according to publisher preference. As I checked out, I declined a bag, intending to store the book in my purse. To my surprise and delight, the staff offered me a printed reusable cloth bag, which I gladly accepted.
In short, I had a great customer service experience, especially given the fact that I visited on a very busy evening the night after their grand opening.
I gave my compliments to the store’s design layout and lighting as it reminded me of the many art museum bookstores that I’ve frequented.