Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, MA | Assorted Books

Harvard Book Store
A Harvard Square Landmark - Independent and Family Run Since 1932
Harvard Book Store is a unique and special place to shop!

Every book in Harvard Book Store is ordered with our customers in mind, but featured on the following pages are books we feel are particularly notable.
Our booksellers have wide-ranging reading tastes and love to spread the word about new and old books we’ve discovered.
Each week, we highlight three new arrivals in our email newsletter and on the web. It’s a great way to get a taste of what’s new.
Remainders are new books, often in perfect condition, that are available at great discounts. Our selection is unrivaled by other area bookstores, especially for scholarly titles.

Our History
Harvard Book Store was founded in 1932 by Boston native Mark Kramer with $300 he borrowed from his parents. Then, as now, Harvard Square was a magnet for students, cultural enthusiasts and intellectuals. Mark chose to start his bookstore at the center of this vibrant community. Two years later, Pauline Kramer, Mark’s new wife, joined him in running the small bookstore offering used and remaindered books to the discriminating Cambridge community. In 1962, at the time of Mark’s death, his son Frank Kramer took over the family business and he has actively directed the bookstore’s activities since that time.
In 2002, our seventieth year of business, Harvard Book Store’s excellence in bookselling was recognized ationally when we were awarded Publishers Weekly’s Bookseller of the Year.

Harvard Book Store Best Sellers
The fifteen hottest hardcover and paperback books in our store. Bestsellers are 20% off and are updated weekly.
Select Seventy
Our Select Seventy features the best recent hardcover and paperback titles selected by our staff – all discounted 20%.
Used Books
Our used books department is one of the most beloved sections in our store. Discover what you can find downstairs in used, and information about selling books to us.
Our popular Frequent Buyer Program is our way of saying “Thank You” to all the customers who chose to shop at Harvard Book Store, a locally-owned independent bookstore.
Benefits
For every $100 you make in qualifying purchases*, you earn a 20% discount on a single purchase up to $200. A discount can be used right away, or we can store it on our computers until you’re ready to use it.
Our annual Frequent Buyer Sale: One day a year, Harvard Book Store is open exclusively to Frequent Buyers, and everything in the store is 20% off.
Benefits don’t end at our front door. Show your Harvard Book Store Frequent Buyer Card for discounts at the following places:
Receive a 10% discount on all levels of Harvard University Art Musuem membership (first-time memberships only).
Receive a 10% discount on Household membership (first-time memberships only) with the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
Save $10 off a first-time regular membership at the Brattle Theatre.
Receive a 15% discount on all purchases at Dickson Hardware.

Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, MA is waiting for you!