(617) 441-6999
52-B John F. Kennedy St.
Cambridge,
MA
02138
42.3719
-71.1206
Neighborhood: Riverside
Raven Used Books
Last updated 8.21.09
What People Are Saying About Raven Used Books
The Editor
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Citysearch
Harvard Square used book store carries over 10,000 titles, spanning numerous categories.
10/08/07
Best place to find good scholarly used books in the Boston area
by petermarshal at Citysearch
I have been impressed with Raven's colleciton since they opened 2 years ago. Not only do they have the best collection of scholarly books, but they also stock great Art, Architecture and Fiction used books as well. As other reviewers have said, the shop is on the small side. But the very density of really good books here makes the shop seem so much larger. It usually takes me about an hour to get through the philosophy section and I usually buy at least 8 books on any visit. Further, they tend to price their books cheaper than other used bookstores in the area. Most of their stock seems to fall in the 50 to 80% off the cover price range. Definitely my favorite shop in New England.
- Pros: friendy, knoweldgable staff. Books are amazing. Prices reasonable
04/24/07
Best Used Book Store in a city filled with bookstores
by johnbauman64 at Citysearch
With the addition of Raven used books into Harvard Square, i go to Cambridge a lot more often now. The shop stocks a surprising number of exciting used books. Though a bit smaller than other shops in the Boston area, I find more books there than all the other shops I go to combined. It is really "dense" with good books. Their tag line is the they "specialize in scholarly used books", but i go mainly for their amazing Art book and fiction sections. Like some of the other reviews, I also find it very pleasant to shop there as well. They have really nice people who work there and the manager is very knowledgeable about books and what he has on the shelves. Oh yea, one more thing.....the prices are very fair. Most of the books appear to be better than half off the cover price. I recently got an Art History book that was $40 new for $9.00. Anyway, i totally recommend this place.
- Pros: friendly, knowledgable staff, prices, location, quality of books
- Cons: parking sometimes tough
11/04/06
best used bookstore in boston!
by jenmorrison75 at Citysearch
Recently moved here from new york and am so very pleased to have found Raven Used books in Harvard Square. As a book junkie, the first thing i did upon moving in was to check out all the shops in the boston area. Raven is my favorite, not only because it has really well selected books, but also because their prices are better than most other used bookstores and they have friendly staff as well. These things are all to uncommon these days as most used bookstores have alot of stuff that no one wants or too many books to reasonably look through. Anyway, It is simply a pleasure to shop there.
- Pros: friendly staff, great prices, unbelievably good selection
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