I am in love with this loja store, I think there is a good selection of books, well organized and distributed in harmony.Very spacious store so there is no crowding and good prices.

Really cool book store had a fabulous selection of Fashion, Photography and Art coffee table books. Some I have never even seen . Im not too keen them being used books but the price is certainly right very well priced merch I hope they stay in biz for a long time we need more stores like this.

Fun and decent book store full of all types of good stuff. Buddy of mine found a book he was looking for and got it for a decent price. Check it out!

Love. Love, love love. The selection of books is AMAZING. The price for used books in such good condition really cant be beat. My mother got me the whole Narnia series with the original covers for my birthday - seven books for $18. Their loyalty program is great, too!

Stopped in with my husband and two girls. Found exactly what I was hoping I would for my older daughter and my 2 year old picked out a few great picture books for herself. This will be our go to spot for books moving forward! Great prices. Nice people. Fun vibe :)

Great store. Had some interesting books on sale. The lady in the front desk was helpful with helping me find the book I was looking for.

This bookstore has got to be the best bookstore Ive ever been to,, nice and organized collection of reasonably priced books. I wish Id found this place earlier that day so I could spend more time. I am definitely going to visit this place again when I am in town.

I found a used bookstore! Yay! I thought that this type of business was gone forever! Going back as soon as I can. Love having a real book in my hands....

I was lured in to BookMonster by a sale shelf that was outside (and by my friend). This is a great second hand bookstore. Its well organized with very helpful personnel. My friend and I both found great items - books and fun journals. When you are in the area, definitely stop in. Grab a book before you hit the beach to lounge around all day.

Secondhand book store by the beach! You can buy or sell books. Youre allowed to shop indoors, and they have Search Desk stations set up to help you search the store inventory. All books were reasonably priced - definitely a steal if youre looking to save some money and dont mind purchasing a gently used book.

A very nice place to browse, where you’re pretty much guaranteed to find something both interesting and unexpected. And the people are terrific.

What a great bookstore! So nice, clean, and organized. The staff is friendly and theyve got a great selection of books. Its great to see a cool bookstore like this.

Loved this place! New and used books at great prices. Also sells DVD, vhs, cds, etc.. great friendly employees

Helpful staff and great web interface. I was really able to locate the different editions of books I was told were in stock, down to the section and shelf!

Almost every book you could ever want. What a great find.

This is the most organized book store Ive ever seen, and easily layer out to find your book on their computer. Great prices too.

Excellent second hand bookstore, great quality and helpful personnel. Plenty of room to browse their well organized selection. They have a computer system to locate that special book you are looking for, even across their branches.You can also bring in your own books for a credit, but dont expect to get rich that way.

I love being in a real bookstore and actually getting to flip through real books! This place was really cool. It even had a ladder that you could slide around and climb to reach the books up high.

Just looked around. No purchase. I like that they had books for sale that were no longer in print.

Strange mix of old and new books. Very limited choice

If you love books, your trip to downtown Santa Monica is not complete without going here. The selection is impressive. You might even be able to find titles here that are not at Barnes and Noble. They also purchase used books. I recommend checking the website and calling to find out if there is a waitlist for selling your used titles.

Well I drove a friend there and she was trying to sell books and the girl working there offered her 11 dollars for 20 books. If you only know the reason why. Lol Thank you

Pretty boring, had no selection for Miami bass music. Had no selection at all for bass music. Their CD section is super small. I won’t be coming back ever! Oh, and the parking is non-existent. Too close to the pier. Not worth your time, trust me!

Big book shop with a very convenient system: you can look up on the computers if they have a book you looking for and print direction to the shelf it’s located.Prices vary starting at $2 and going up depending on books conditions.They give you a very cute paper bag with your purchase.

First time selling books. Super helpful! Will come again.

Kudos to Alex! Alex is wonderful and the best at this bookstore. He is very helpful, extra attentive, polite and top professional. I always look for him only as he is the best and knowledgeable! You are lucky to have him. I am an author of What Not To Date. If it wasn’t for Alex I would not have had my book on the bookshelves there

A great great book store. One of the last new and used book stores.. And an excellent in the used book department! Books on great prices and great condition!Visit and support as much as you can to make sure it doesnt disappear!

Love this place. They had a great variety of books along with a fun cool environment. Literary dogs welcome ^_^

Great used book store, well organized, exhaustive.

Cool bookstore! Picked up a used copy of meditations by Marcus Aurelius and for a good price!

I love this store. I dont know why the books are so inexpensive! Theyre in great conditions. Some of them have manufacturer issues but nothing too serious. Ive enjoyed every book Ive bought there.Its funny how in the forbidden literature they have Siddhartha: The life of Buddha and right next to it theres an extensive version of Mine Kampf. It put me to think. Honestly I wish they were cheaper. Like I said the quality of the books is great and the conditions theyre in is supreme. But I just wish they were cheaper :( So I can buy more books!If theres someone out there that would like to sponsor a big books acquisition, please let me know. Speaking of big books, the big format books they have are also very attractive and very inexpensive. I made up my mind that next time I will be purchasing several of those big formats.

Came here to support a local bookstore figuring I’d be paying more than I would have on Amazon but would be supporting a local business. What a great surprise to find out that the book my son and I were after was actually cheaper than it was on Amazon plus the staff was super friendly and helpful and they have a great kids’ section. I’m only sorry it’s taken us so long to come and check out BookMonster but we will definitely be back when we’re ready for our next read.

Fair prices on used books and lots of selection

Im surprised Amazon hasnt tried to burn this place down. The customer service is unmatchable and the variety of books will leave even the dirtiest book worms feeling satisfied.

Best bookstore ever and they carry my books. Dragon Blade and Dragon Flute!

Love to browse the aisles, very clean, well-organized with a public computer database of inventory. Also, able to sell my books and receive notifications on-line. Owner very friendly and helpful, too!

DVDs for $2 cant be beat! Large book selection of course. I could spend hours here just browsing. Great location and friendly employees. I will return to BookMonster and highly recommend this place!

On 5/20 I went looking for a particular book which they didnt have. Managed to buy something else so I was a paying customer. While at the cash register I was doubled over in pain n needed to use the bathroom urgently. I asked the sales person could I use the bathroom as it was a REAL emergency and I was running out of time. He said no(due to covid). I pleaded again n told him I was in great stress but again he refused. I dont know where the lack of empathy to someone in dire need to help comes in but this guy was really the pits. Luckily the place next door had compassion and allowed me to use theirs.

Great selection and friendly staff. I went in looking for a specific book and found it - along with several other great items.

We love Bookmonster! So sorry to hear that itll be closing at the end of the week. Eveything is 50% off until then, so get your deals while you can!

Great place to trade CDs for cash. Thanks again.

Great book options and service!

Its your run of the mill used bookstore. Poorly organized and nothing spectacular. Worth a gander

Great bookstore to sell and buy books. Great selection and great prices!

Awesome, well organized book store. The location is stellar and the employees are happy to help.

Awesome book store

Helpful & friendly staff. Great prices. Will go back.

Very happy they are open. It was busy🧑‍🎓

The best place for book lovers in Santa Monica. You can find $30 item for only $7 here. Yeah, it wouldn’t be brand new book, but does it matter if content is the same?!

This store is AMAZING. The amount of books that they have is just mind blowing. And not only that, they have an awesome computerized system where you can easily look up books in the store and see the prices. And the prices are soooo affordable. Too affordable-I walked out with 8 books for $20 and I only came in for 1 book!

Great bookstore mostly second hand, great prices.

Great, books, DVDs etc

Decent size shop, friendly staff and cool music playing loud enough to hear but not interfere with reading.

Very kind and helpful staffGreat place to sell your books and buy new ones!!

Decent selection, shame its closing down soon

Horrible customer service. Used to buy my daughter books from there and also to help a small biz. No thanks, well go to Barnes & Noble in Marina.

Worth it spending time and money.

Had the books i was looking for, place was pretty chill. nice staff

Awesome selection of old and new. Saw a Shekley book from 1964, classic sci-fi!!

AMAZING! Staff is extremely helpful! Really like shopping here. Great computer system to look up books on your own. Plus the sign outside shows how many books were sold each day! Such a cool vibe!

This is my hidden place when I want to relax and reading books was one of my stress reliever. This place is my new favorite book store. There are new books, old books, and used books all wrapped into a modern store. This Santa Monica store is bustling with activity. Excellent.

Nice design and environment.

Not enough calvin and hobbesbut very clean and good place to find a book

One of the store workers just asked me to leave the store because my TWO MONTHS old baby is not wearing a mask. Me and my partner are wearing a mask. ALL CLIENTS AT THE STORE ARE TOUCHING THE BOOKS and thats OK right... Are they going to wipe down all the books clients touch? It is rediculous how far all this has gone people!

Great prices!

Amazing finds

Love love love this place! Used and new books. Always leave with something in hand

Great selection of books with various categories. Fascinating and great for book lovers like me. Their staffs were helpful too. Ill be back for sure.

Collecting books was my favorite and I love reading as well. This place BookMonster has a great selections of books I love it and it was really nice to have it all if I could. Great service and friendly staff.

Great collection but a little pricey for used books

This is the Half Price Books of Santa Monica. So glad to have found it. Staff is friendly and helpful. I could have stayed all day. Only thing missing is space to sit, read, and have coffee.

Most excellent. Great selection of books. A must stop for readers of all ages. GREAT BOOKS GREAT PRICES

Great customer service

BookMontser bookstore was really great.This place is my new favorite book store. There are new books, old books, and used books all wrapped into a modern store. It was really great visit here.

The only bookstore left in downtown Santa Monica. They have books! No environment, dull. Get in, find what you want...leave. The anti-Barnes & Noble.

One of my favorite bookstores. They have tons of stuff and are affordable ❤🔥

I live in this place so much that I visit here every day while I was in Santa Monica. They got a bunch of used book with clear category and directory. The staff is really helpful. The show me where the book is with gentle.I have found lots of books I cant find in the other stores. In Amazon, I cant be sure about the quality of the book. But in book monster, I can. And that is also the reason why I love to visit the book store so much.

I lived in Santa Monica for a year and was completely obsessed with this place. Not only is the used books section downstairs AMAZING for someone as book obsessed as I am, but they let me bring my puppy- my sidekick- in with me!This place is one of the best bookshops I have ever been in. Now that I moved away, I make special trips up just to go here.

A great selection of books with great pricing. Highly recommended. All of the used books are in great condition. Many of the brand new books have great pricing. Friendly staff and well organized!

A great place to buy and sell your books. Just keep in mind they dont accept all books.

Great selection of books, I just wish they were able to buy more books from sellers. I brought a lot of good titles and only five or six or of fifty were accepted. Kind of a bummer.

2.5 dollars Jane Austen? 4 dollars for the Great Gatsby? Who cares about new books when those guys sell good quality books (as second hand ones) for a third of a price? I dont. Get here and with 20 dollars you can easily get yourself 4 books and the staff is so helpful despite the billion books available in this shop

This place is great. They have a pretty big selection of used books and they’re all in decent shape! The prices are fair and their organization system is really simple to navigate.I usually get business / marketing books here (nerd for that stuff) but they have a lot of cds and novels too!

Wide variety of books and movies. Some used some new all at a great price. Love this place.

Book Monster has a great selection of new and used books, all at an affordable price and with a computer cataloging system that allows for an easy shopping experience. I was able to buy books here used and cheaper than comparable versions online.

They have been withholding a book payment for a month, cant get a response by phone or email despite trying 5 days this week... I got a good book for you guys! Small claims court for dummies😂

Love the store. It is so hard to find a good used bookstore with great selection. Love this place.

Every time Im in town i stop by here. Eclectic for sure but its right up my alley

I really love this book store. I was helped by an associate named James. He was very very knowledgeable about the products. Anything and everything I asked him he knew where it was . I asked james to look up my husbands account because he couldnt remember which Walking Dead books and volumes he had purchaced. James immediately looked it up my espouses account in the computer and found the volumes and single books he was missing. James knowledge and desire to help customers made a difference for us today. I had a PERFECT customer experience. In addition to that, prices are reasonable for everyone one. They have great handy cap access to the store, but most importantly a friendly, professional, inviting, customer service. I would come back always. Enjoy your visit.

Great as always.

So sad that its closing!

- I love going to BookMonster. Whenever I am in LA, I try to go as I can always find all the books on my list plus some. Because of the huge variety and quality I always end up having to put some books back, a problem I have never experienced in other bookstores.- I enjoy finding the books which are all easily located using the shelf markers or using the multiple computers scattered throughout the store which tell you the shelf and level of the book, but I also enjoy going to the bookstore itself. There are no people just standing and reading the books without paying, everyone there is there to buy the books.- One caveat: they are more expensive than amazon when buying new books, I bought The Broken Earth Trilogy from BookMonster for $45 but on amazon, the same set cost $23. However, for the convenience and ease of getting all my books at once, I will continue tohappily return.- They have a solid selection of different manga as well.- None of the used books are of bad quality, and when there are no used book options, they have new books instead for 10% off the listed price.- Another pleasant surprise can be the bags that they give you to carry out the books, one time they were based on books and in full color, the last time, they were monochrome but we got metal book boxes for free as well.

The tiny, but nice atmosphere embrace this books Store. They ha a big choice of beautiful Books! The workers are very kind and helpful! Enjoy the pleasant view of the Santa Monica Blvd well known as 66 Road.

Open and inviting. Knowledgeable and friendly staff. Well organized, well lit. New and used books, CDs, and a few audio books. Relatively small compared to other bookshops, both in floorspace and selection.

Most of the books start from 5$ whats absolutely incredible for their quality in general and great content collection. Highly recommend 👍

Love this joint! Great selection and location! 📚💕

Really wonderful way to step away from the whirlwind of commercial shopping on 3rd St promenade. Loved the atmosphere!

Cute little bookstore with wide range of selections! Very affordable prices of used books and very friendly people. LOVE THIS PLACE

One is my favorite bookstore. I had a lot of books from here. Friendly team. If I could not find some books they helped. Just make a stop here.

I was wandering around Santa Monica this past weekend, and found Book Monster. It is so hard to find a bookstore anymore that I spent an hour and a half just looking around. On a whim, I thought of a book I’d been meaning to read, and the staff member I asked knew exactly where it was, sitting in a special display. The employees were polite and helpful and very knowledgeable. Also, since Book Monster sells used books, too, you can find some unusual selections if you look around a bit.I’ll be back.