Pegasus Books

Pegasus Books has been an intellectual pillar of Berkeley since 1971, embodying the city's fierce commitment to free inquiry, progressive values, and the life of the mind. The Solano Avenue location is the flagship, a generously sized store where new releases share space with a remarkable used books collection that benefits from the constant intellectual churn of one of the world's great university towns. The philosophy section is extraordinary, with used copies of essential texts turning up at prices that make graduate students weep with gratitude, while the political theory shelves reflect Berkeley's activist heritage with titles spanning the full spectrum of progressive thought. The academic section is fed by UC Berkeley's faculty, whose publications and recommendations keep the shelves stocked with cutting-edge scholarship. The rare books cabinet holds signed first editions and unusual finds that the staff's expert buying eye has rescued from estate sales and personal collections. Pegasus is the bookstore that Berkeley deserves: serious, eclectic, and unapologetically intellectual.