Walden Pond Books

05/30/2026

Come find Walden Pond at the Bay Area Book Festival this Sunday 5/31! We’ll be selling books and hosting signings in conjunction with five awesome author panels in Berkeley. You can find the full festival program at the link in our bio!

05/28/2026

Join us this Sunday, May 31 at the Bay Area Book Festival! Walden Pond Books will be hosting author signing events all day at the Marsh Theatre, 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley. FIVE PROGRAMS! SEVENTEEN AUTHORS! HUNDREDS OF BOOKS!

05/25/2026

We now have SIGNED COPIES of Chandra Lynn’s new book “Root to Rise” ! Get your copy today 🥰

04/24/2026

You'll be glad you visited Walden Pond Books this Saturday and Sunday! Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day, but we're celebrating ALL WEEKEND with our biggest sale ever!

25% OFF ALL USED BOOKS

03/30/2026

March 30: Anna Sewell's birthday
Hailed as "the most influential anti-cruelty novel of all time", Anna Sewell's "Black Beauty" spawned an entire genre of books narrated by animals. Including George Orwell's "Animal Farm" and Richard Adams' "Watership Down", the list of works directly influenced by Anna Sewell's only published novel now seems endless and still continues to grow.

Check out Black Beauty - Black Beauty is a handsome, sweet-tempered c**t with a strong spirit. As a young c**t he is free to gallop in the fresh green meadows with his beloved mother, Duchess, and their kind master. But when his owners are forced to sell him, Black Beauty goes from a life of comfort...