Beach Town Books

Beach Town Books A friendly, peaceful, clean & organized, new & used bookstore. Discover a book you can’t put down! Open Every Day 10-6pm.
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OPEN LATE on Friday and Saturday until 8pm! Beach Town Books is a charming, locally owned, independent, new & used bookstore in the heart of San Clemente. Thoughtfully curated shelves invite you to explore hidden gems, beloved authors and popular new releases - the kind of place where the stories have a way of finding you. A cozy alternative to big-box bookstores like Barnes & Noble, Beach Town Books is especially loved by students and readers searching for quality used books at discounted prices - all in a warm, welcoming space near downtown shops, restaurants and the pier.

10/04/2026

Spooky reading season is here! Not sure where to start? Pop in and check out our mystery blind dates. Read the clues and see if something intrigues you…💀🕸️

Our Mystery Blind Date Books are wrapped, clued, and waiting for you. Dark academia. Revenge. Wedding thrillers. Suspicious in-laws.

Come find your match this spooky season 🖤

📍 Beach Town Books — San Clemente, CA

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10/03/2026

Every book has its reader. 😊📖

Come explore the shelves and see what book has been waiting for you to pick it up, read through a few of its pages and be chosen as “the one” you want to take home.

Take your time. There’s a match for everyone. 📖💕

99 Avenida Serra
San Clemente

Saturday was made for this - wandering the aisles, reaching for a book just to see what’s inside, staying way longer tha...
10/03/2026

Saturday was made for this - wandering the aisles, reaching for a book just to see what’s inside, staying way longer than you planned. No algorithm telling you what to read next. Just you and whatever finds you. Come by. 🌊📚

99 Avenida Serra
San Clemente

10/01/2026

POV: you're a used book at Beach Town Books, just waiting for the right person to wander down your aisle. 👀📖

Honestly, the best way to find your next read is to let it find you. Come into town, pick up a coffee from a local shop and head over to browse the bookstore in San Clemente. It’s beachy. It’s charming. And we've got a whole lot of stories here for you!

October is on its way and it calls for worlds you can disappear into.Sanderson, time travel, cozy magic, YA fantasy-Your...
09/30/2026

October is on its way and it calls for worlds you can disappear into.

Sanderson, time travel, cozy magic, YA fantasy-Your fall reading stack is ready.

Titles like these are on the floor right now at Beach Town Books. Pop over to explore the shelves and see what books find you.

09/29/2026

The experience of the bookstore is calling you📖🎶

The sound of bags being stamped and filled, soft music floating through the aisles, the smell of fresh ink and aged paper, the antipication you feel when a cover that catches your eye stirs your curiosity, the weight of a book as you pull it from the shelf and hold it in your hand, turning the pages into a whole new world…

Yep. There's so much to enjoy at Beach Town Books. Today's a good day to explore.😉

Some lines stay with you forever. "I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even if they dr...
09/28/2026

Some lines stay with you forever.

"I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even if they dress in rags even it they aren't prett or smart, or young. They're still princesses."

👑 Happy Monday! Can you name this book? Drop your guess below, then come wander the aisles and see if you can find it on our shelves.

When you open a vintage book, you don’t just read a story, you step into the world it came from-the smell of the pages, ...
09/27/2026

When you open a vintage book, you don’t just read a story, you step into the world it came from-the smell of the pages, the worn spine, the handwriting of someone who held it before you.

These are the books that find you when you wander our aisles.

It’s a lovely San Clemente day to come see what’s here for you to discover. 📖

09/26/2026

📚 It's lovely in San Clemente and it’s the perfect beachtown-kind-of-day made for wandering into a bookstore.🌊

Stroll the aisles and pull something off the shelf. Read the back, flip some pages and let a book find you. That's the fun of discovery at Beach Town Books.

Used books are 1/2 price and when you buy three, you get the 4th used book for free! (Makes that TBR pile easy and inexpensive to stack. 😉)

09/26/2026

📚 It's a lovely San Clemente weekend and it’s the perfect beachtown-kind-of-day made for wandering into a bookstore.🌊

Stroll the aisles and pull something off the shelf. Read the back, flip some pages and let a book find you. That's the fun of discovery at Beach Town Books.

Used books are 1/2 price and when you buy three, you get the 4th used book for free! (Makes that TBR pile easy and inexpensive to stack. 😉)

Visiting Ohana Fest in Dana Point? We're just down the coast! Stop in before or between your favorite bands!

Address

99 Avenida Serra
San Clemente, CA
92672

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 8pm
Saturday 10am - 8pm
Sunday 10am - 6pm

Telephone

+19494921114

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