Time Tested Books has provided the Sacramento area with quality literature since 1981. Over 25 years we have built an excellent selection of books, a stock of tens of thousands of volumes and hundreds of records. In 2007, we underwent a huge remodel and now have a store that is both attractive and spacious. We do author signings, lectures, and musical events, too.

We are located at 1114 - 21st Street, in Midtown Sacramento, between K & L Streets. Our phone number is (916) 447-5696. We can be reached via email at info@timetestedbooks.net

Our hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. We are open late on Second Saturday and on afternoons and evenings when we are hosting an event.

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Coming Events

Monday, June 30, 7 p.m.
Stephen Kessler & Jeff Knorr
The Sacramento Poetry Center presents a night of poetry.
Donation requested.

Tuesday, July 15, 7 p.m.
Jeffrey St. Clair
The author of Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs & the Press,
as well as co-editor - with Alexander Cockburn - of CounterPunch,
will give a talk about his new books, Born Under a Bad Sky and Red State Rebels.

Friday, July 18, 8 p.m.
Peter Walker
An evening with the legendary guitarist and folk musician.
Admission charged at door.

Friday, July 25, 7 p.m.
Gene Baur
Animal rights activist Gene Baur will be talking about his recent book,
Farm Sanctuary:  Changing Hearts & Minds about Animals & Food.

Saturday, August 30, 7:30 p.m.
Norman Fischer
 The author of "Taking Our Places" and founder of the Everyday Zen Foundation,
will talk about his new book "Sailing Home,"
as well as other matters pertaining to Zen.


Books for all events can be ordered in advance.

All events are free unless otherwise noted.


Past Events
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2008
June 29               George Lakoff, author of The Political Mind and Whose Freedom?
June 1                  Bruce Anderson, editor of the Anderson Valley Advertiser.
May 4                  Gustavo Arellano, author of Ask a Mexican!
April 10               Alice Fong on her art as featured at the Chinese Historical Society of America Museum in San Francisco<>
March 12            Doug Biggert on Hitch–Hikers
February 13       Music with Tetuzi Akiyama

2007
November 17    Music with Six Organs of Admittance
November 14     Kenneth C. Burt, author of The Search for a Civic Voice: California Latino Politics
November 9       Music with Jack Rose & Dead Western<>
November 8       William Burg, author of Sacramento's Southside Park
October 21         Guastavo Arellano, author of Ask a Mexican!
October 17         Col. Ann Wright, author of DISSENT
September 2       Ruthanne Lum McCunn, author of God of Luck
September 9       Art Shapiro, author of Field Guide to Butterflies of the San Francisco Bay & Sacramento Valley Regions
 August 22           Mary Mackey, author of The Notorious Mrs. Wilson
June 13              "Dishwasher Pete" Jordan, author of Dishwasher
May 23               Francisco Dominguez presents The Border
May 6                 Shawna Yang Ryan, author of Locke 1928
March 19           Joe Boyd, author of White Bicycles