1114 21st Street (between L & K streets)
Sacramento, CA 95811 // USA
phone: 916-447-5696
email: info@timetestedbooks.net


Store Hours:
**MASKS STILL REQUIRED** CURRENT BROWSING HOURS (October 2022) Mon-Fri 1pm-6pm // Sat 11am-5pm // Sun 11am-3pm
PLEASE CALL 916-447-5696 FOR CURBSIDE PICKUP AND/OR DELIVERY

Saturday, July 1, 2023

July 2023 Update

 *MASKS STILL ENCOURAGED & PROVIDED AT FRONT DOOR🙏

BROWSING: Mon-Fri 1pm-6pm / Sat 11am-5pm / Sun 11am-3pm

BOOK-BUYING BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.

PLEASE CALL US WITH ANY QUESTIONS.
 
TAKE CARE & BE WELL. 💚TTB

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

"Don't Panic!" BUT....

*MASKS STILL REQUIRED*

BROWSING: Mon-Fri 1pm-6pm / Sat 11am-5pm / Sun 11am-3pm

DUE TO LIMITED STAFF & UNLIMITED UNCERTAINTY,
BUSINESS HOURS MAY FLUCTUATE DAY-TO-DAY.
PLEASE CALL US WITH ANY QUESTIONS. 
SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.
TAKE CARE & BE WELL. 💜TTB

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Time to catch up on that to-read pile...

It is with major regret (but also serious consideration) that we announce this: Time Tested Books is closed to browsing--for now!--while we wait for this COVID-19 nightmare to run its course….

MEANWHILE: We'll be taking orders by phone (916-447-5696) and/or email (info@timetestedbooks.net), and we’ll be offering FREE shipping where possible. (We can also arrange delivery and/or pickup options: just ask!)

Really, folks: stay home, read books, wash your hands and take care of each other.💞

Friday, March 13, 2020

Don't panic! BUT...

DUE TO LIMITED STAFF & UNLIMITED UNCERTAINTY,
BUSINESS HOURS MAY FLUCTUATE DAY-TO-DAY.
PLEASE CALL US WITH ANY QUESTIONS. 
SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.
TAKE CARE & BE WELL.  -TTB

Monday, January 13, 2020

Looking for a great gift..?

Time Tested Bucks make great gifts! 😉

Time Tested Books is proud to present our unique take on the gift certificate. We call them Time Tested Bucks, and you can put different denominations together in any amount for a clever, individualized gift--suitable for any occasion... (Click here to purchase online.)

Time Tested Bucks can be used to purchase new or used books and records, and can be applied to special orders. They are available in $50$20$10$5$2, and $1 denominations--each featuring an original drawing of a literary legend rendered by Sacramento artist Miriam Davis.

Stuff a stocking, tuck some into a birthday card, or slip them into books when you pass them along... Good book karma 👍


$50 James Joyce


Gift certificates are good for the purchase of 

new or used books and records, and they can be 

applied to special orders.


$20 Joan Didion




$10 Toni Morrison 


You can make your gift certificate purchase in the store, or call us and we can process your order over the phone.

You can also purchase gift certificates using Paypal (click here). We'll mail them directly to whomever you choose....


$5 Emily Dickinson

$2 Mark Twain

>>>CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE ONLINE VIA PAYPAL

Monday, January 6, 2020

Elizabeth Varadan reading/signing 'Deadly Vintage' - January 19th




Time Tested Books 
is pleased to welcome back
Elizabeth Varadan
reading / signing / Q&A
Deadly Vintage

Sunday, January 19th, 3:00pm
Elizabeth Varadan’s latest thriller is a classic whodunit murder mystery. Carla Bass, an interior decorator and wannabe sleuth, moves to Braga, Portugal for her husband’s career. When a nervous wine seller accidentally slips a bottle of Port into Carla’s bag, she later attempts to return it to him--only to find his body slumped behind the counter. Unable to leave the country, Carla must crack the case herself before she becomes the next victim of the criminal conspiracy.

“This is a fine tale of mayhem and the setting is almost palpable, a heartfelt look at Portugal, plus the glorious tastes, including a tawny Port.  For a tense, twisty mystery and a sample of Portugal, Deadly Vintage hits all the taste buds!”
--Michele Drier, author of The Kandesky Vampire Chronicles and The Stained Glass Mysteries

“With straightforward prose and a compelling main character, Deadly Vintage is a solid mystery for anyone who enjoys good storytelling told right.”
--Mark Noce, author of the Queen Branwen series


Elizabeth Varadan is a former teacher who writes children’s fiction, poetry, and adult mysteries. She is a fan of both Sherlock Holmes and Edgar Allan Poe. (“The Raven” is one of her favorite poems.) Her previous stories and flash fiction have appeared in several literary magazines. Imogene and the Case of the Missing Pearls, a middle grade mystery featuring Sherlock Holmes, was published in 2015 by MX Publishing. Her short story, “Kidnapped” was included in the 2016 Sherlock Holmes-related story collection, Beyond Watson, by Belanger Books, and in 2018, Belanger Books published her children’s book Carnival of the Animals. A new story, “What the Raven Knew,” involving both Poe and Holmes, will be included in a forthcoming story collection by Belanger Books.

Deadly Vintage, released in November 2019 by Belanger Books, is her first cozy mystery for adults and is set in Braga, Portugal, a city she and her husband travel to frequently.

This event is FREE & all are welcome

Thursday, September 26, 2019

John Freeman & Christian Kiefer - November 26th




Time Tested Books 
is pleased to welcome back
John Freeman in conversation with Christian Kiefer

Dictionary of the Undoing

Tuesday, November 26th, 7:00pm



For John Freeman—literary critic, essayist, editor, poet, “one of the preeminent book people of our time” (Dave Eggers)—it is the rare moment when words are not enough. But in the wake of the election of 2016, words felt useless, even indulgent. Action was the only reasonable response. He took to the streets in protest, and the sense of community and collective conviction felt right. But the assaults continued—on citizens’ rights and long-held compacts, on the core principles of our culture and civilization, and on our language itself. Words seemed to be losing the meanings they once had and Freeman was compelled to return to their defense. The result is his Dictionary of the Undoing.

From A to Z, “Agitate” to “Zygote,” Freeman assembled the words that felt most essential, most potent, and began to build a case for their renewed power and authority, each word building on the last. The message that emerged was not to retreat behind books, but to emphatically engage in the public sphere, to redefine what it means to be a literary citizen.

With an afterword by Valeria Luiselli, Dictionary of the Undoing is a necessary, resounding cri de coeur in defense of language, meaning, and our ability to imagine, describe, and build a better world.

“All [of John Freeman’s] projects feel like an invitation to enter into a polyphonic, multi-voiced conversation with other minds. Dictionary of the Undoing is no different. It is a book that makes you think, then rethink. It invites you to engage with it, to refute it, to contribute to it.” —VALERIA LUISELLI

Freeman's: California
Freeman's is the brainchild of literary critic and writer John Freeman. Collecting fiction, essays, and poetry from some of the best-known writers around the world and from new voices, Freeman's is a cross between a journal and an anthology--essential for any reader of modern writing.

A stunning tribute to his home state, Freeman's: California gathers work from some of the world's best storytellers, including Tommy Orange, Rabih Alameddine, and Rachel Kushner. This issue also includes shorts by Yiyun Li and Jaime Cortez, poetry by Mai Der Vang and Maggie Millner, fiction by Karen Tei Yamashita, and nonfiction from Reyna Grande and Geoff Dyer. Like Granta's Chicago issue, California paints a vivid portrait of our most populous state, rebuilding after a series of fires and droughts and making a home for a community of writers from around the world.

John Freeman is the editor of Freeman's, a literary annual of new writing. His books include How to Read a Novelist and The Tyranny of E-mail, as well as Tales of Two Americas, an anthology of new writing about inequality in the U.S. today. Maps, his debut collection of poems, was published in 2017. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages and has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and The New York Times. The former editor of Granta and one-time president of the National Book Critics Circle, he is currently Artist-in-Residence at New York University. (J.F. photo by Deborah Treisman)


Christian Kiefer is the author of the novels Phantoms (Liveright 2019), The Animals (Liveright 2015), and The Infinite Tides (Bloomsbury 2013), and has been an active songwriter, musician, and poet for a number of years. His work has appeared in Zyzzyva, Santa Monica Review, and Catamaran Literary Reader amongst others. He serves on the faculty of American River College in Sacramento and lives in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada with his family.


This event is FREE & all are welcome