House of Our Own Books: A historic two-floor haven for used books amid Spruce Street mansions.
House of Our Own Books is a two-floor used bookstore housed in a historic residence on 3920 Spruce St, Philadelphia. Shelves line the walls and titles are organized by genre, with a broad, affordable selection praised by guests. The shop is celebrated for friendly, knowledgeable staff (notably Debbie) and its historic ties, including a connection to Lin Huiyin and photos on display.
3920 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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A wide selection of pre-owned books across various genres, organized by subject for easy browsing.
Knowledgeable staff, including owner Debbie, helps locate specific titles or recommends books based on your interests.
If we don't have a book in stock, we'll take your information and help you find it elsewhere.
Explore the Victorian mansion's history, including its connection to architect Lin Huiyin, with photos on display.
Reasonable prices on all books, making it easy to build your collection without breaking the bank.
Overall rating
Isabella Wang
christine rivera
My son wanted to visit this bookstore and loved the variety of books as well as locating used books no longer in publishing. He will be back.
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Saku Klein
This is an absolutely wonderful bookstore. It is my go to, to find all sorts of books in a hurry. Especially in the fields of Sociology and Anthropolgy, but they have a vast collection in many, many fields.
Lydia Host
The best book store in Philadelphia, bar none. Eclectic and packed, as a book store should be. The owners are true book lovers and great conversationalists. I always find something I’ve never heard of
Tony F
My son goes through books like a horse eats hay so we have to make regular pilgrimages to used bookstores to keep his appetite for the written word sated. House of Our Own is located amid a row of large Victorian mansions on Spruce Street, most of which have been converted to University of Pennsylvania fraternity houses. The large, labyrinthine house is a wonderful setting for a bookstore with bookshelves covering the walls and paperbacks stacked high on tables and every available surface. The house was a temporary residence of Lin Huiyin, who studied architecture at Penn and went on to become one of China's most celebrated architects. There is a collection of photographs of her on the ground floor. We found a lot of great books for my kids at very reasonable prices.
