San Francisco Book Tour

Discover The City's Best Bookstores!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: 

  • Use your Transit App to find the best routes on public transit
  • Solve three riddles to figure out the verification points
  • Snap a pic of your Cal ID at each point
  • Submit your photos, riddle answers, and a screen shot of your Clipper App to win our prize.

Starting Point: Downtown Berkeley BART

Destination #1:

Book Passage

Use the location below in your Transit App to find which BART line you should take to San Francisco. 

Walk 10 minutes from Embarcadero Street Station and find the shop right off the water inside the Ferry Building. 


Transit App Location: SF Ferry Building


Riddle #1: 

Alfred Hitchcock's warning writ large--do this at your own risk!


Destination #2:

City Lights Books

Take Muni to Columbus and Broadway. Enter the location below in your Transit App for the best route. 

If you are feeling adventurous (and the weather is nice) you can walk across town. It will take about 21 minutes. 


Transit App Location: City Lights Books


Riddle #2:

Hidden inside these might be the shortest books possible. 


Destination #3:

Browser Books

Take Muni to Browser Books on Fillmore Street. The trip should be about 25 minutes. 

Enter the location below in your Transit App for the best route: 


Transit App Location: Browser Books


Riddle #3:

Find the capital city hidden outside. 


End Point: Browser Books

Getting Home: 

Once you've explored all three spots, use your Transit App to get yourself home.

  • If you get lost check out our FAQ's on what to do
  • It can take time to get back to Berkeley; bring a friend and a book to pass the time
  • Don't forget to have fun and take pictures! 

Ready to verify?

Fill out the form linked here.