Odyssey Bookshop is a family-run bookstore founded in 1963 and is the major literary hub of Western MA. It is the official Mount Holyoke College Campus Store, located right across the street from the campus, with lots of MHC stuff. The store hosts over 125 events per year, including book readings and author talks, and runs the premier signed First Editions Club. It carries a great variety of interesting books, with a large collection of fiction and also books that are being banned. The staff is sweet, cheerful, understanding, and very strong on customer service. They are super responsive, keep customers posted, and will cheerfully order books. It is the kind of bookstore where folks notice what books you are buying and will start interesting conversations. They are kind, even helping with directions to the elevator and wrapping gift items. The store is an institution with a long history, and it aims to help create and support communities of readers both online and in the shop.
You gotta love a bookstore that has what your looking for AND will make sure to find what you want if they don't have it in stock. Well worth the visit.
March 2026
A cozy and intimate bookstore with a great selection and a friendly and knowledgeable staff.
December 2025
This is such a cool bookstore. I had an event there for my debut book, and I can honestly say that this is one of the coolest bookstores I've found. The booksellers are incredibly nice and knowledgeable. Highly recommend.
