Textbooks for Spring 2025

We work directly with your professors to provide the textbooks they require.  Go here Find Textbooks  to see what you are going to need.   We sell new, used and digital formats. We also rent some textbooks for the semester.  If you order from our online store, you can choose to have your books sent to the mailroom or pick them up in the store.  The Pioneer Bookshop is the official bookstore of Grinnell College. Plus, all your hard earned money stays in the community.  We are your bookstore, in downtown Grinnell, with people you know.

Bookstore Holiday Break Hours

Grinnell College offices are closing for Winter Break.  Here are the Pioneer Bookshop Hours:

Monday, Dec. 23, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Closed December 24 through January 1   (Online orders will not be fulfilled unitl January 2, 2025)

You have a $300 Textbooks Advance Each Semester

We know you have a lot of expenses at the beginning of the term.  We want to help you spread out the cost of your textbooks.  We now offer Textbook Advances! INTEREST FREE!  If you are a Grinnell College student, you have been given $300.00 to use on your purchase of textbooks (only textbooks).  You must use it by the last day to add/drop a course. The amount you use will be added to your tuition bill and must be paid before the next term.  When ordering online, choose Textbook Advance at Checkout.  Remember, you can only use this on textbooks.  If you add a sweatshirt, you will need to also provide a credit card.