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A Book Lover’s Guide to Boston’s Bookstores

Elizabeth Maher • September 14, 2025

Calling all bookworms! The Boston area is heaven-on-earth for readers, with bookstores—both viral favorites and hidden gems—peeking around every corner. But with so many options, where should you begin? As a book lover myself, here’s my list of some unique bookstores to hit up this fall.

Author Sam Farmer Talks Ableism and Self-Esteem at Newton Book Talk

Liam Davenport • September 19, 2024

Author Sam Farmer talked about his experiences with autism and his book in an event at Newton Free Library Wednesday night.

Dear BC, I’m Just Doing It for the Plot

Mary Perez • April 13, 2023

Through my desire to have an exciting plot, I have met amazing people who never make my life boring. I’ve faced challenges in my “plot” that tested my limits, but they ultimately helped me experience the world.

BC Professor Provides Inside Look at Criminal Profiling in New Book

Amy Palmer and Beth Verghese • January 14, 2022

Ann Wolbert Burgess explores these notorious serial killers, various other cases, and her career as a forensic psychiatric nurse with the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit (BSU) in her new book, A Killer By Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind.

Gabrielle Oliveira Tells the Stories Between the Statistics

Andrea Pita • October 28, 2018

“She’s brought a much-needed visibility to anthropology as a sort of important field that attunes us in education around the people and movement in the context … of all the work we do,” said John Wargo.