Written by Eduarda Zanoni

Another year has come and gone and the season to make new goals for the year is upon us. Make reading a New Year’s resolution with the help of these charming bookstores in Boston:

1. Trident Booksellers & Cafe | 338 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02115

   • Indie bookstore and cafe offering an all-day breakfast menu.

2. Brattle Book Shop | 9 West St, Boston, MA 02111

   • One of the U.S.’s oldest and largest used bookstores.

3. Boston Athenaeum | 10-½ Beacon St, Boston, MA 02108 

   • One of the country’s oldest independent libraries offering a $40 day pass (all ages) or a $310 annual membership to persons under 40.

4. Brookline Booksmith | 279 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446

   • Family-owned bookshop stocking used and new books, and gifts.

5. All She Wrote Books | 451 Artisan Way, Somerville, MA 02145

   • Independent bookseller that only offers a selection of female, queer, and non-binary authors.

6. Commonwealth Books | 9 Spring Lane, Boston, MA 02109

   • Located Downtown, this bookstore has a wide inventory of used books dating back 500 years as well as ephemera items– prints, engravings, and antique maps.

7. Posman Books | 127 Newbury St., Boston, MA 02116

   • A chain-bookstore designed with the local community in mind.

8. Tres Gatos | 470 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

   • Full-service restaurant, book, and music store in the Greater Boston area.

9. Harvard Book Store | 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138

   • Locally-owned, independently-run bookstore in Cambridge offering new and used books, as well as Harvard University gifts.

10. Little Free Library | Various locations across different Boston Neighborhoods

    • Take a book, share a book:  non-profit books-sharing boxes around Boston

Hopefully, this list has inspired you to take up reading this new year. Happy New Year and Happy Reading!