Best of Boston

Boston magazine named Brookline Booksmith "Best of Boston 2008: Books" in its 2008 "Best of Boston" issue - our 7th win in the past 9 years! We THANK YOU, our customer, for your patronage and for helping to put us on top again! You can read the article by clicking on the image, or - even better - come in, buy a copy of the magazine, and request your favorite bookseller's autograph!

Welcome...

Click here to enter our online store (powered by Indie Bound - formerly Book Sense - a community of independent bookstores), where you can browse myriads of books, bestsellers, past and future events, and more. You can order books* and gift cards to be shipped anywhere or held for you at our store: 279 Harvard St, Brookline, Massachusetts.

If you would prefer to order books by email or phone, please contact russ@brooklinebooksmith.com (or call the store at 617-566-6660) with the specifics of your search and/or needs, and we can do the legwork for you!

And, of course, we always love to see you in person: map

*A note about textbook pricing:
The prices for textbooks listed in the Book Sense database are not always realistic. If we are unable to honor the listed price, we will inform you of any difference so that you can choose whether to confirm or cancel your order.

New! A special page for Brookline Adult & Community Education students...

Click here to visit a new page we've created just for BACE students. You'll see a class list and the required books; there are even links so that you can order the books from our online store! As always, you can choose to have your books shipped to you (which requires prepayment by credit card) or to pick them up in our store at Coolidge Corner.

Newsletter, get your newsletter here

Brookline Booksmith sends weekly newsletters to subscribers via email. We do NOT share our subscriber address list with any other entities. You can subscribe to the newsletter by following the directions below.
To subscribe to B-Mail, the newsletter for our Brookline store, enter your email address below and click on the GO button. Click here to view the current B-Mail.

Exploring the Paths of Brookline

One cornerstone of independent bookselling is community building. To highlight this fact, we're very pleased to announce that the second edition of Exploring the Paths of Brookline by Linda Pehlke is now available. It's a comprehensive, award-winning guide to the pedestrian paths of Brookline. The first edition was one of our bestselling titles and most-requested since going out of print several years ago. This handy pocket-sized guide will enhance your awareness, appreciation, and use of Brookline's unique pedestrian footpath system. A great choice for students!

You can read Linda's series of articles called "Places: Past and Present and In Step" at the Brookline Historical Society website, www.brooklinehistoricalsociety.org.

Linda's insightful commentary on Brookline planning and community issues is available at http://brooklineperspective.blogspot.com. It's an active, concerned, inquisitive, and thoughtful dialogue about what makes our community special and how to keep it that way. She also discusses the ways in which global and national issues touch our lives locally.

Linda is also the founder and president of the Friends of the Minot Rose Garden, a group of volunteers who, together with the Town of Brookline Parks and Open Space Divisions, Brookline GreenSpace Alliance, and Brookline Community Foundation, have restored and maintain the Minot Rose Garden. For more info on the garden, the Friends, or events, see their terrific website, www.minotroses.org.

Brookline Booksmith's Bookclub

Did you know that Brookline Booksmith sponsors a bookclub? You can find their schedule and information about the book they're currently reading and past selections on the Brookline Booksmith Bookclub webpage. To contact our moderator, Sae, email bookclub@brooklinebooksmith.com.

The Brookline Poetry Series

The Brookline Poetry Series has a new website and blog! The url is: http://www.brooklinepoetryseries.com.

You like us! You really like us!

Is it OK to paraphrase a misquoted Oscar acceptance speech..?
Thank you for your votes in the Community Newspapers' 2007 Readers' Choice Awards! You voted us both the #1 Regional Favorite and the #1 Choice in Brookline for Bookstores. You're the best!

2007 Best Place to Buy New and Used Books
AND Best Place to Hear Readings!

Readers of the Boston Phoenix named Brookline Booksmith as 2007's "Best Place to Buy New and Used Books" AND "Best Place to Hear Readings"; THANK YOU for your continued support!

Brookline Booksmith chosen as Editors' Pick for Best Bookstore on CityVoter (formerly the WBZ TV A-list)!

For the second consecutive year Booksmith was chosen as Editors' Pick for Best Bookstore; click here to read all about it.

Booksmith on YouTube

Click the YouTube logo to watch a short video featuring Brookline Booksmith.

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