Announcement

We have added a new feature to our website: Online bundles!

Independent Bookstore day is Saturday April 28th. We’re still planning the fun so stay tuned for more information about the day’s events. Here are the IBD exclusives that will be available at Porter Square Books while supplies last.

The holidays are upon us and the rush to get the perfect book for everyone on your list is on. If you are ordering something for the holidays please let us know in the comments so we can prioritize your order. Here is more information about inventory statuses and online shopping for the holidays.

Porter Square Books is very lucky to be able to work with publishers and local authors to make signed books available to you. Here are some of the signed books coming out this Fall that you can preorder now.

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Once again, we’ll be offering a bunch of bookish exclusive items on Independent Bookstore Day. Here’s what you’ll be able to get at PSB only on Saturday, April 29th. There will be limited supplies of all of these items and once they’re gone, they’re gone, so get here early.

The Sandmeyer Reaction by Michael Chabon

We used to know exactly what it meant to be a bookstore in Cambridge, MA. We stocked books, ordered books, talked about books, and hosted book events. We had responsibilities, we had an identity, and even though very little is easy about bookselling, we knew how to be a bookstore. But things changed. Regardless of your political opinions, we are now living in a different and more tumultuous world.

The votes are in and counted and we can now announce the 2016 Porter Square Books of the Year!

The adult winner is Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly. Here is Sarah's original staff pick for the book and here is her very convincing post on why the book deserves this award.

I am perpetually late to the book party.

Due to a long stretch in my life during which I had no idea how to properly live, I forgot that books were fun and reading could be pleasurable and a thing I enjoyed doing. I blame it on high school.

Christopher Boucher teaches writing and literature at Boston College, and is the managing editor of Post Road magazine. He is the author of How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive and Golden Delicious and lives with his wife and two children in Newton, MA.