One of the Cape’s several fabulous independent bookstores, the Brewster Book Store (in Brewster) offers a wide and deep selection, with rich Cape Cod and children’s sections. Keep an eye on frequent book signings and catch readings from local and national authors.
Long before it won the equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize for children’s bookstores in 2002, the excellent Eight Cousins Children’s Books in Falmouth enjoyed broad and deep roots in the community. It was named for one of Louisa May Alcott’s lesser-known works. Your inner child will exalt in the selections here, even if you don’t have kids to bring along...
Herridge Books in Wellfleet is housed in a quaint building and it’s a throwback to a time when musty, chaotic bookstores were great places to lose an hour or two as you poke around for treasures. The staff is knowledgeable and will help you find what you didn’t know you were looking for among the stacks and piles of used...
Jim Visbeck offers more than 60,000 antiquarian, first edition, and slightly used books, including books for children at Isaiah Thomas Books and Prints in Barnstable (the village of Cotuit to be precise). They’re divided by age group and interest. He also offers appraisals, search services, and archival materials. A marvelous place to get lost.
The husband and wife team of Janis and Don have presided over their small but worthy Main Street Books in Orleans since 2006.
Walk into Parnassus Books and you enter a delicious chaos of books. Boxes, shelves, floorboards, tables — they’re all filled with books. There are even shelves outside, available for purchase 24/7 — just tuck the money in the door. A visit here is less about finding a specific book than it is about a book finding you, and the treasure...
The International Booksellers Federation considers Titcomb’s Book Shop one of the 50 unique bookshops in the world, and for good reason. The Titcomb family has been in the book biz since 1969 and their passion for books of all kinds enlivens every inch of this three-story barn-shop. Hundreds of yards of handmade shelves hold more than 30,000 new, used, and rare...
When you get a new book, the first thing you want to do is curl up next to a fire with a nice cuppa and read. Well, you don’t have to go home to do that. At Where the Sidewalk Ends, a fiercely independent bookshop, you can cozy up to the fireplace or sit outdoors in the sun, grab yourself...
Many independent bookstores take some pride in cultivating a nearly claustrophobic atmosphere where the desire for books overcomes the need for personal space. Here, in the uncluttered atmosphere of Yellow Umbrella Books, you feel as though you have enough time and space to linger awhile. A low-key wealth of new and used, rare, and out-of-print books invites you to do...