Boasting 25 bookstores
within walking distance of the famous
campus, Harvard Square in Cambridge is a
virtual utopia for readers of any age and
all walks of life. The popular area
offers a wide range of specialty shops
whose inventory runs the gamut from
out-of-print literature to new age
meditation manuals. The list of
bookstores found in Harvard Square can be
quite overwhelming; we recommend a few
below that offer particularly good
values.
Buck a Book at 30 JFK Street offers special
savings, just as the name
implies.
Harvard
Bookstore at 1256
Massachusetts Avenue is a general
bookseller that features generous
discounts on their "Feature
Fifty."
The Harvard Coop at 1400
Massachusetts Avenue is the
official "college
bookstore" of Harvard and
frequently has good discounts.
How do you get to Harvard
Square to take advantage of these
bargains? The simplest way is the MBTA Red line to the Harvard Square stop;
there are a number of local buses that
also pick up and drop off at the station.
On a day with pleasant weather, we
recommend that you consider taking the
Red line an extra stop to Porter Square
when coming from Boston. The walk down
Massachusetts Avenue to Harvard is about
15 minutes and brings you right into the
thick of things.
