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Locally Owned. Independently Run. Since 1932. Harvard Book Store is an independently run bookstore serving the greater Cambridge area.
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The bookstore is located in Harvard Square and has been family-owned since 1932. We are known for our award-winning author series and for an extraordinary selection of new, used, and remainder books.

10/11/2026

This week with Harvard Book Store at the Brattle Theatre:

📚️ Oct. 13
Acclaimed journalist Anand Giridharadas discusses Man in the Mirror: Hope, Struggle, and Belonging in an American City with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Díaz.

📚️ Oct. 14
Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Ayad Akhtar discusses The Radiance, a visionary novel of spiritual transformation in an age of fracture. He will be joined in conversation by Indira Lakshmanan, co-host of NPR & WBUR's Here & Now.

📍 40 Brattle Street Cambridge, MA 02138
🎟️ Get tickets at harvard.com/events

10/09/2026

Bonnie Garmus—New York Times bestselling author of the global sensation Lessons in Chemistry—is back with Peck & Peck, a delightful and tender literary novel set in the publishing world of 1980s New York City. Bonnie joins us at First Parish Church on October 24th to discuss Peck & Peck with award-winning author Daphne Kalotay. Get your tickets now.

📆 Sat, 10/24 at 7PM
📍 1446 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138
🎟️ Get tickets at harvard.com

10/07/2026

Very good books. 📚

Our Warehouse Sale is back, and it's our pleasure to extend the invitation. Join us October 24–25 at our Needham warehouse for publisher remainders, academic reads, uncommon finds, and plenty of books to add to your TBR.

Frequent Buyer Program members get early access Friday, October 23, from 4–7 PM.

📍 330 Reservoir Street, Needham
📅 October 23–25

10/06/2026

This Banned Books Week, we’re celebrating the freedom to read—and helping make sure more people have access to books.

Harvard Book Store is pleased to partner with the Prison Book Program, which sends books and print resources to incarcerated people. You can support their work by shopping from the Prison Book Program’s wishlist on harvard.com.

📚 October 4–10
🔗 Find the Prison Book Program wishlist at harvard.com

10/02/2026

Make way for turkeys. Harvard Square’s most distinguished visitors have arrived. We assume they’re here for the books.

10/01/2026

Harvard Book Store is looking for booksellers to staff our newly announced second location in historic downtown Boston. Come work with books, readers, and the people who make our bookstore what it is.

See the full job descriptions and apply through our Employment page on harvard.com.

09/28/2026

Signed copies of Andy Beshear’s Go and Do Likewise have arrived at Harvard Book Store. Pick up your signed copy while they last.

09/26/2026

The countdown to Threshing Day begins. Join us at Harvard Book Store for a midnight release party celebrating the next book in Rebecca Yarros’ blockbuster Empyrean series.

Buy tickets at harvard.com/events.

09/25/2026

It’s officially fall, and we’ve got autumnal picks for every reading mood at Harvard Book Store. Swipe through and find yours.

09/24/2026

Melissa is back again with another publisher pick: World Scientific Publishing.

Address

1256 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
02138

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 10pm
Tuesday	9am - 10pm
Wednesday	9am - 10pm
Thursday	9am - 10pm
Friday	9am - 10pm
Saturday	9am - 10pm
Sunday	10am - 9pm

Telephone

+16176611515

Website

http://harvard.com/

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