Bookstore lineup

Marcus Delaney

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Every good lineup needs depth off the bench, and this is mine. Day job's biotech, night job's trivia, but the real constant is wandering into these shops when the Sox bullpen blows another one and I need to not think about it for an hour. JP guy at heart so Papercuts gets home field advantage, but I'll ride the Red Line or hop a bus for a good shelf anywhere from Harvard Square to the North End. These are the places that always get a hit when I need one.

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Bookstore lineup — 4 items
Name	Store	Neighborhood	Address	City	Specialty	Best For	My take
1Brattle Book Shop	Brattle Book Shop	Downtown Crossing	9 West Street	Boston, MA	Used, rare, and antiquarian books	Hunting down an out-of-print gem	Three floors and an outdoor lot, this place has been doing it since 1825. That's a longer win streak than any team in this town.
2Trident Booksellers & Cafe	Trident Booksellers & Cafe	Back Bay	338 Newbury Street	Boston, MA	New releases plus a full breakfast menu	Browsing with brunch on the side	Books and a short rib hash in the same room, that's an extra-base hit every time. They just added a second floor too, so now there's even more room to strike out trying to pick just one title.
3Papercuts J.P.	Papercuts J.P.	Jamaica Plain	5 Green Street	Boston, MA	Curated indie fiction and poetry	Finding a staff pick you never knew you needed	My neighborhood joint, right by the Green Street T stop. Small shop, big taste, this is my home ballpark and I'm not budging.
4Rozzie Bound Book Co-op	Rozzie Bound Book Co-op	Roslindale	4198 Washington Street	Boston, MA	Community-run new and used books	Supporting a neighborhood co-op	Member-owned, run by people who actually love the game. Feels less like a transaction and more like joining a team.

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