Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston
@portersqbooks.bsky.social
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We're a fiercely independent bookstore with locations in Cambridge & Boston. On BlueSky we focus on introducing you to books & authors you're unlikely to encounter otherwise. Here are the books we're excited about at the moment!
We're a fiercely independent bookstore with locations in Cambridge & Boston. On BlueSky we focus on introducing you to books & authors you're unlikely to encounter otherwise. Here are the books we're excited about at the moment!
Also, Sam has assured us that he has put together the absolute best Xmas music playlist humanly possible. (Which, you know, far from the best music playlist possible, but, you gotta do the best with the season)
Happy First Saturday in December to all who celebrate! Be nice to your retail workers. Wish them comfortable shoes!
December 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Also, Sam has assured us that he has put together the absolute best Xmas music playlist humanly possible. (Which, you know, far from the best music playlist possible, but, you gotta do the best with the season)
Happy First Saturday in December to all who celebrate! Be nice to your retail workers. Wish them comfortable shoes!
December 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Happy First Saturday in December to all who celebrate! Be nice to your retail workers. Wish them comfortable shoes!
It's Friday, December 5 and 2025 Holiday shopping will be no easier thank it is right now
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
It's Friday, December 5 and 2025 Holiday shopping will be no easier thank it is right now
Hi #BookSky! Friend of the store R.F. Kuang stopped by yesterday & signed a bunch of copies of her books! You can ordered signed copies from our website! Start with this gross URL: portersquarebooks.com/search?type=...
December 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Hi #BookSky! Friend of the store R.F. Kuang stopped by yesterday & signed a bunch of copies of her books! You can ordered signed copies from our website! Start with this gross URL: portersquarebooks.com/search?type=...
If you can't make it into the store or can't chat with us on here for some reason, we've put together this big old list of recommendations. Tons of recs for tons of different readers!
Book Recommendations TREE
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December 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
If you can't make it into the store or can't chat with us on here for some reason, we've put together this big old list of recommendations. Tons of recs for tons of different readers!
Just a reminder to #BookSky that you are ALWAYS welcome to hit us up for recommendatioms, just sometimes it'll take awhile for us to get back to you
Hey, @portersqbooks.bsky.social libromancers: I have a holiday gift request for a book "like Freakonomics or The Tipping Point, but good." I'm flummoxed. Any ideas?
December 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Just a reminder to #BookSky that you are ALWAYS welcome to hit us up for recommendatioms, just sometimes it'll take awhile for us to get back to you
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Happy Friday! Let's celebrate with a merch drop! (I don't know if anyone really "celebrates" with a merch drop, but I'm excited)
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Official AABB Merch. Perfect to wear while fighting book bans. Great for school board meetings, conferences, marching for our rights, and annoying THAT neighbor. You know the one. Show off your love o...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Happy Friday! Let's celebrate with a merch drop! (I don't know if anyone really "celebrates" with a merch drop, but I'm excited)
We closed early for a staff meeting tonight, but after that it's holiday hours time! 7AM-9PM during the week 8AM-8PM on weekends!
December 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
We closed early for a staff meeting tonight, but after that it's holiday hours time! 7AM-9PM during the week 8AM-8PM on weekends!
Winners Take All: portersquarebooks.com/book/9781101...
Dawn of Everything: portersquarebooks.com/book/9781250...
Enshittification portersquarebooks.com/book/9780374...
Dawn of Everything: portersquarebooks.com/book/9781250...
Enshittification portersquarebooks.com/book/9780374...
Hey, @portersqbooks.bsky.social libromancers: I have a holiday gift request for a book "like Freakonomics or The Tipping Point, but good." I'm flummoxed. Any ideas?
December 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Winners Take All: portersquarebooks.com/book/9781101...
Dawn of Everything: portersquarebooks.com/book/9781250...
Enshittification portersquarebooks.com/book/9780374...
Dawn of Everything: portersquarebooks.com/book/9781250...
Enshittification portersquarebooks.com/book/9780374...
We're back! At least for now!
Looks like a bot swarm on our credit card processing triggered a transaction limit. You should still be able to check out via PayPal or give us a call.
We're having some trouble with online orders right now but are working on it!
December 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
We're back! At least for now!
Looks like a bot swarm on our credit card processing triggered a transaction limit. You should still be able to check out via PayPal or give us a call.
We're having some trouble with online orders right now but are working on it!
December 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Looks like a bot swarm on our credit card processing triggered a transaction limit. You should still be able to check out via PayPal or give us a call.
We're having some trouble with online orders right now but are working on it!
December 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We're having some trouble with online orders right now but are working on it!
FYI We will be closing early at 630 today for a final pre holidays staff meeting! Please imagine your preferred King Theoden facing the hordes gif
December 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
FYI We will be closing early at 630 today for a final pre holidays staff meeting! Please imagine your preferred King Theoden facing the hordes gif
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Got friends & family coming over for the holidays this year? Prep postcards with a stamp & a message to support the right to read legislation that's currently in the House for them to send to their Representatives.
December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Got friends & family coming over for the holidays this year? Prep postcards with a stamp & a message to support the right to read legislation that's currently in the House for them to send to their Representatives.
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Oh forgot to mention that the @portersqbooks.bsky.social recommendation below, inspired by my second-favorite band, lived up to the recommendation. Combines "My Name is Mud" and bits of The Fisherman Chronicles.
You know what. I'm feeling McGlue for Primus portersquarebooks.com/book/9780525...
December 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Oh forgot to mention that the @portersqbooks.bsky.social recommendation below, inspired by my second-favorite band, lived up to the recommendation. Combines "My Name is Mud" and bits of The Fisherman Chronicles.
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We’re so lucky that @portersqbooks.bsky.social arrived at University Hall at Lesley. Not only is the book selection amazing, the chocolate chip cookies at Page and Leaf cafe make the space even cozier.
If you haven't visited us at 1815 Mass Ave yet, or if it's been awhile since you have, here is a tour of the space! It took a bit to figure it out, but we love the combination of bright open spaces, cozy hidden corners, & comfy places to sit that we've created in this much larger space.
Porter Square Books on Instagram: "If you haven't visited us at 1815 Mass Ave yet, or if it's been awhile since you have, here is a tour of the big (still) new space! It took us a little bit to figure...
Join us on a tour of Porter Square Books' revamped space, showcasing our best sellers, poetry, humor, and gift sections, along with our partnership with Paige and Leaf Cafe. Learn about our unique sec...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
We’re so lucky that @portersqbooks.bsky.social arrived at University Hall at Lesley. Not only is the book selection amazing, the chocolate chip cookies at Page and Leaf cafe make the space even cozier.
Hi #BookSky Just a reminder that all of our recommendations from Monday are 10% off through the week!
And here is our first #BlueSkyMonday recommendation thread. So for all the fiction lovers on #BookSky here's a handful out of the shmillions of books out in the world, we think deserve even more readers. And remember these are all 10% off through Friday!
December 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Hi #BookSky Just a reminder that all of our recommendations from Monday are 10% off through the week!
If you haven't visited us at 1815 Mass Ave yet, or if it's been awhile since you have, here is a tour of the space! It took a bit to figure it out, but we love the combination of bright open spaces, cozy hidden corners, & comfy places to sit that we've created in this much larger space.
Porter Square Books on Instagram: "If you haven't visited us at 1815 Mass Ave yet, or if it's been awhile since you have, here is a tour of the big (still) new space! It took us a little bit to figure...
Join us on a tour of Porter Square Books' revamped space, showcasing our best sellers, poetry, humor, and gift sections, along with our partnership with Paige and Leaf Cafe. Learn about our unique sec...
www.instagram.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
If you haven't visited us at 1815 Mass Ave yet, or if it's been awhile since you have, here is a tour of the space! It took a bit to figure it out, but we love the combination of bright open spaces, cozy hidden corners, & comfy places to sit that we've created in this much larger space.
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Yay for small businesses helping their communities!!! 😃 Just stopped in to shop! (And to sign copies of my picture books, so you know, if you wanna snag a signed copy of THIS WOLF WAS DIFFERENT or I, ROCK: A GEOLOGY TALE, this would be a wonderful time to stop by the PSB Cambridge store!)
Yes, I know, yet another #GivingTuesday post, but I hope you'll brave whatever the weather ends up being and come see us today. 10% of sales after noon will be donate to 5 local organizations doing important work in our community.
Giving Tuesday
We know this year, for many different reasons, members of our community are having to make difficult decisions about where to spend their often increasingly limited money, wanting to support the causes that matter to them and the people in their lives that matter to them.
We hope our Giving Tuesday program will make it a little easier for you by giving you a chance to do several things at once with the same spending; getting a great gift for someone you care about, supporting organizations doing great work in your community, and keeping your local fiercely independent bookstore going.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Yay for small businesses helping their communities!!! 😃 Just stopped in to shop! (And to sign copies of my picture books, so you know, if you wanna snag a signed copy of THIS WOLF WAS DIFFERENT or I, ROCK: A GEOLOGY TALE, this would be a wonderful time to stop by the PSB Cambridge store!)
A little December rain never hurt anyone!* Come see us today & support 5 great local nonprofits.
*Ok December rain has actually probably hurt a lot of people now that I think about it, but you can take the necessary precautions
*Ok December rain has actually probably hurt a lot of people now that I think about it, but you can take the necessary precautions
Yes, I know, yet another #GivingTuesday post, but I hope you'll brave whatever the weather ends up being and come see us today. 10% of sales after noon will be donate to 5 local organizations doing important work in our community.
Giving Tuesday
We know this year, for many different reasons, members of our community are having to make difficult decisions about where to spend their often increasingly limited money, wanting to support the causes that matter to them and the people in their lives that matter to them.
We hope our Giving Tuesday program will make it a little easier for you by giving you a chance to do several things at once with the same spending; getting a great gift for someone you care about, supporting organizations doing great work in your community, and keeping your local fiercely independent bookstore going.
portersquarebooks.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A little December rain never hurt anyone!* Come see us today & support 5 great local nonprofits.
*Ok December rain has actually probably hurt a lot of people now that I think about it, but you can take the necessary precautions
*Ok December rain has actually probably hurt a lot of people now that I think about it, but you can take the necessary precautions
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As a reminder, if you're in the Boston area and want to get some books today, you can support some amazing local orgs... including us! 💜
Yes, I know, yet another #GivingTuesday post, but I hope you'll brave whatever the weather ends up being and come see us today. 10% of sales after noon will be donate to 5 local organizations doing important work in our community.
Giving Tuesday
We know this year, for many different reasons, members of our community are having to make difficult decisions about where to spend their often increasingly limited money, wanting to support the causes that matter to them and the people in their lives that matter to them.
We hope our Giving Tuesday program will make it a little easier for you by giving you a chance to do several things at once with the same spending; getting a great gift for someone you care about, supporting organizations doing great work in your community, and keeping your local fiercely independent bookstore going.
portersquarebooks.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
As a reminder, if you're in the Boston area and want to get some books today, you can support some amazing local orgs... including us! 💜
Yes, I know, yet another #GivingTuesday post, but I hope you'll brave whatever the weather ends up being and come see us today. 10% of sales after noon will be donate to 5 local organizations doing important work in our community.
Giving Tuesday
We know this year, for many different reasons, members of our community are having to make difficult decisions about where to spend their often increasingly limited money, wanting to support the causes that matter to them and the people in their lives that matter to them.
We hope our Giving Tuesday program will make it a little easier for you by giving you a chance to do several things at once with the same spending; getting a great gift for someone you care about, supporting organizations doing great work in your community, and keeping your local fiercely independent bookstore going.
portersquarebooks.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Yes, I know, yet another #GivingTuesday post, but I hope you'll brave whatever the weather ends up being and come see us today. 10% of sales after noon will be donate to 5 local organizations doing important work in our community.
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This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
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Title alone is 10/10
And now here's our big old thread of nonfiction! Winner of the National Book Award, if the world could be saved by a journalist's razor sharp precision & a novelist's sense of style & narrative alone, El Akkad would not have had to write this book. But he did. And we need to read it.
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
On October 25, 2023, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar El Akkad put out a tweet: “One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” This tweet has been viewed more than 10 million times.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Title alone is 10/10
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if you follow me for weird visual art stuff you need I Imagine I Been Science Fiction Always
How about a couple really ambitious poetry collections from this year?
I Imagine I Been Science Fiction Always: portersquarebooks.com/book/9798891...
and
Algarabia: portersquarebooks.com/book/9781644...
I Imagine I Been Science Fiction Always: portersquarebooks.com/book/9798891...
and
Algarabia: portersquarebooks.com/book/9781644...
December 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
if you follow me for weird visual art stuff you need I Imagine I Been Science Fiction Always