Book-hunting route · Boston
Massachusetts Avenue run
3 shops · about 2 minutes on foot · 0.1 mi
The walk begins at the Goodwill on Massachusetts Avenue and barely counts as a walk. The first Boomerangs is 2 minutes along the same street, and the second is right beside it, so all 3 stops sit within 2 minutes in total. Everything stays on Massachusetts Avenue, which holds 3 of the stores listed in Boston. It is the kind of loop that fits into a lunch break.
The stops, in walking order
Starts at the end nearest downtown. Times are sidewalk estimates at an easy pace.
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1
Goodwill
Thrift store · Massachusetts Avenue · 02139
Mon–Sat 11:00–18:00
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2
2 min walk
BoomerangsSecondhand store · Massachusetts Avenue · 02139
Tue–Sun 10:00–17:00
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3
Boomerangs
Secondhand store · Massachusetts Avenue · 02139
Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00
Take Spines with you
3 shops is a lot of spines to read. Let your phone do it.
Photograph the shelf and Spines flags the books worth grabbing for your taste. Free to try.
Other routes in Boston
- Centre Street run 3 shops · ~8 min
How the route is built
Shops within about a quarter mile of the next one count as one run, walked from the end nearest downtown. Long runs are cut into legs of ten stops or fewer. The distance follows the streets; the minutes are an easy-pace estimate. Opening hours are whatever OpenStreetMap has on record: check the smaller stores before you set out.
See all thrift stores in Boston, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.
Nearby: Thrift stores in Manhattan· Thrift stores in Brooklyn· Thrift stores in Staten Island· Thrift stores in Richmond
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