The Globe Corner Bookstore

I heard this place might have been closing a few months ago (I’ve been gone for a bit, so I don’t know what happened). When I heard that, it broke my heart! As a die-​hard traveler, I really rely on the wide variety of merchandise at Glove Corner, and support it as a local store with really knowledgable staff. Some of the books they carry are gorgeous, such as global cookbooks and atlases, and they also carry a couple of globes that are truly beautiful.
Let’s keep supporting this place so it can stay open!

If I could own a bookstore, this would be it. The Globe is the quintessential bookstore for any travel-​minded fellows. They have a fantastic selection of maps, and the novels up front are all so ridiculously interesting you can’t help but buy them!
But the best feature in my opinion is that *all* books are organized by region. There isn’t one section for Caribbean guidebooks and another for Caribbean travel writing. It’s all there in one place, which leads to the most interesting kind of bookstore exploration.
I heard the owner may end up needing to sell the place, so stop buy and support this local institution!

This place is a prerequisite for any traveling you do. I love how they mix together all the guide books, travel lit and cookbooks for particular countries together. They also have an a-​dor-​a-​ble golden retriever too/

Independent bookstores seem like an endangered species these days. Thus, it puts a smile on my face and a lilt in my step as I saunter into this wonderful independent. As stated by others, the staff is friendly and knowledgeable, offering their assistance as well as stepping back for those that wish to peruse the shelves. Yes, most of these titles are available on line, probably cheaper, too. Still, you can’t beat good old customer service! I try to come here whenever we have a grand adventure booked. If they’d get a literary pussy cat to wander the store, and a few comfortable chairs, it would be purrrfect!

Calm, quiet, warm, inviting.
I like that they stay focused (for the most part) on travel books, instead of doing what a lot of specialty bookstores do which is to have a lot of one type of book, but crowd the shelves with other crap to appeal to a wider customer base.
Plus, the people who work here are pleasant and genuinely seem happy with their job.

The Globe Corner Bookstore is the place to go when you have the traveling bug (or when the Boston winter is getting you down). Their new (is is still considered new? I guess they’ve been on Mt. Auburn for two years now) store is cozy and inviting, and the staff is so friendly and knowledgeable.
What I like about Globe is they’ve expanded their reach beyond travel books/​guides and maps — they tend to tuck some fiction and essays into each section. So if you’re planning to hit up Lisbon, you can also pick up a Jose Saramago novel.

In need of a temporary change of scenery? Start here. Domestic, international, or armchair travel, they’ve likely got what you need, and they’ve also got a neat selection of map reproductions, old and new, local and non-.
In fact, in honor of Boston’s menopausal weather, elsewhere sounds pretty good right about now. Say, St. John. In one guidebook I found at the Globe, there was this invaluable tidbit: when on St. John, take the rickety public bus from «downtown» and around the island, preferably sitting in a seat that’s partially unbolted. It costs only a buck and is seriously better than any roller coaster ride you will ever find.

I’ve sat at Felipe’s (
) and jammed on countless burritos while looking at this place but I had never been there until a few weeks ago.
i had two friends moving out of town and i wanted to get them a little going away gift. what better than a guide to London and Seattle (where they were moving). the women there were the sweetest little things I’ve ever met. when i tried to buy the «NFT guide to Seattle 2009» she felt so bad about having the 2009 edition on the shelf that she cut the price in half! it was probably the first week in January 2010!
next time i go on a trip i will certainly stop by and pick up a book from them.
they gift wrap for free too which is always a plus for us not wrapping inclined.

This store has an amazing selection of travel books – I have only very rarely wanted a guidebook they did not have. The best part of the store, though, is probably the well-​curated section of fiction and nonfiction that accompanies each country’s guidebooks.
Like any independent bookstore, the prices are a little high (list price). But because I often plan my trips too late to order from Amazon, I always go back!

Hubs and I love this place for it’s phenom section on African travel and culture. Came here once and found an entire book just on Cape Town restaurants — so particular, and so exactly the kind of book we love. Great maps section, too.
If you have a passion for travel and other cultures (or, unlike a great number of Americans, actually have an interest in the world around you), this place is a great way to spend an hour… or more…
I’d call this the go-​to place for travel guides, novels, and maps in the area.

While I like this place and visit it whenever I’m planning a vacation with my wife, I find the prices to be a bit steep and the «rewards» program to be rather inscrutable (No stamp for buying that book? Why? Cuz we said so!).
It’s a great place to browse, sure, but after that you can buy online or use a discount at one of the big box bookstores.

Oh my God, you know what this place is? It’s a bookstore that only does travel books! It’s like they reached into my soul and pulled my dreams out!
Not just guidebooks and stuff but books about places too, so for instance in the Africa section they have guidebooks sitting right next to Dave Eggers’ «What is the What» and the absolutely devastating book «Machete Season.» So you can have really mixed feelings about your upcoming safari.
And tons of those coffee table books that are like «1001 Places to Visit» or whatever — those books are pure pornography for me. You know how middle-​aged guys in raincoats like to jerk off to the boxes in the adult section of the video store? I’m like that with this bookstore. I shouldn’t even be allowed in here anymore.
I love this place.

Seriously nice place! They have a great selection of travel books and guides and my absolute favorite… GLOBES.

AMAZING selection of travel books (its a travel book junkie’s dream store)
Ok…give yourself TIME to go through this bookstore…
I literally found about 6 or 7 books on the cote d’azur
and an entire shelf nearly just for corsica…
if you’re looking for something specific. beware…this place probably has about 5 books on it :)
i gave you fair warning… its wonderful

I love that this place even exists in the age of the mega-​chain bookstore. I travel a lot and always buy a guidebook here wherever I’m going and advise all my customers to go there (I work at a travel agency).
The store, albeit small, is very logically laid out. I love the stately free-​standing bookshelves and the maps and globes at the front — it all piques your interest and draws you in.
You can get all your travel-​related references here. They have a wide selection of guidebooks, from the glossy, detailed high end tomes like Eyewitness (my mom’s favorite) to the budget traveler’s choices (I like Rough Guides). There are maps of cities, roads, national parks and bike trails. There are atlases that are huge and tiny. And you can pick up an inflatable globe for your bubble bath.
There are always good sales going on for the Destination of the Month and Staff Picks — I just looked online and I’m going to go pick up «The Geography of Bliss» tonight! And that’s the other thing — it’s not just reference material — it’s travel writing, travel fiction, travel everything. It’s a great place to get lost in your imagination and the staff are always helpful and knowledgeable.

I got interviewed for the Boston Globe here. How ironic.
I get frustrated when it comes to travel. I can spend hours Googling places that I want to go, and in the end, not know much more than I did when I started.
Enter: Globe Bookstore. Um, they have pretty much everything you need on every country. Not only do they have travel books about countries, but they have books that are just about countries. They also do some special sales, like for instance, when we were there, Eastern Europe & Russia books were all 15% off. So we grabbed a Prague guide book and we were happy. We also grabbed a Toronto book and a nice looking map. They also have a stamp card. I can’t remember the specifics, but it’s basically for every $ 10.00 you spend, you get a stamp.
This is definitely a place I can spend hours at and come away with a lot more knowledge.

Great store if you’re looking for maps, guide books, and novels associated with traveling. They have the best selection and it’s so nice to be able to pick the guide that you want.
If you travel a great deal, then definitely get the frequent buyer card.
After purchasing $ 100 worth of goods, you get 25% coupon on your next purchase!
I love coming here, ’cause it means that I’m getting ready for my next adventure!

There are a multitude of reasons why i visit Globe Corner. It is a valuable resource when i am about to travel somewhere as close as Maine or as far away as India. It is also an ideal place to leaf through an excellent selection of maps and travel writing. They get great authors to come and speak about their experiences traveling to different parts of the world, which I also recommend.
My advice is to pick up a random book from their «staff picks» table (discounted 20%) like «Unlikely Destinations: The Lonely Planet Story» or Rory Stewart’s «The Places in Between,» then stroll up to the second floor of Café Algiers with yr new book and get lost in dreamy thoughts of foreign lands.

I recently browsed this bookstore after hearing Tony and Maureen Wheeler speak about their travels and how they started Lonely Planet, sponsored by The Globe Corner. First, the lecture was excellent.
And the store has a great selection of travel books, guides, even fiction mixed in – it’s a fun store to just spend hours looking around in and if you’re ever in need of a book having anything to do with travel, this should be your first stop.
Makes me want to start planning my next trip.

I get a severe case of wanderlust every time I merely look at this store. It’s torture to even walk by during the times when I’m entrenched in my worklife with no holidays on the horizon. Yesterday I allowed myself to enter, beckoned by the coffee table sized atlases and whispers from Lonely Planets. Great historical books, maps of all sorts and travel books for even the most exotic of locations. The staff was helpful and knew the products well though I didn’t find the detailed neighborhood map that I sought. So I left empty handed, with a head full of Cambodia dreams. I’m hoping it will be #26 on my 30 countries by my 30^th birthday list.