Books

Six diverse adults in individual portraits arranged in two rows of three. Top row: a smiling blonde woman in a light blue dress, a serious man with long dark hair wearing a black shirt, and a woman with curly hair, glasses, and a burgundy top. Bottom row: a bearded man with a high-top fade hairstyle wearing a brown jacket, a woman with short light brown hair in a green shirt sitting on a patterned chair, and an older man with gray hair and a beard smiling in a gray blazer.
Arts & Entertainment

The Nantucket Book Festival Wants to Send You Home Feeling Better About the World

There was a moment at last year’s Nantucket Book Festival when it started to rain. The audience was gathered inside an old church, the kind […]

A close-up illustration of a man's face partially obscured by a chessboard pattern. The man wears round glasses and holds a pencil near his mouth. The chessboard squares are in shades of light and dark wood, with chess pawn pieces depicted along the top row.
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A Chess Cheating Scandal, Emma Stone, and My Next Book

It began, as it usually did, as an unsettling feeling in the pit of my stomach. Not painful, really, but vaguely unpleasant—as though something was […]

Four books are displayed side by side. From left to right: The first book has a cover featuring a lush green garden with the title "A MOMENT" partially visible. The second book, titled "Wall Flowers: A Love Letter to Wallpaper" by Elizabeth Rees, has a light blue cover with a green floral pattern. The third book shows an interior scene with shelves and a red chair, titled "A MOOD, A THOUGHT, A FEELING." The fourth book, titled "TITAN SILVER," has a cover featuring an artistic depiction of fish and aquatic plants in shades of copper and silver on a textured background.
Home & Property

Four Art and Design Books for Your Spring Reading List

A Moment in Time: Designing a Country Garden, by Kathryn Herman Award-winning landscape designer Kathryn Herman invites readers into her historic Pepperidge Farm estate in […]

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Six Art and Design Books for Your Spring 2025 Reading List

This article is from the spring 2025 issue of Boston Home. Sign up here to receive a subscription. Cartier: Nature Sauvage: High Jewelry and Precious Objects, by François Chaille […]

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Newbury Street’s Trident Booksellers & Café Celebrates 40 Years

As the digital age continues to transform industries, the humble bookstore has proven its resilience. Case in point: Trident Booksellers & Cafe, the beloved Newbury […]

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Cambridge’s Porter Square Books Plots Big Move

Good news, bookworms. Porter Square Books is upgrading its old digs for a fresh new space down the street. The beloved indie bookstore and Best […]

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“It Ends with Us” Movie: The Story Behind Lily Bloom’s ‘Best of Boston’ Award

The cinematic adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s BookTok smash It Ends with Us just opened in theaters—starring Blake Lively, featuring a Taylor Swift song and including […]

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City Life

Colleen Hoover’s “It Ends With Us” Has Boston All Wrong

This article was originally published on December 9, 2021. We are recirculating it now due to the film release of It Ends With Us, which […]

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Bestselling Author Sebastian Junger on PTSD, Mortality, and His Near-Death Experience in Truro

You might assume the scariest moment of Belmont native Sebastian Junger’s life happened while he was a war correspondent in Bosnia or Afghanistan. You’d be […]

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Three Art and Design Books for Your Spring 2024 Reading List

The Landscape of Home: In the Country, By the Sea, In the City, by Edmund Hollander, foreword by Bunny Williams, with Judith Nasatir If you […]

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Three Art and Design Books for Your Winter Reading List

Yves Saint Laurent: Gold, by Elsa Janssen and Yvane Jacob Clothing. Jewelry. Accessories. Style icon Yves Saint Laurent has provided the fashion industry with a […]

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Co-Authors Tonya and Ben Mezrich Talk Children’s Books, UFOs, and Ellen Pompeo

When she’s not writing about the city’s coolest boutiques and tastemakers for this magazine, Boston style editor Tonya Mezrich is working with her husband, New York […]

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Four Art and Design Books for Your Summer 2023 Reading List

Entertaining by the Sea: A Summer Place, by Tricia Foley Just in time for the warmer temps is this entertaining guide to help you make […]

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The Interview: Crime-Fiction Writer Dennis Lehane

You can take the boy out of Dorchester, but you can’t take Dorchester out of the boy. Author Dennis Lehane first came to our attention […]

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Four Art and Design Books for Your Spring 2023 Reading List

Our America, by Ken Burns For more than 40 years, award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns has told a compelling array of stories about America through a […]