Bring out your inner bookworm during your upcoming Cambridge car rentals vacation with a literary scavenger hunt through Boston's best bookstores. With over 30 bookstores located within a six-mile radius, Cambridge is home to a wealth of literary knowledge. In fact, Cambridge is home to the world's largest number of bookstores per capita, providing travelers with unparalleled selection and variety. This incomparable concentration of booksellers offer books on a diverse range of topics all the while providing the highest quality of service imaginable. Let your mind wander and your imagination soar during your upcoming Cambridge car rentals vacation - pick up a great read at one of Cambridge's charming bookstores today.

The cream of the crop

Forget about Barnes and Noble; bookstores have no place in your local mall. Real bookstores are located in small corner shops, next to charming coffee shops and diners. They provide travelers in Cambridge car rentals more than best sellers; they provide stories that inspire, excite and amaze. They feature first editions of classic novels, and impossible-to-find out-of-print texts. The sales people know more about literature then most of us know about our kids, and they love every ounce of it. You see, bookstores are not just about selling books. They're more about providing readers with the opportunity to discover something new and utterly amazing. So whether you have your PhD in literature, or simply love a good story, the perfect tale awaits you in the bookstores of Cambridge.

Grab your glasses

Travelers in Cambridge car rentals will have no problem finding a fantastic bookstore in Cambridge. The hard part is finding a bookstore that carries texts that interest you. To help you in your search for literary, VERC has compiled the following list of local hot spots. Consider it the reader's digest guide to bookstores in Cambridge.

• Old, rare and used books: If you're looking to find a fantastic first edition, VERC highly recommends heading to the Harvard Book and Binding Service on John F. Kennedy Street. This store features a number of collections including American, Art, History and Manuscripts. They also boast an impressive display of Ancient Roman, Greek and European coins. Lame Duck Books on Arrow Street specializes in rare and used books of Modern Philosophy and Modern literature. Travelers in Cambridge car rentals will find a wide selection of first editions here, many of them signed or inscribed by the author.
• Foreign flavours: If you're looking to expand your literary palette, look no further than Schoenhof's Foreign Books, Inc. on Mount Auburn Street. Here, travelers in Cambridge car rentals will find French, Spanish, Italian, German and Russian literature. The store also features language learning materials for over 400 languages.
• A blast from the past: There are number of bookstores in Cambridge that specialize in classical literature. These include Atherton Antiquarian Books and Ahab Rare Books, both on John F. Kennedy Street. But if you're looking for the very best selection, VERC recommends James & Devon Gray Booksellers on Arrow Street. Here, travelers in Cambridge car rentals will find books printed before the 1700's in English, Latin, Greek, French, Spanish, Italian and German. They also carry books printed in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.
• For the kid in you: Books don't always have to be about facts and figures. Quite often they're about fun and fiction. Take the Curious George Goes to Wordsworth bookstore on John F. Kennedy Street. This store is home to the largest collection of children's books in New England, as well as stuffed animals and games. If you like comic books, you'll love the Million Year Picnic, home to old and rare comics, newspaper comic strip reprints and Japanese Manga.