Books Wellesley people read

Wellesley’s got three libraries plus independent book store Wellesley Books, and all are spaces frequented and much-loved by the town’s avid readers.

But there’s one more spot that is perhaps the best of them all if you’re interested, strictly from an anthropological perspective of course, in trying to discern the kind of books Wellesley people really read. That spot is the open shelves at the RDF. There, in full view and for the taking (if you’re a Wellesley resident), are books that have likely come directly out of actual Wellesley homes. Some of it is what you’d expect. But not all…