Some of the topics and genres you’ll find at Dogtown Books:

  • Photography, Painting, Sculpture & Art How-to Books

  • Architecture & Interior Design

  • Glass, Furniture, Ceramics & Pottery

  • Rural Life & Gardening

  • Fashion, Jewelry Making & Crafting

  • Collage materials (old book covers, magazine remnants, loose book pages & more)

  • Cookbooks

  • Nautical Books (sailing, navigation, ship building, model boat building, Naval books, cruising, shipwrecks & nautical adventure books)

  • Books by Local Authors, Cape Ann Interest and History & Greater New England History

  • US History

  • Books about the UK, Ireland, the continent of Africa, The African Diaspora, Central and South America & Asian Studies

  • War & Peace

  • Nature, Birds, Dogs & Cats, Ecology, Marine Life, Weather & Astronomy

  • Science, Math & Technology

  • Books about Books & Book Making

  • Illustrated Books

  • Short Stories, Essays & Literary Criticism

  • Poetry

  • Drama

  • Greek & Roman Studies

  • Sports & Sports Biographies

  • Dance

  • Music (including some sheet music)

  • Film & Cinema

  • Reference books (dictionaries, thesauruses & foreign language translation books)

  • Government & Law Books

  • Business & Economics

  • First People, African American and Black Studies, Judaica & Folklore

  • Books on Writing

  • Arctic & Polar

  • Erotica

  • Foreign language books

  • Christian Studies & Bibles

  • Westerns

  • Circus Stories

  • Ghost Stories, UFOs & Mythological Beasts

  • Mysteries & Thrillers

  • Biography & Memoir

  • Children’s Books & Young Adult

  • DIY & Construction

  • Automobiles, Trains & Horses

  • Psychology & Philosophy

  • Health, Medical Texts & Wellness

  • Women’s Studies

  • Spirituality (Occult Books, Tarot, Witchcraft, Wicca, Buddhism, Hinduism & more)

  • Yoga & Alternative Health Practices

  • Antiquarian books (pre-1850) & First Editions

  • Humor & Satire

  • Graphic Novels & Comics

  • Women Authors

  • LGBTQ+

  • True Crime

  • and more!