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Weekly Events

Every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:30am
Cornerstone Kids!
Stories, Activities, Free Snack, Ages 3-6
2pm Saturday and Sunday
Matineees in the Cafe
Join us for movies the entire family can enjoy!
Monthly Meetings
We've got great book clubs to choose from! Take a look, and find one that suits you! Remember that club members get a 10% discount on club picks!

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Cornerstone Books in the News!

We're excited and honored to announce we are the recipients of the 2008 Boston Magazine award for best Bookstore North of Boston. Check out this month's issue, on sale in the store.

Cornerstone has also been honored with the #1 Salem Book Store in the Community Newspapers Readers Choice Awards and the Best of North Shore (BONS) Readers Choice Award in Northshore Magazine.

We would like to thank all our loyal customers, friends and families for helping make Cornerstone Books the best of the North Shore!

Got a Borders or Barnes & Noble Book Coupon? We'll Honor it at Cornerstone!

We're serious about about shopping local! If you have a book coupon from either Barnes & Noble or Borders (and it has not expired), bring it in to Cornerstone Books, and we'll honor the the same deal.

And don't forget our standard discounts:

  • 20% off selected titles throughout the store
  • Check out our Half Price Cart!
  • 10% off book club picks for members
  • 10% off books with Student ID
  • 10% off books with Teacher ID
  • Ask about our discount on school/library purchases
  • Check our weekly email newsletter for in-store coupons
  • Ask about our Lucky 13 Frequent Buyer Card.

We are a full service bookstore, carrying bestsellers, all book genres as well as games, music, video, greeting cards, and gifts. Coffee and baked goods are sold in the cafe and we have a (free) wi-fi hotspot, widescreen TV and working fireplace. We host many events, including author signings, live music, book clubs, movie nights and discussion groups. Stop by and visit us -- we're open 7 days a week.

Also know that you can order items directly from this website and have them shipped or held as you prefer. Visit our online store! In addition, we can research books for you, including hard-to-find, used and out-of-print books -- just let us know what you are looking for and we'll track it down.

We love to host events with the community in mind, so please contact us if there's something you'd like to sponsor at the store. Check out the events page or the column to the left for all the details on this month's events!

Book of the Month

The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
"Having left her hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, fifteen years ago under troubling circumstances, psychic Towner Whitney reluctantly returns after her eighty-five-year-old great-aunt Eva suddenly disappears and joins local cop John Rafferty in his investigation into the mystery."
$19.96

Game of the Month

4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook

The first of three core rulebooks for the 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons® Roleplaying Game, the Player's Handbook presents the official Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game rules as well as everything a player needs to create D&D characters worthy of song and legend: new character races, base classes, paragon paths, epic destinies, powers, more magic items, weapons, armor, and much more.

$27.96

Album of the Month

Sondre Lerche: Faces Down
"Lerche recorded Faces Down, in 2000, but its release was held up to allow the singer to finish high school. The album was praised for its inventive arrangements, Lerche’s smooth vocals and first rate songwriting, a collection that harked back to the classic pop sounds of The Beatles, Burt Bacharach/Hal David, 60s bossa nova and classic American saloon songs." (AMG Reviews)
$12.98