Study spots and quiet cafés in Boston
133 libraries and cafés in Boston you can settle into with a laptop or a textbook: Wi‑Fi, a seat indoors, and nobody rushing you. Of these, 35 have confirmed Wi‑Fi, 7 have power outlets, 6 stay open past 9pm and 114 are independent.
133 in Boston
Best-rated first. Every listing shows where each fact came from and when it was last checked.
Boston Public Library
700 Boylston Street, ★ 4.8, Reddit recommended, WORK 100
Cambridge Public Library - Valente Branch
826 Cambridge Street, ★ 4.7, WI-FI, WORK 100
Hayden Library
160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, ★ 4.7, WORK 87
Al's State Street Cafe
114 State Street, Boston, €, ★ 4.5, WI-FI, WORK 100
Boston Athenaeum
10-1/2 Beacon Street, ★ 4.4, WI-FI, WORK 100
Starbucks Coffee Company
450 Water Street, €, ★ 4.4, WI-FI, WORK 97
Starbucks
1 Thompson Square, Boston, €€, ★ 4.2, WI-FI, WORK 92
Starbucks
2 Atlantic Avenue, €€, ★ 4.2, WI-FI, WORK 100
Starbucks
222 Cambridge Street, Boston, €€, ★ 4.1, WI-FI, WORK 92
Caffè Nero
589 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, €€, ★ 4, WI-FI, WORK 92
Starbucks
1 Financial Center, €€, ★ 4, WI-FI, WORK 100
Starbucks
120 Broadway, 6 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, €€, ★ 4, WI-FI, WORK 100
Starbucks
12 Winter Place, Boston, €€, ★ 3.9, WI-FI, WORK 94
Starbucks Coffee Company
468 Broadway, €, ★ 3.9, WI-FI, WORK 97
Bruegger's Bagels
7 School Street, €, ★ 3.8, WI-FI, WORK 70
Dunkin'
655 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, €, ★ 3.8, WI-FI, WORK 87
Dunkin'
1 Broadway, Cambridge, €, ★ 3.8, WI-FI, WORK 77
Dunkin'
11 Austin Street, Charlestown, €, ★ 3.8, WI-FI, WORK 79
Dunkin'
14 McGrath Highway, €€, ★ 3.7, WI-FI, WORK 87
McDonald's
146 Tremont Street, €, ★ 3.4, WI-FI, WORK 53
Dunkin'
1001 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, €, ★ 3.1, WI-FI, WORK 72
Belmont Public Library at the Everett C. Benton Library
75 Oakley Rd, WI-FI, WORK 100
Cambridge Public Library
64 Aberdeen Ave, WI-FI, WORK 100
Cannonball Cafe
383 Dorchester Avenue, WI-FI, Blog recommended, WORK 90
Edwin Ginn Library
160 Packard Ave, POWER, WORK 100
Farmer Horse Coffee
374 Massachusetts Avenue, WI-FI, Blog recommended, WORK 98
Fineman & Pappas Law Libraries
765 Commonwealth Ave, WI-FI, WORK 97
Fuel America
152 Chestnut Hill Avenue, WI-FI, POWER, Press recommended, WORK 100
John J Burns Library
140 Commonwealth Ave, POWER, WORK 100
Malden Public Library
36 Salem St, POWER, WORK 100
Melrose Public Library
69 W Emerson St, POWER, WORK 100
Shy Bird
12 Old Colony Avenue, €€, WI-FI, POWER, Recommended ×2, WORK 100
Somerville Public Library West Branch
40 College Ave, WI-FI, WORK 100
State Library Of Massachusetts
Derne Street, Beacon Hill, WI-FI, Guide recommended, WORK 100
Tavern of Tales
1478 Tremont Street, WI-FI, Recommended ×2, WORK 97
Vester
73 Ames Street, WI-FI, POWER, Blog recommended, WORK 100
Winchester Public Library
80 Washington St, WI-FI, WORK 100
Starbucks Coffee Company
1 International Place, €, ★ 4.1, WI-FI, WORK 89
Starbucks
65-66 Beacon Street, €, ★ 3.8, WI-FI, WORK 92
Phin Coffee House
High Street, Church Green, WI-FI, Blog recommended, WORK 100
Trident Booksellers & Cafe
338 Newbury Street, WI-FI, Recommended ×2, WORK 100
Barker Engineering Library
222 Memorial Drive, ★ 5, WORK 83
North End Branch of the Boston Public Library
25 Parmenter Street, ★ 4.8, WORK 87
West End Branch of the Boston Public Library
151 Cambridge Street, ★ 4.7, WORK 82
Bunker Hill Community College Library
250 New Rutherford Avenue, ★ 4.4, WORK 70
Cambridge Public Library - O'Connell Branch
48 6th Street, ★ 4.4, WORK 82
The Mary Baker Eddy Library
210 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, ★ 4.4, WORK 92
Cambridge Public Library - Central Square Branch
45 Pearl Street, ★ 4.3, WORK 100
Dewey Library
30 Wadsworth Street, Cambridge, ★ 4.3, WORK 75
Charlestown Branch of the Boston Public Library
179 Main Street, ★ 4.2, WORK 85
Mildred F Sawyer Library
73 Tremont Street, ★ 4.1, WORK 90
Rotch Library
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, ★ 3.9, WORK 77
African Studies Library
771 Commonwealth Ave, WORK 82
Archbishop Iakovos Library and Learning Resource Center
50 Goddard Ave, WORK 82
Arnold Arboretum Horticultural Library Jamaica Plain
125 Arborway, WORK 82
Baker Library
25 Harvard Way, WORK 82
Belmont Public Library
336 Concord Ave, WORK 82
Belmont Public Library At The Beech Street Center
266 Beech St, WORK 80
Betty Power Library and Computer Center
25 Mission Park Dr, WORK 82
Blumenthal Family Library
255 St Botolph St, WORK 80
Boston College, Law Library
885 Centre St, WORK 80
Boston Library Consortium
10 Milk St Ste 354, WORK 82
Boston Public Library Chinatown
Boylston Street, Downtown Crossing, WORK 77
Brighton Branch of the Boston Public Library
40 Academy Hill Rd, WORK 82
Cambridge Public Library
826 Cambridge St, WORK 82
Cambridge Public Library
449 Broadway, WORK 82
Cambridge Public Library - Boudreau Branch
245 Concord Ave, WORK 82
Cardinal Cushing Library
400 Fenway, WORK 70
Chelsea Public Library
569 Broadway, WORK 82
Codman Square Branch of the Boston Public Library
690 Washington St, WORK 82
Congregational Library and Archives
14 Beacon St #206, WORK 82
Coolidge Corner Library
31 Pleasant St, WORK 82
Douglas D. Schumann Library
550 Huntington Ave, WORK 82
East Boston Branch of the Boston Public Library
365 Bremen St, WORK 82
Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard University
Science Center Plaza, Mid-Cambridge, WORK 82
Egleston Square Branch of the Boston Public Library
2044 Columbus Ave, WORK 82
Emerson College Library
120 Boylston St, WORK 82
Faneuil Branch of the Boston Public Library
419 Faneuil St, WORK 82
Frances Loeb Library
48 Quincy St, WORK 82
Frederick S. Pardee Management Library
3rd Floor, 595 Commonwealth Ave, WORK 82
Godfrey Lowell Cabot Science Library
1 Oxford St, WORK 70
Harvard Divinity School Library
45 Francis Ave, WORK 82
Harvard Law School Library
89 Trowbridge St, WORK 70
Harvard Library
Maxwells Green #1, WORK 82
Harvard Square Library
73 Upland Rd, WORK 82
Harvard University, Hilles Library
59 Shepard St, WORK 80
Healey Library
Joseph P. Healey Library, 100 Morrissey Blvd., WORK 70
Insurance Library Association of Boston
156 State St #2, WORK 82
Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library
30 South St, WORK 82
John Joseph Moakley Law Library
120 Tremont St, WORK 70
Kirstein Business Library & Innovation Center
700 Boylston St, WORK 82
Lamont Library
11 Quincy St, WORK 70
Leverett House Library Theater
28 Dewolfe St, WORK 82
Lilly Music Library
Lower Level, 20 Talbot Ave Room M030, WORK 70
Mattapan Branch of the Boston Public Library
1350 Blue Hill Ave, WORK 82
Medford Public Library
111 High St, WORK 82
Mental Health Sciences Library
115 Mill St, WORK 82
Milton Public Library
476 Canton Ave, WORK 82
Minot Room, Countway Library, Harvard Medical School
10 Shattuck St, WORK 82
Monroe C. Gutman Library
6 Appian Way, WORK 82
Moriarty Library
1801 Massachusetts Ave, WORK 80
Mugar Memorial Library
771 Commonwealth Ave, WORK 82
North Quincy Branch Library
381 Hancock St, WORK 82
Parlin Memorial Library
410 Broadway, WORK 82
Perkins Library
141 Riverside St, WORK 82
Public Library of Brookline
361 Washington St, WORK 82
Putterham Library
959 W Roxbury Pkwy, WORK 82
Revere Public Library
179 Beach St, WORK 82
Robbins Library
700 Massachusetts Ave, WORK 70
Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library
149 Dudley St, WORK 82
Schlesinger Library | Radcliffe Institute | Harvard University
3 James St, WORK 82
Sherrill Library
89 Brattle St, WORK 70
Shute Memorial Library
3427, 781 Broadway, WORK 70
Social Law Library
1 Pemberton Square #4100, WORK 70
Social Work Library
McGuinn Hall, 140 Commonwealth Ave, WORK 82
Somerville Public Library
79 Highland Ave, WORK 82
Somerville Public Library East Branch
115 Broadway, WORK 82
South End Branch of the Boston Public Library
685 Tremont St, WORK 82
Support the Fox Library
175 Massachusetts Ave, WORK 70
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library
1 Harvard Yard, WORK 70
The Harvard-Yenching Library
2 Divinity Ave, WORK 70
Theology and Ministry Library
117 Lake St, WORK 70
Thomas Crane Public Library - Wollaston Branch
41 Beale St, WORK 82
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Library
O'Neill Library, 140 Commonwealth Ave, WORK 82
Tozzer Library
21 Divinity Ave, WORK 80
Treadwell Virtual Library
125 Nashua St, WORK 82
Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library
145 Harrison Ave, WORK 82
Uphams Corner Branch of the Boston Public Library
500 Columbia Rd, WORK 82
Watertown Free Public Library
123 Main St, WORK 82
West Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library
1961 Centre St, WORK 82
Widener Library
188 Longwood Ave, WORK 80
Winthrop Public Library and Museum
2 Metcalf Square, WORK 82
Wychwood Library
33 High Street, WORK 82