Wayland Pop-Up Book Store Hits Sales Milestone After 3 Months

WAYLAND, MA — A new pop-up bookshop in Wayland — and the only bookstore in town — has hit a sales milestone after only three months in business.

Fresh Baked Books of the Day, located inside the Bagel Table at the Town Center, passed $3,000 in sales this month after opening in December, according to Wayland Economic Development Committee Chair Rebecca Stanizzi.

Fresh Baked sells a selection of bestselling books, including kids titles and cookbooks, and a portion of proceeds from each sale goes to the Wayland High School robotics team, the Control Freaks. The bookstore will be open through the end of the school year, but will likely pick a different school group or local nonprofit to support in the future.

In honor of the store's third month in business, Stanizzi shared a list of the best-selling books so far. The Control Freaks helped curate the selection of books available at the shop.

Best all-around sellers

1. "Lessons in Chemistry," by Bonnie Garmus
2. "The 1619 Project," by Nikole Hannah-Jones; "Spare" by Prince Harry (tie)
3. "Braiding Sweetgrass," by Robin Wall Kimmerer; "The Complete Baking Book for Young Chefs," by America’s Test Kitchen Kids; "Demon Copperhead," by Barbara Kingsolver; "The Song of the Cell," by Siddharta Mukherjee; and "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow," by Gabrielle Zevin (tie)

Children's titles:

"Con Pollo," by Jennifer Lopez and Jimmy Fallon; "The Grumpy Monkey," by Suzanne Lang; and "The Day the Crayons Quit" by Drew Daywalt.

Cookbooks

"The Unapologetic Cookbook," by Joshua Weissman; "Love and Lemons Every Day," by Jeanine
Donofrio.