Books Events in Chicago
Check out happening books events all around Chicago, IL
TLC X Little Words Project The Summer I turned Pretty Beading Experience
Sat, 23 Aug at 06:30 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 53
Q&A and book signing with Laura Pavlov & Kat Singleton
Fri, 03 Oct at 07:00 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 27
Let the Right Book In book club
Fri, 29 Aug at 07:00 pm
Exile in Bookville
Free
Q&A and Book Signing with Jamie Applegate Hunter
Sat, 27 Sep at 06:30 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 27
Q&A and Book Signing with Joanna Shupe
Thu, 28 Aug at 07:00 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 27
Chuck Tingle: Lucky Day
Sat, 16 Aug at 07:00 pm
Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey)
USD 45
Q&A and book signing with Kat T. Masen and Willow Winters
Fri, 26 Sep at 07:00 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 27
Poetry Reading: Scream / Queen by CD Eskilson
Fri, 15 Aug at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Authors on Tap: Eric LaRocca and Daniel Kraus
Fri, 12 Sep at 07:00 pm
Exile in Bookville
Free
August Book Club with Three Avenues: Soledad Brother
Sun, 17 Aug at 05:00 pm
Beermiscuous
Free
SEE HER BE HER Screening Event - Chicago, IL
Sat, 06 Sep at 01:00 pm
AMC River East 21
USD 0 to 80
Check25: 'Preview Party' at Porsche Downtown Chicago
Fri, 22 Aug at 06:00 pm
Porsche Downtown Chicago
USD 13 to 109
Chicago City Builders Book Club: The Loop
Thu, 14 Aug at 06:00 pm
Arup
Free
Locker Room Confessions Sports Romance Panel
Sat, 04 Oct at 02:00 pm
The Den Theatre
USD 48
Trymaine Lee Book Launch "A Thousand Ways to Die"
Fri, 12 Sep at 07:00 pm
Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey)
USD 45
'Battle of the Bookstores' Author Event
Wed, 13 Aug at 06:30 pm
Slant of Light Books
Free
Story Time with Dr. Kay!
Sat, 16 Aug at 11:00 am
Call & Response Books
USD 0 to 25
Mini Wellness Expo with Emily Bond
Sat, 16 Aug at 01:00 pm
Passages Wine and Books
USD 0 to 20
Crime Ink: Iconic Book Launch
Thu, 11 Sep at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Silent Bookclub - Page-turner in the Park
Wed, 13 Aug at 06:30 pm
Lilliput Books
Free
Children's Storytime: HILWA'S GIFTS by Safa Suleiman
Sat, 13 Sep at 10:30 am
Women & Children First
Free
RESTING BITCH FACE by Taylor Byas
Fri, 29 Aug at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Jason Diamond - Kaplan's Plot Chicago Release
Fri, 19 Sep at 07:00 pm
Volumes Bookcafe
USD 32 to 38
Jarvis Square Books Club #1
Tue, 19 Aug at 07:00 pm
Jarvis Square Books
Free
Book Talk: Black Genius with Tre Johnson
Wed, 20 Aug at 07:00 pm
Call & Response Books
USD 0 to 37
Miss Women in peace 2025
Sat, 13 Sep at 06:00 pm
21c Museum Hotel Chicago
USD 151 to 269
Best in Show Benefit Screening
Thu, 28 Aug at 07:00 pm
Music Box Theatre
Authors on Tap: ML Rio and Lindsay Hunter
Tue, 16 Sep at 07:00 pm
Exile in Bookville
Free
Modern Fiction Lilliput Bookclub in August: Bel Canto
Tue, 26 Aug at 06:30 pm
Lilliput Books
Free
Books and Beer At Turner Häus Brewery
Sun, 31 Aug at 02:00 pm
Turner Haus Brewery
Free
Canto-Kójo: Reading Series and Bloodmercy Book Launch
Thu, 11 Sep at 07:00 pm
Call & Response Books
USD 0 to 21
RJD Women's Book Club: Mamaleh Knows Best by Marjorie Ingall
Sat, 16 Aug at 07:30 pm
North Suburbs of Chicago, IL
Shut Up & Read: Silent Reading Party
Fri, 22 Aug at 07:00 pm
Da Book Joint
USD 7
Q&A and Book Signing with Chelsea Curto
Fri, 15 Aug at 07:00 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 27
Offsite: A Truce That is Not Peace by Miriam Toews
Sat, 06 Sep at 07:00 pm
Haymarket House
USD 11 to 53
Printers Row After Party: Rainbo Club
Sun, 07 Sep at 07:00 pm
Rainbo Club
Cacao Club: Yoga Nidra, Indigenous Philosophy, Conchas & Cacao
Sat, 30 Aug at 02:00 pm
645 W 18th St
USD 32 to 56
Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders
Thu, 21 Aug at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
RL Book Club #101: "Rebel with a Clause"
Tue, 26 Aug at 07:30 pm
Reed's Local
Chicago City Builders Book Club: Don't Make No Waves
Wed, 24 Sep at 06:00 pm
Arup
Free
StoryStudio Chicago Presents: Authors in Conversation
Wed, 13 Aug at 06:00 pm
Conrad Sulzer Regional Library
Annual Women in Translation Reading & Discussion
Wed, 13 Aug at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
CLHOF @ PRLF
Sat, 06 Sep at 10:00 am
Printers Row Lit Fest
Jennifer Pastiloff & Gertrude Lyons Book Event
Tue, 09 Sep at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Book Bedazzling Party!
Fri, 22 Aug at 07:00 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
Dan Pelosi "Let's Party" at Everybody's Coffee
Fri, 05 Sep at 07:00 pm
Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey)
USD 52
What's On Her Mind: The Mental Workload of Family Life by Allison Daminger
Fri, 12 Sep at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Slant of Starlight Romantasy Book Club
Sun, 17 Aug at 05:00 pm
Slant of Light Books
Free
August Free Day at the American Writers Museum
Sun, 17 Aug at 10:00 am
American Writers Museum
Free
CPG Member Visit to the Newberry Library
Tue, 19 Aug at 01:00 pm
Newberry Library
Free
FREELANCER a novel
Sun, 28 Sep at 01:30 pm
City News Cafe
Free
The Princess Bride - An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes at Auditorium Theatre Chicago
Sat, 27 Sep
Auditorium Theatre Chicago
Ladies Who Lit & Friends: Exhibition Tour + Discussion of THE TURNER HOUSE
Wed, 27 Aug at 06:00 pm
Joy Machine
USD 45
September Book Club with Three Avenues: The Favorites
Sun, 21 Sep at 05:00 pm
Beermiscuous
Free
End Of The World As We Know It Release Party with Cynthia Pelayo
Tue, 19 Aug at 07:00 pm
3182 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60618
Q&A and Book Signing with Veronica Lancet
Wed, 24 Sep at 07:00 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 32
Book Talk: Birds of the Great Lakes with Dexter Patterson
Sat, 11 Oct at 02:00 pm
Call & Response Books
USD 0 to 24
Claiming Our Space: Powering an Equitable Future
Fri, 12 Sep at 05:30 pm
Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile
USD 25 to 1,500
RL Book Club #102: "Underground Airlines"
Tue, 30 Sep at 07:30 pm
Reed's Local
“Leading Through Free Fall” Book Launch & Leadership Values Workshop
Wed, 13 Aug at 06:30 pm
IIT Institute of Design
Free
Bloody Reads #102: The Haar
Wed, 13 Aug at 08:00 pm
Bucket O' Blood Books and Records
Latinas In Real Estate Vol. III In-Person Book Launch
Thu, 28 Aug at 06:00 pm
Chicago Theater Works
USD 26 to 237
C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters
Sat, 13 Sep at 04:00 pm
Athenaeum Theatre
Beer Culture Book Club: The Great Gatsby
Wed, 20 Aug at 06:00 pm
The Bad Apple
USD 13
Chicago City Builders Book Club: Grafters and Goo Goos
Wed, 05 Nov at 06:00 pm
Arup
Free
ALCHEMISED Midnight Release Party
Mon, 22 Sep at 09:30 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 48
READ IF YOU DARE: A Night Full of Horror brought to you by Berkley x Exile
Wed, 15 Oct at 07:00 pm
Exile in Bookville
Free
Red Line: Chicago Horror Stories release party
Wed, 27 Aug at 06:00 pm
Comfort Film
Paul Selig: A Channeled Weekend Workshop in Chicago
Sat, 11 Oct at 10:00 am
Color Club
USD 295 to 395
The Perils of Girlhood: A Memoir in Essays by Melissa Fraterrigo
Wed, 24 Sep at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Conscious Selling: Chicago Book Launch
Wed, 10 Dec at 05:30 pm
100 S Wacker Dr #600
Free
Offsite: Patricia Lockwood at Haymarket House
Sun, 12 Oct at 07:00 pm
Haymarket House
USD 11 to 40
The Chicago Book Club August Meet Up
Mon, 25 Aug at 06:00 pm
Castaways Beach Club
USD 23
Q&A and book signing with Kay Cove
Wed, 17 Sep at 07:00 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 27
"Cemetery Boys" by Aiden Thomas
Fri, 17 Oct at 07:00 pm
TBD
Chicago Book Confab 2025
Wed, 03 Sep at 10:00 am
637 S Dearborn St
Free
Book Launch: Oxford Soju Club with Jinwoo Park
Wed, 01 Oct at 07:00 pm
Call & Response Books
USD 0 to 25
Beach Book Club
Tue, 19 Aug at 06:30 pm
5959 N Sheridan Rd, 60660
Totally Lit Speed Dating - LGTBQ edition
Wed, 10 Sep at 06:30 pm
Volumes Bookcafe
USD 25
Novelists
Mon, 22 Sep at 06:00 pm
Beat Kitchen
Totally Lit Speed Dating - Hetero Edition
Wed, 17 Sep at 06:30 pm
1373 N Milwaukee Ave
USD 25
The Book Of Mormon
Fri, 17 Oct
CIBC Theatre
Book Talk: Full of Myself with Austin Channing Brown & Nikole Hannah-Jones
Tue, 02 Sep at 07:00 pm
Logan Center for the Arts
USD 45
Queer Literary Horror Series Fun Run with Author David Jay Collins
Wed, 29 Oct at 06:00 pm
The Lost Hours
USD 18 to 39
Writing a Global Life in Greek: An Evening with Gazmend Kapllani
Thu, 04 Dec at 07:00 pm
National Hellenic Museum
Free
RL Book Club #103: "Our Share of the Night"
Tue, 21 Oct at 07:30 pm
Reed's Local
American Prophets: James Baldwin & Queer Spirituality (IN PERSON)
Tue, 16 Sep at 06:00 pm
American Writers Museum
USD 10 to 13
Get Lit: The Case of the Book Club Butcher
Tue, 07 Oct at 05:30 pm
American Writers Museum
USD 8 to 29
"The Final Revival of Opal & Nev" by Dawnie Walton
Sat, 17 Jan at 01:00 pm
TBD
Energia Book Club - Braiding Sweetgrass
Sun, 31 Aug at 03:00 pm
Palmisano Park
Free
Get Lit: Santa's Book Fair
Tue, 02 Dec at 05:30 pm
American Writers Museum
USD 8 to 29
Ivy+ Alumni: Books & Brews
Tue, 23 Sep at 05:30 pm
Chicago French Market
Free
Parking The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes
Sun, 28 Sep at 12:00 am
Auditorium Theatre Chicago
"The Sentence" by Louise Erdrich
Sun, 16 Nov at 07:00 pm
TBD
40th Annual Printers Row Lit Fest
Sat, 06 Sep at 07:00 pm
Printers Row Lit Fest
ISPS-US 2025 Annual Conference: Bridging the Divides
Sat, 08 Nov at 08:00 am
UIC Student Center West
USD 23 to 450
"Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close" by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman
Sat, 13 Dec at 01:00 pm
TBD
DOM’S LITERARY GROUP
Thu, 15 May at 07:00 pm
2255 S Michigan Ave
Free
Silent Book Club - Eli Tea Bar- Sponsored By 40th Ward Dems
Wed, 08 Jan at 07:00 pm
Eli Tea Bar, North Clark Street, Chicago, IL, USA
Eli Rallo Launches "Does Anyone Else Feel This Way?" at Everybody's Coffee
Sun, 19 Oct at 02:00 pm
Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey)
USD 49
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