Books Events in Chicago

Check out happening books events all around Chicago, IL

Elyse Myers "That's a Great Question, I'd Love To Tell You"

Fri, 07 Nov at 07:00 pm Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey) USD 45 to 66

Q&A and book signing with Laura Pavlov & Kat Singleton

Fri, 03 Oct at 07:00 pm The Last Chapter Book Shop USD 27

Authors on Tap: Catherine Lacey, Lindsay Hunter, Sara Levine, Maryse Meijer

Fri, 03 Oct at 07:00 pm Exile in Bookville Free

Passages Wine and Books Audiobook Walk

Sat, 11 Oct at 10:00 am Passages Wine and Books Free

Offsite: Patricia Lockwood at Haymarket House

Sun, 12 Oct at 07:00 pm Haymarket House USD 11 to 40

M**der Mystery Party

Fri, 17 Oct at 06:00 pm Passages Wine and Books USD 90

Authors on Tap: Lily King and Lindsay Hunter

Thu, 23 Oct at 07:00 pm Exile in Bookville Free

Dominic Hoffman Book Launch & Signing

Fri, 24 Oct at 06:00 pm Da Book Joint USD 0 to 20

Author Talk: Susan Orlean, "Joyride" (IN PERSON)

Fri, 24 Oct at 06:00 pm American Writers Museum USD 10 to 13

Book Launch and Signing with V. Kay Martin

Sat, 11 Oct at 03:00 pm Da Book Joint USD 6 to 17

Meagan Church - The Mad Wife

Wed, 01 Oct at 06:30 pm Volumes Bookcafe USD 0 to 40

A Conversation with Andrew W. Kahrl, Author of "The Black Tax"

Tue, 07 Oct at 06:00 pm DePaul University Free

Locker Room Confessions Sports Romance Panel

Sat, 04 Oct at 02:00 pm The Den Theatre USD 48

RL Book Club #102: "Underground Airlines"

Tue, 30 Sep at 07:30 pm Reed's Local

Remembering Your Ancestral Fire Audiobook Release Party

Fri, 21 Nov at 08:00 pm UncommonGround - Lakeview USD 34

An Evening with Graywolf

Wed, 01 Oct at 06:00 pm Big Star West Town USD 50 to 200

Grady Chambers - Great Disasters Book Release

Sat, 04 Oct at 06:30 pm Volumes Bookcafe USD 0 to 22

Chicago, IL - Silent Disco! at Punch Bowl Social

Sat, 22 Mar at 08:30 pm Punch Bowl Social Chicago USD 12

An American Fiction

Wed, 15 Oct at 05:00 pm Chicago State University Free

Chicago City Builders Book Club: Grafters and Goo Goos

Wed, 05 Nov at 06:00 pm Arup Free

Ponce at Nite Book Club

Thu, 09 Oct at 06:00 pm 5504 West Lawrence Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA USD 39

A ROYAL AFFAIR - A CAVALCADE OF AUTHORS EVENT

Fri, 24 Oct at 07:30 pm Alhambra Palace Restaurant USD 37 to 61

Barry Pearce - 'The Plan of Chicago' - Book Release Party at Martyrs'

Sat, 15 Nov at 01:00 pm 3855 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60613

Book Talk: Coltan Scrivner - Morbidly Curious

Tue, 04 Nov at 06:00 pm International Museum of Surgical Science Free

A Conversation with Kamala Harris

Sat, 11 Oct at 03:00 pm 50 E Ida B Wells Dr, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60605

Q&A And Book Signing With Sarah Chamberlin

Thu, 06 Nov at 07:00 pm The Last Chapter Book Shop USD 27

Paul Selig: A Channeled Weekend Workshop in Chicago

Sat, 11 Oct at 10:00 am Color Club USD 295 to 395

Speculative Fiction Book Club

Sun, 05 Oct at 05:00 pm Slant of Light Books Free

"Cemetery Boys" by Aiden Thomas

Fri, 17 Oct at 07:00 pm TBD

Dominic A. Pacyga Book Launch: Clout City

Wed, 01 Oct at 06:30 pm Marz Community Brewing Company Free

RL Book Club #103: "Our Share of the Night"

Tue, 21 Oct at 07:30 pm Reed's Local

Margaux Eliot Book Release Y2k Party

Thu, 06 Nov at 06:30 pm Volumes Bookcafe USD 22 to 39

Get Lit: The Case of the Book Club Butcher

Tue, 07 Oct at 05:30 pm American Writers Museum USD 8 to 29

Between the Wines Book Club - Eight Hundred Grapes

Tue, 30 Sep at 07:00 pm WineStyles Chicago Free

City Book Exchange 📕

Sun, 05 Oct at 12:00 pm 1534 W Roscoe St

Cheese Magic: Book Launch Party & Market

Sat, 18 Oct at 03:00 pm Sideshow Gallery Free

October Book Club with Three Avenues: The Eyes Are The Best Part

Sun, 19 Oct at 05:00 pm Beermiscuous Free

Letters to My Broken & Becoming - Book Talk/Workshop

Wed, 08 Oct at 10:00 am 1506 W 53rd St USD 0 to 13

September Book Club | Strong Towns Chicago

Tue, 30 Sep at 07:00 pm Bourgeois Pig Cafe Free

Audacious Book Tour- Chicago

Tue, 28 Oct at 06:00 pm Macy's Lower Level (Barbaras Bookstore) USD 35

Horror Writing and Religion – An American Prophets Program

Fri, 10 Oct at 05:30 pm University of Chicago: Hyde Park, Chicago, IL, USA

Framing the Story: Adam Selzer on M**der, Mystery & Chicago’s Media Machine

Tue, 30 Sep at 07:00 pm Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum Free

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

Q&A and Book Signing With Rebecca M. Zornow

Sun, 23 Nov at 04:00 pm The Last Chapter Book Shop USD 27

Q&A and signing with KA Linde & Karina Halle

Tue, 07 Oct at 07:30 pm The Last Chapter Book Shop USD 27

Meghan Quinn in Chicago - Merry Christmas You Filthy Animal

Wed, 15 Oct at 07:00 pm The iO Theater USD 29

Chicago 26.2 Shakeout Run with Meb Keflezighi

Fri, 10 Oct at 08:00 am 1150 S Delano Ct

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

Writing a Global Life in Greek: An Evening with Gazmend Kapllani

Thu, 04 Dec at 07:00 pm National Hellenic Museum Free

Обговорення роману "Ворошиловград" Сергія Жадана

Sun, 12 Oct at 02:00 pm 2842 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622-4409, United States

American Prophets: Kathryn Gin Lum, "Heathen" (IN PERSON)

Wed, 10 Dec at 06:00 pm American Writers Museum USD 10 to 13

Book Club Run of Refugee High with Elly Fishman

Sat, 22 Nov at 10:00 am Chi Tea USD 18 to 39

Ali Gordon - We Have Reached The End Of Our Show

Tue, 21 Oct at 06:30 pm Volumes Bookcafe USD 19 to 22

Ladies Who Lit & Friends: Dinner & Discussion of GABRIËLE

Sun, 28 Sep at 06:30 pm Present Company USD 135

Q&A and Book Signing with Kelsey Humphreys

Tue, 28 Oct at 07:00 pm The Last Chapter Book Shop USD 43

Book Talk: Wendell McConnaha - Losing Sight of the Shore

Sun, 07 Dec at 02:00 pm International Museum of Surgical Science Free

Conscious Selling: Chicago Book Launch

Wed, 10 Dec at 05:30 pm 100 S Wacker Dr #600 Free

Listening Tour Stop with Amy Kemp - Hosted by Taina Rodriguez-Encarnacion

Wed, 21 Jan at 07:00 pm 4042 N Pulaski Rd suite 1 USD 34

National Hobbit Day

Tue, 21 Oct at 10:00 am Lilliput Books Free

"American Sirens" by Kevin Hazzard

Fri, 20 Feb at 07:00 pm TBD

Running Tour of The Salt Shed with Photographer Sandra Steinbrecher

Sun, 16 Nov at 02:00 pm The Salt Shed USD 18 to 55

Get Lit: Santa's Book Fair

Tue, 02 Dec at 05:30 pm American Writers Museum USD 8 to 29

"The Sentence" by Louise Erdrich

Sun, 16 Nov at 07:00 pm TBD

ISPS-US 2025 Annual Conference: Bridging the Divides

Sat, 08 Nov at 08:00 am UIC Student Center West USD 23 to 450

"Intermezzo" by Sally Rooney

Sun, 15 Mar at 12:00 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

Christmas with C.S. Lewis

Mon, 15 Dec at 06:00 pm Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place

Photography Studies Club

Thu, 11 Sep at 06:00 pm Filter Photo Free

OZ Experience in Chicago: Escape the witch!

Sat, 24 May at 11:00 am 2338 N Halsted St USD 10 to 30

October "Bookmarks & Bonding" - Día de los Muertos Xicágo

Sat, 25 Oct at 03:00 pm National Museum of Mexican Art

Sexuality Book Club

Wed, 19 Feb at 07:00 pm Eli Tea Bar Free

Free Day at the American Writers Museum

Sun, 16 Mar at 10:00 am American Writers Museum Free