Books Events in Chicago

Check out happening books events all around Chicago, IL

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 Kat T. Masen and Willow Winters

Fri, 26 Sep at 07:00 pm The Last Chapter Book Shop USD 27

Locker Room Confessions Sports Romance Panel

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

C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters

Sat, 13 Sep at 04:00 pm Athenaeum Theatre

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

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

SEE HER BE HER Screening Event - Chicago, IL

Sat, 06 Sep at 01:00 pm AMC River East 21 USD 0 to 80

Q&A and book signing with Kay Cove

Wed, 17 Sep at 07:00 pm The Last Chapter Book Shop USD 27

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

Trymaine Lee Book Launch "A Thousand Ways to Die"

Fri, 12 Sep at 07:00 pm Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey) USD 45

Crime Ink: Iconic Book Launch

Thu, 11 Sep at 07:00 pm Women & Children First Free

Tiny Shelf Concert: Twelve Gage

Sat, 20 Sep at 07:00 pm Call & Response Books USD 29

Claiming Our Space: Powering an Equitable Future

Fri, 12 Sep at 05:30 pm Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile USD 25 to 1,500

Children's Storytime: HILWA'S GIFTS by Safa Suleiman

Sat, 13 Sep at 10:30 am Women & Children First Free

ALCHEMISED Midnight Release Party

Mon, 22 Sep at 09:30 pm The Last Chapter Book Shop USD 48

Author Event: Olivia Royal with Lola Wright

Mon, 08 Sep at 06:30 pm City Lit Books Free

Authors on Tap: Eric LaRocca and Daniel Kraus

Fri, 12 Sep at 07:00 pm Exile in Bookville Free

Frontier One Book Launch - By Robert Reif

Fri, 05 Sep at 06:00 pm The Metropolitan Free

Offsite: A Truce That is Not Peace by Miriam Toews

Sat, 06 Sep at 07:00 pm Haymarket House USD 11 to 53

Book Launch w/ Author Katie Simon - Chicago

Fri, 12 Sep at 07:00 pm The Pleasure Chest Free

Canto-Kójo: Reading Series and Bloodmercy Book Launch

Thu, 11 Sep at 07:00 pm Call & Response Books USD 0 to 21

Read w/ Teens

Sat, 20 Sep at 03:00 pm Da Book Joint Free

Kids' Storytime with Dr. Gloria!

Sat, 20 Sep at 11:00 am Call & Response Books USD 0 to 14

Dan Pelosi "Let's Party" at Everybody's Coffee

Fri, 05 Sep at 07:00 pm Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey) USD 52

Kids' Storytime with Tiffany Smith!

Sat, 04 Oct at 11:00 am Call & Response Books USD 0 to 25

Jason Diamond - Kaplan's Plot Chicago Release

Fri, 19 Sep at 07:00 pm Volumes Bookcafe USD 32 to 38

Totally Lit Speed Dating - LGTBQ edition

Wed, 10 Sep at 06:30 pm Volumes Bookcafe USD 25

Q&A and Book Signing with Veronica Lancet

Wed, 24 Sep at 07:00 pm The Last Chapter Book Shop USD 32

September Book Club with Three Avenues: The Favorites

Sun, 21 Sep at 05:00 pm Beermiscuous Free

A ROYAL AFFAIR - A CAVALCADE OF AUTHORS EVENT

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

Printers Row After Party: Rainbo Club

Sun, 07 Sep at 07:00 pm Rainbo Club

Book Talk: The Wilderness with Angela Flournoy

Wed, 22 Oct at 07:00 pm Call & Response Books USD 0 to 37

CLHOF @ PRLF

Sat, 06 Sep at 10:00 am Printers Row Lit Fest

Chicago City Builders Book Club: Grafters and Goo Goos

Wed, 05 Nov at 06:00 pm Arup Free

Blue House Bookmobile at Printers Row Lit Fest

Sat, 06 Sep at 10:00 am Printer's Row, Chicago

Jennifer Pastiloff & Gertrude Lyons Book Event

Tue, 09 Sep at 07:00 pm Women & Children First Free

Authors on Tap: ML Rio and Lindsay Hunter

Tue, 16 Sep at 07:00 pm Exile in Bookville Free

Paul Selig: A Channeled Weekend Workshop in Chicago

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

Miss Women in peace 2025

Sat, 13 Sep at 06:00 pm 21c Museum Hotel Chicago USD 151 to 269

The Perils of Girlhood: A Memoir in Essays by Melissa Fraterrigo

Wed, 24 Sep at 07:00 pm Women & Children First Free

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

Tue, 21 Oct 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

Chicago Book Confab 2025

Wed, 03 Sep at 10:00 am 637 S Dearborn St Free

Offsite: Patricia Lockwood at Haymarket House

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

FREELANCER a novel

Sun, 28 Sep at 01:30 pm City News Cafe Free

Novelists

Mon, 22 Sep at 06:00 pm Beat Kitchen

Author Talk: Nicholas Meyer (IN PERSON)

Thu, 18 Sep at 06:00 pm American Writers Museum

Totally Lit Speed Dating - Hetero Edition

Wed, 17 Sep at 06:30 pm 1373 N Milwaukee Ave USD 25

Bloody Reads #103: Hawk Mountain

Wed, 17 Sep at 08:00 pm Bucket O' Blood Books and Records

Conscious Selling: Chicago Book Launch

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

Book Launch: Oxford Soju Club with Jinwoo Park

Wed, 01 Oct at 07:00 pm Call & Response Books USD 0 to 25

Book Talk: Birds of the Great Lakes with Dexter Patterson

Sat, 11 Oct at 02:00 pm Call & Response Books USD 0 to 24

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

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

Thu, 18 Sep at 07:00 pm 4042 N Pulaski Rd suite 1 USD 34

RL Book Club #102: "Underground Airlines"

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

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

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

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

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

American Prophets: James Baldwin & Queer Spirituality (IN PERSON)

Tue, 16 Sep at 06:00 pm American Writers Museum

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

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

"Cemetery Boys" by Aiden Thomas

Fri, 17 Oct at 07:00 pm TBD

Get Lit: The Case of the Book Club Butcher

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

"American Sirens" by Kevin Hazzard

Fri, 20 Feb at 07:00 pm TBD

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

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

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

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

October "Bookmarks & Bonding"

Sat, 25 Oct at 01:00 pm TBD

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

Dorothy's Silent Book Club!

Sun, 13 Jul at 06:00 pm Dorothy Free