Books Events in Chicago
Check out happening books events all around Chicago, IL
22nd Annual Cavalcade of Authors - Printers Row Lit Fest Chicago
Fri, 11 Sep at 07:00 pm
SpringHill Suites Chicago Chinatown
USD 0 to 266
Rudy Francisco Live in Chicago
Sun, 19 Apr at 07:30 pm
Color Club
USD 39
American Writers Festival - American Writers Museum
Sat, 06 Jun at 10:00 am
American Writers Museum
Free
A Conversation with Shannon Chakraborty!
Fri, 15 May at 07:00 pm
Seminary Co-op Bookstore
USD 43
In Conversation with Garrison Keillor at Park West
Mon, 04 May at 07:30 pm
Park West
Trivia Tuesday: The Devil Wears Prada Edition
Tue, 28 Apr at 08:00 pm
3349 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60657
Book Event: Raising Change Agents by Nat Nadha Vikitsreth
Mon, 06 Apr at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Patricia Smith, Ashley M. Jones, Donika Kelly, Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Thu, 23 Apr at 06:00 pm
Poetry Foundation
Free
LIT: A Literary Variety Show (Vol 3: Banned Books)
Fri, 10 Apr at 09:30 pm
The Newport Theater
USD 29 to 39
Sor Juana 2026: A Presentation of My Name is Chabela with Marisol Arnot
Wed, 29 Apr at 07:00 pm
National Museum of Mexican Art
Free
Emma Grede: Start With Yourself Book Tour
Tue, 21 Apr at 07:15 pm
1331 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60622
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2026
Sat, 02 May at 11:00 am
1845 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60647
Book Event: Mega Milk by Megan Milks
Fri, 10 Apr at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
HEATED RIVALRY – by Rachel Reid
Tue, 19 May at 07:00 pm
Center on Halsted
Book Event: The Shipikisha Club by Mubanga Kalimamukwento
Wed, 15 Apr at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Amit Chaudhuri - "Incompleteness: New and Selected Essays" - Srikanth Reddy
Tue, 28 Apr at 04:00 pm
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60637
Book Event: Fat Swim by Emma Copley Eisenberg
Tue, 05 May at 07:00 pm
Haymarket House
USD 6 to 39
Chicago-North Romance Writers Spring Fling '26 Book Signing
Sat, 18 Apr at 03:30 pm
The Royal Sonesta Chicago Downtown
Free
Knowing Book Signing and Talk with Touré Roberts
Thu, 16 Apr at 06:00 pm
Da Book Joint
USD 35
Black Single Mother Book Talk and Signing with Jamilah Lemieux
Tue, 28 Apr at 06:00 pm
NEIU Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies (CCICS)
USD 35
April Free Day at the American Writers Museum
Sun, 19 Apr at 10:00 am
American Writers Museum
Free
TJ Klune "We Burned So Bright" Book Signing
Thu, 30 Apr at 07:00 pm
Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey)
USD 43
Water to Water: Gaza Renga – Marilyn Hacker & Deema Shehabi (IN PERSON)
Mon, 20 Apr at 06:00 pm
Water to Water: Gaza Renga – Marilyn Hacker & Deema Shehabi (IN PERSON)
Charles Joseph Smith Album Release Celebration
Sat, 02 May at 08:00 pm
Elastic Arts
USD 13 to 18
Offsite at Haymarket House: Tillie Walden
Thu, 04 Jun at 07:00 pm
Haymarket House
USD 6
An Evening with Scott Simon
Wed, 06 May at 07:30 pm
First United Methodist Church of Chicago
USD 28 to 54
A Conversation with Nick Cutter!
Thu, 21 May at 07:00 pm
Seminary Co-op Bookstores
USD 40
May Free Day at the American Writers Museum
Sun, 17 May at 10:00 am
American Writers Museum
Free
Erin O’Brien "Dig In!" Cookbook signing with Monique Volz
Thu, 28 May at 06:30 pm
The Book Cellar
USD 42
Memory Museum: Stories by M Lin
Sun, 03 May at 06:30 pm
Women & Children First
Free
June Free Day at the American Writers Museum
Sun, 21 Jun at 10:00 am
American Writers Museum
Free
Silent Bookclub @ Lilliput Books
Tue, 24 Mar
Lilliput Books
Free
July Free Day at the American Writers Museum
Sun, 19 Jul at 10:00 am
American Writers Museum
Free
5th Annual Words of Wonder Literary Festival
Sat, 25 Jul at 11:00 am
Dr. Conrad Worrill Track & Field Center
Free
August Free Day at the American Writers Museum
Sun, 16 Aug at 10:00 am
American Writers Museum
Free
Japanese Bookbinding: Goshuinchō & Yotsume Toji
Thu, 16 Jul at 05:30 pm
Japanese Culture Center
USD 52
Chicago Propeller Club evening with John U. Bacon author Gales of November
Tue, 14 Apr at 05:00 pm
Guinness Open Gate Brewery – West Loop
USD 75 to 95
Book Event: The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Wed, 22 Apr at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
FLORENZER - by Phil Melanson
Tue, 21 Apr at 07:00 pm
Center on Halsted
Historic Chicago Bakeries Fun Run: Roeser's Bakery
Sat, 11 Apr at 12:00 pm
Logan Square Branch, Chicago Public Library
Free
Author Talk: “Parks and Rec” by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong (IN PERSON)
Wed, 22 Apr at 06:00 pm
American Writers Museum
Book Event: Body Weather by Lorraine Boissoneault
Fri, 24 Apr at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Dorothy's Silent Book Club!
Sun, 12 Apr at 06:00 pm
Dorothy
Free
Have Sex Like A Man Book Signing with Arnetta Randall
Sat, 18 Apr at 03:00 pm
Da Book Joint
USD 0 to 27
Let The Building Speak to You: Two Decades in the Architectural Trenches
Tue, 07 Apr at 05:30 pm
Charnley-Persky House Museum
USD 29
Chicago-North Romance Writers Spring Fling 2026
Thu, 16 Apr at 02:00 pm
Royal Sonesta Chicago Riverfront
Book Event: The Very Definition of Love by Sophia Benoit
Wed, 24 Jun at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Authors on Tap: Nora Lange and Lindsay Hunter
Fri, 24 Apr at 07:00 pm
Exile in Bookville
Free
Shut Up & Read: Silent Reading Party
Fri, 17 Apr at 07:00 pm
Da Book Joint
USD 8
Japanese Bookbinding & Goshuinchō Workshop
Fri, 29 May at 06:00 pm
Japanese Culture Center
USD 44
Get Lit: Art of the Cocktail
Tue, 12 May at 05:30 pm
American Writers Museum
More Calm, Less Stress: An Experiential Evening with Author Megy Karydes
Tue, 05 May at 06:00 pm
Fabrik Chicago
USD 55
Queer Nerd Meetup at Goblin Market
Fri, 10 Apr at 06:00 pm
Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities, North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA
Free
Craft Night at Three Avenues Bookshop
Fri, 10 Apr at 07:30 pm
Three Avenues Bookshop
Free
Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right
Sat, 18 Apr at 02:00 pm
Nighthawk
Free
Read & Run Chicago Turns 5: A Chicago Cookbook Potluck
Wed, 13 May at 06:00 pm
Fabrik Chicago
USD 0 to 18
Manuscript Meet & Greet: Banned Books Edition
Mon, 13 Apr at 03:00 pm
Regenstein Library
Free
LOST PROPHET: The Life & Times of BAYARD RUSTIN – by John D'Emilio - Author Coming
Tue, 21 Jul at 07:00 pm
Center on Halsted
Bookish Trivia Night
Fri, 10 Apr at 08:00 pm
Passages Wine and Books
Free
KEWN Purple Pages Book Club – Chicago Happy Hour
Tue, 14 Apr at 05:30 pm
Yasemi, A Modern Mediterranean Restaurant
Free
Author event with Thomas Kent West
Fri, 24 Apr at 06:00 pm
Three Avenues Bookshop
USD 0 to 24
Taylor Wolfe, "Just a Busy Season" Book Tour
Fri, 01 May at 07:00 pm
Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey)
USD 46
Auntie Shelia's Bingo Night
Thu, 30 Apr at 07:00 pm
Da Book Joint
USD 8
Vintage Inspired Framed Book Page Floral Masterpiece
Sun, 10 May at 11:00 am
Beehive Bindery & Crafts
USD 71
SARAH BECAN "LET'S MAKE COCKTAILS" SIGNING/TASTING RELEASE EVENT
Sat, 11 Apr at 05:00 pm
1845 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60647
Chicago New Books
Thu, 07 May at 06:00 pm
Poetry Foundation
Free
Artists Book-Making Workshop led by Yoonshin Park
Wed, 08 Apr at 01:00 pm
Hyde Park Art Center
Free
Redeem A Nation Book Signing with Damario Solomon-Simmons
Tue, 19 May at 07:00 pm
Da Book Joint
USD 6 to 36
Jibz Cameron: Hell in a Handbag
Sat, 23 May at 07:30 pm
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
Free
Book Event: The Collective Cure by Dr. Monica L. Wang
Thu, 23 Apr at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Daniel Louis Wyche - "The Care of Self and the Care of the Other" - Curtis J. Evans
Fri, 17 Apr at 04:00 pm
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60637
The Violence: My Family's Colombian War by Adriana E. Ramírez
Tue, 14 Apr at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Northwestern SPS MFA & MA Faculty Reading
Fri, 15 May at 06:30 pm
The Book Cellar
Performance & Book Signing | A Sexual History of the Internet
Fri, 08 May at 08:00 pm
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60611
READING & SCREENING: THE WEREWOLF LIVES!
Thu, 09 Apr at 07:00 pm
The Brewed
Free
Green Card Youth Voices: Chicago Reading
Fri, 01 May at 06:30 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Modern Fiction Lilliput Bookclub: Heart the Lover by Lily King
Tue, 21 Apr at 06:30 pm
Lilliput Books
Free
Tuesdays Together: Story Time at the Smart
Tue, 30 Jun at 10:00 am
Smart Museum of Art
Free
Craft, Listen, and Connect: An Audiobook Crafting Circle
Sun, 12 Apr at 10:00 am
Passages Wine and Books
Free
Borrowed Time Book Release Party
Thu, 16 Apr at 06:00 pm
Experience 868 Events
USD 159
April Book Club w/ Three Avenues: The Future Saints
Sun, 19 Apr at 05:00 pm
Beermiscuous
Free
Coloring Happy Hour
Fri, 10 Apr at 04:00 pm
Lot'sa
Free
Yoga & Books with Mini-Sound Bath
Sun, 19 Apr at 09:00 am
Lilliput Books
USD 28
Once Upon A Brunch for Book Lovers
Sun, 19 Apr at 12:00 pm
Da Book Joint
USD 43 to 69
Kokandy Book Club presents: Hamlet
Mon, 13 Apr at 07:30 pm
The Understudy Coffee and Books
USD 0 to 19
Book Talk With Deborah Jiang-Stein
Wed, 22 Apr at 04:30 pm
5733 S University Ave
Free
SKETCH / BOOK
Mon, 30 Mar at 06:00 pm
Quimby's Bookstore
USD 45
Shorties - A Reading Series - May 2026
Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm
The Bad Apple
Free
Sci. Fiction/Fantasy Bookclub: Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera
Wed, 22 Apr at 06:30 pm
Lilliput Books
Free
KASEY IRIS "GHOUL" RELEASE PARTY
Sat, 09 May at 06:00 pm
1845 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60647
April Book Club: This Book Made Me Think Of You
Fri, 24 Apr at 07:30 pm
Burning Bush Brewery
USD 15 to 23
Rooted Reads Book Club April Meet-Up
Wed, 22 Apr at 06:30 pm
Anticonquista Café (Pilsen)
Free
Books + Sips
Sat, 25 Apr at 09:30 am
New Sound Cafe
Free
Book Scraps to Scrap Books with Regin Igloria
Sat, 02 May at 01:00 pm
1754 N Kimball Ave
USD 29
I Hate My Job Chicago Launch Party
Tue, 05 May at 06:00 pm
Pilsen Community Books
USD 0 to 61
Looking at Art in Times of Crisis with Megan O’Grady and Benjamin Saltzman
Wed, 20 May at 06:30 pm
Three Top Lounge
Free
New/Next Writers Showcase
Tue, 21 Apr at 07:00 pm
Haymarket House
Free
Q&A and Book Signing with Sarah A. Bailey
Thu, 07 May at 06:30 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 27
Chicago City Builders Book Club: Nature's Metropolis, Part Three
Wed, 15 Apr at 06:00 pm
Arup
Free
Today's Inspired Leader Vol VI Official Book Launch
Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm
The Metropolitan
USD 0 to 21
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