The Bookstore Map

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Bus & Trolley Tours

Tickets for 2026 busses and trolleys are live! Choose from 5 bus routes, 2 trolley routes, and 1 limo bus route (JUST ADDED!!). All tickets cost $62 + Eventbrite processing fees.

Bike Groups

BFF Bikes is hosting a Bookstore Bike Crawl this year! The crawl starts and ends at BFF Bikes, located at 2056 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647. 

Start Time: 9:30 am
8 Bookstore Stops: City Lit Books, Skunk Cabbage Books, Restoried Bookshop, The Book Cellar, RoscoeBooks, The Last Chapter Book Shop, Three Avenues Bookshop, & Lilliput Books
Bike the Crawl
Independent Bookstore Day - Saturday, April 25
Hop on your bike for a self-guided adventure to 10-15 amazing independent bookstores across the city. The Route kicks off at Sandmeyer's Bookstore (714 S Dearborn St), where Broadway Bikes will be on hand to pump up your tires, share safety tips, and send you off with coffee and treats.

10-stop ride: Sandmeyer’s Bookstore, Exile in Bookville, After-Words, Open Books West Loop, Madison Street Books, Passages Wine and Books, Perpetual Book, Quimby’s, City Lit Books, Skunk Cabbage Books

15-stop ride: +Bucket O’ Blood, Uncharted Books, Roscoe Books, The Last Chapter, Three Avenues
Or you can create your own route with the 80+ participating bookstores.

Running Groups

If you’re ready for a day full of running and bookstores, look no further! Read & Run Chicago is an organization that supports libraries, indie bookstores, and other small businesses through their programming. This year, Read & Run Chicago team members are leading five different simultaneously happening guided runs between some of the city’s most beloved indie bookstores.

Route 1: Hyde Park

[Hyde Park → South Shore] with Cynthia Chen
Start Time: 11:00 am
5 Bookstore Stops: Call & Response Books, Seminary Co-op Bookstore, 57th Street Books, Powell's Books Chicago, Build Coffee & Books

Route 2: West Loop + Pilsen + South Loop

[West Loop → Pilsen → South Loop] with Fernanda Wetzel
​​Start Time: 10:00 am
5 Bookstore Stops: Open Books West Loop, Madison Street Books, Pilsen Community Books, Open Books Pilsen, & Sandmeyer’s Bookstore

Route 3: Milwaukee Avenue—West Town to Avondale

[Milwaukee Avenue] with John Foley​
Start Time: 9:45 am
7 Bookstore Stops: Passages Wine and Books, Quimby’s Bookstore, Los Amigos Books, City Lit Books, Skunk Cabbage Books, Bucket O’ Blood Books and Records, & Perpetual Books

Route 4: Lakeview

[Lakeview] with Allison Yates
Start Time: 10:00 am
4 Bookstore Stops: Unabridged Bookstore, Three Avenues Bookshop, RoscoeBooks, & The Last Chapter Book Shop

Route 5: Albany Park to Andersonville

[Albany Park → Andersonville] with Betsy Tomszak
​Start Time: 10:00 am
5 Bookstore Stops: Restoried Bookshop, Women & Children First, The Understudy Coffee and Books, Time and a half Books, & The Book Cellar