City Lit Books | A Book Lover's Bookstore | Chicago, IL | Logan Square

We are sad to announce that It is time for City Lit Books to close. City Lit Books will close on December 1^st, 2020.

Regular curbside pickup hours will continue through October 23rd for books that have arrived in the store.

Online orders with UPS Ground Shipping can be placed through November 30.

Thank you for eight amazing years immersed in books. We are deeply grateful for the incredible support of so many who shared a passion for books and helped make City Lit become a destination and so much more than the original vision.

Read more on our blog: https://www.citylitbooks.com/blog

See our full events calendar here.

New Books

Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema Cover Image

Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence Cover Image

Make It Scream, Make It Burn: Essays Cover Image

Make Me Rain: Poems & Prose Cover Image

Upcoming Events

Virtual Author Event: "Brave(ish)" by Margaret Davis Ghielmetti in conversation with Patricia Ann McNair
Thursday, October 22, 2020 - 6:30pm

Virtual Interpretations Book Club: "History of a Disappearance" by Filip Springer
Friday, October 23, 2020 - 6:30pm

Virtual Off-Book Book Club: "The Children" by Lucy Kirkwood
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 - 6:30pm

Virtual Weird & Wonderful Book Club: "Mostly Dead Things" by Kristen Arnett
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 - 6:30pm

Recommended Pre-Orders

A Promised Land Cover Image

Memorial: A Novel Cover Image

Ready Player Two: A Novel Cover Image

Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America Cover Image

Staff Picks

Bezoar: And Other Unsettling Stories Cover Image

The Scapegracers Cover Image

Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories Cover Image

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays Cover Image

New Kids Books

My Rainbow Cover Image

Among the Beasts & Briars Cover Image

Hazel’s Theory of Evolution Cover Image

Okapi Tale Cover Image

Indie Next List

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Kids Indie Next List

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