Chicagoland Independent Bookstore Day Crawl
Independent Bookstore Day is a one-day national party celebrating indie bookstores. Across the country, each store creates its own unique events—including guest authors, special kids’ story times, readings, contests, giveaways, sales, and more. In Chicago, we do the Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl.
This year, Chicagoland is BACK with 82 bookstores joining the celebration with our annual Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl! Each year, independent bookstores across the greater Chicago area–from Antioch to Homewood and St. Charles to the Loop–the Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl encourages book lovers to indulge in bookstore tourism by visiting 10 or more stores in a single day.
Your goal?! Make it to 10 or 15 (or more) bookstores.
Visit TEN stores in one day and get 10% off at all participating bookstores for an ENTIRE YEAR!
Visit FIFTEEN stores in one day and get 15% off at all participating bookstores for an ENTIRE YEAR!
When you make it to your 10/15th bookstore, you'll receive your 10-store / 15-store champion card! A bookseller will take down your info for participation, and you'll officially have 2026 Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl Champion Bragging Rights (and discounts!).
Event Links
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Instagram: https://go.evvnt.com/3553993-2
