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Storms? What storms? 🌧️ 🤔 Hop on your wheels and score some deals—while the skies are clear! 🌞 📚 ⏰ Sunday-Tuesday, 10am-...
08/12/2026

Storms? What storms? 🌧️ 🤔

Hop on your wheels and score some deals—while the skies are clear! 🌞 📚

⏰ Sunday-Tuesday, 10am-5pm
⏰ Wednesday-Saturday, 11am-7pm
📍 1501 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637

Anthologies are on the move! 🚚📚That’s because lit crit and poetry are having growth spurts.With major collections coming...
08/11/2026

Anthologies are on the move! 🚚📚

That’s because lit crit and poetry are having growth spurts.

With major collections coming in recently, we’ve been expanding all these sections. So come on in and see what’s fresh on the shelves.

You’re bound to find a sleeper hit poetry volume, a blockbuster century-spanning anthology, or a book on your favorite literary author.

Our doors are open seven days a week!

⏰ Sunday-Tuesday, 10am-5pm
⏰ Wednesday-Saturday, 11am-7pm
📍 1501 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637

We’re proud to be on the New York Times’s 36 Hours in Chicago itinerary, alongside fellow Hyde Park booksellers 57th Str...
08/10/2026

We’re proud to be on the New York Times’s 36 Hours in Chicago itinerary, alongside fellow Hyde Park booksellers 57th Street Books, The Seminary Co-op Bookstores, and Call & Response Books.

Thanks to Natalie Moore for the shout-out.

See you on your summertime ambles, Hyde Parkers and out-of-towners alike!

File under: Serendipitous Finds 📚 👀 Dani from New York City is in town for a wedding and popped down aisle 1 for our psy...
08/09/2026

File under: Serendipitous Finds 📚 👀

Dani from New York City is in town for a wedding and popped down aisle 1 for our psychology section. Lo and behold, she happened upon books by her late father, neuroscientist Jay Schulkin.

We’re glad you had an impromptu visit from your dad, Dani. And we’re glad you visited us!

We’re here to provide your next serendipitous find. Come have a chance encounter of your own, seven days a week.

⏰ Sunday-Tuesday, 10am-5pm
⏰ Wednesday-Saturday, 11am-7pm
📍 1501 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637

Been a while since you visited? Make it a bookstore day.We have the city’s largest selection of quality used, rare, and ...
08/04/2026

Been a while since you visited? Make it a bookstore day.

We have the city’s largest selection of quality used, rare, and bargain books. Come score your next great discovery right here in Hyde Park.

⏰ Sunday-Tuesday, 10am-5pm
⏰ Wednesday-Saturday, 11am-7pm
📍 1501 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637

Cool summer savings 😎 📚 Stock up in style, with one of our nifty totes or tees!On Saturday, August 1, save 20% when you ...
07/30/2026

Cool summer savings 😎 📚

Stock up in style, with one of our nifty totes or tees!

On Saturday, August 1, save 20% when you shop in-store with your Powell’s Books Chicago tote bag or t-shirt.

It’s our time-honored First-of-the-Month Sale! Shop all day, 11am-7pm.

📚 Powell’s Books Chicago
👆 First-of-the-Month Sale
🗓️ Saturday, August 1
⏰ 11am-7pm
📍 1501 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637

Meet you at the corner?Head over to our place, and bring a friend! You never know what treasures you’ll find.⏰ Wednesd...
07/29/2026

Meet you at the corner?

Head over to our place, and bring a friend! You never know what treasures you’ll find.

⏰ Wednesday-Saturday, 11am-7pm
⏰ Sunday-Tuesday, 10am-5pm
📍 1501 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637

Last days in the Uk - home tomorrow
07/28/2026

Last days in the Uk - home tomorrow

Trove of excellent fiction is hitting the shelves now.Time to load up your pile!⏰ Sunday-Tuesday, 10am-5pm⏰ Wednesday-...
07/27/2026

Trove of excellent fiction is hitting the shelves now.

Time to load up your pile!

⏰ Sunday-Tuesday, 10am-5pm
⏰ Wednesday-Saturday, 11am-7pm
📍 1501 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637

When the workweek’s got you stressed, take a bookstore break!Stop on by and see all the fresh good stuff we’ve been addi...
07/27/2026

When the workweek’s got you stressed, take a bookstore break!

Stop on by and see all the fresh good stuff we’ve been adding to your favorite sections.

⏰ Sunday-Tuesday, 10am-5pm
⏰ Wednesday-Saturday, 11am-7pm
📍 1501 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637

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1501 E 57th Street
Chicago, IL
60637

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Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 11am - 7pm
Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 11am - 7pm
Saturday 11am - 7pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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