Current Bookstores
- Semicolon Chicago
- City Lit Books
- Unabridged Bookstore
- Women & Children First Bookstore
- Volumes Bookcafe
- Pilsen Community Books
- 57th Street Bookstore
- The Seminary Co-op Bookstore
- Myopic Books
- Quimby’s Bookstore
- The Book Cellar
- Sandmeyer’s Bookstore
- Newberry Bookstore
- Open Books
- After-Words
- Bookie’s
- Powell’s Books
- Uncharted Books
- Roscoe Books
- The Gallery Ltd.
- Secret Agent Supply
- Bucket O’Blood
- The Armadillo’s Pillow
- Heirloom Books
- Ravenswood Used Books
- Bookman’s Corner
- Madison Street Books
- The Underground Bookstore
- Frontline Books
- Exile in Bookville
- Akiba Books
Former Bookstores
- O’Gara & Wilson (1882-2013)
- Browne’s Bookstore (1907-1912)
- Fanny Butcher Books (1919-1927)
- Stuart Brent Books (1947-1996)
- Kroch’s and Brentano’s (1957-1995)
- Shake Rattle & Read (1966-2016)
- Guild Books (1967-1992)
- The Savvy Traveller (1971-2007)
- Aspidistra Bookshop (1972-1998)
- Prairie Avenue Bookshop (1974-2009)
- Rizzoli’s (1976-2001)
- Booksellers Row / Howard’s Books (1978-2015)
- Booklegger’s (1979-2017; still extant online and at trade shows)
- Selected Works (1983-2016)
- Bookworks (1984-2016; still active as online store)
- The Stars Our Destination (1988-2003)
- AfroCentric Bookstore (1990-2008)
- Freedom Found
- Reading Room
- MotherLand Books
- Printers Row Fine & Rare Books (2000-2012)
- The Dial Bookshop (2017-2021)
Current Institutions
- The Caxton Club
- The Newberry Library
- The Chicago Literary Club
- Harold Washington Library Center
- Poetry Foundation
- The Cliff-Dwellers Club
- The American Writers Museum
- Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
- Chicago Writers Association
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Former Institutions
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Landmarks
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