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Chicago’s largest independent dealer in quality used, bargain, antiquarian, and out-of-print books. Visit us at 1501 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637, or at powellschicago.com.

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Top of the morning from Hyde Park, the most #bookish neighborhood in Chicago.

📍 1501 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637

#BookSky #ReaderSky #BookstoreLife

18.02.2026 17:21 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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🚨🥶 CLOSED FRIDAY, JANUARY 23 🥶🚨

22.01.2026 23:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We have a few books here for you to peruse. 😉 📚 🤓

08.01.2026 20:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Snowfall, sunrise! ❄️⛅️

It’s another lovely December day in Chicago.

Make it a bookstore day. Shop your favorite neighborhood indie!

#indiebookstore #BookSky #ReaderSky #shoplocal #shopsmall

04.12.2025 17:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Where to shop local this holiday season The holiday season is here again, and for those looking to shop thoughtfully and close to home, Hyde Park, Kenwood and Woodlawn are home to a rich mix of small

Shop local this holiday season, and let us help you book right through your gift giving list!

Thanks to the Hyde Park Herald for highlighting us in their neighborhood holiday shopping guide.

#BookSky #ShopLocal

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03.12.2025 18:51 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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This is the big one! 🫨

#BookSky #ReaderSky #Bookstores

17.09.2025 17:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Here in our neighborhood, Hyde Park, folks are beaming after a lovely weekend for #UChicago Convocation and the 57th Street Art Fair.

School may be out, but your trusty local booksellers are here all summer.

Let us help you build up that summer #tbr pile. Sun-Tues, 10am-5pm; Weds-Sat, 11am-7pm.

09.06.2025 01:14 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks for the visit, @audreyniffenegger.bsky.social! Great having you, @eddiecampbell.bsky.social, and @kgerleve.bsky.social.

30.05.2025 12:43 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We were honored to welcome these amazing book artists and book arts advocates at our warehouse. #BookSky

30.05.2025 12:39 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Don’t think he’s ever been here before?

Oh, ye of little faith…

To native South Sider, erstwhile Hyde Park theology student, and now first US-born pope Leo XIV, we send heartfelt hometown congratulations.

#BookSky #ReaderSky #Books

12.05.2025 16:06 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Look, Ma! We made it into the neighborhood paper’s weekly photo roundup.

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03.05.2025 22:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Chicago’s Comic Book Stores Banding Together For Citywide Shop Crawl Saturday Neighborhood shops plan to take this year’s Free Comic Book Day festivities to a new level, starting with a pre-party Friday.

Hey, that's us! We made the news!
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01.05.2025 21:56 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 1
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Get in on our time-honored First-of-the-Month sale.

Save 20% when you shop in-store with your Powell’s Books Chicago tote bag or t-shirt.

That’s the deal, on the first day of each month.

30.04.2025 19:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We’re closing the books on our most epic Independent Bookstore Day yet.

Thanks for showing up big on Saturday and making the commitment to #shopsmall in support of indies.

Long live #independentbookstores!

#BookSky #ReaderSky #Books
#SupportIndependentBookstores #BookstoreLife #BookstoreLove

29.04.2025 16:32 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Pilsen Community Books in Chicago is the best radical bookstore I know.

Pilsen Community Books in Chicago is the best radical bookstore I know.

Powell's Books in Hyde Park introduced me to so many great books back when I was in grad school. Still one of my favorite stops in Chicago.

Powell's Books in Hyde Park introduced me to so many great books back when I was in grad school. Still one of my favorite stops in Chicago.

Favorites for #IndependentBookstoreDay from Chicago: @powellsbookschi.bsky.social takes me back to grad school, and @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social has become a must-visit every time we're in town.

26.04.2025 15:32 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Reminder! Tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day and we expect all of you in here for the city-wide book crawl (see link in bio for more info)! Don’t miss the New Stuff Saturdays Livestream on IG at 11:30am CT so you know what new things to look for! instagram.com/quimbysbookstore/

25.04.2025 21:27 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Picture of the 10% and 15% discount cards participants can earn for reaching milestones on the 2025 Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl

Picture of the 10% and 15% discount cards participants can earn for reaching milestones on the 2025 Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl

Crawl your way to 10 stores, and get 10% off at all participating stores for an entire year!

Make it to 15 stores, and make that 15% off!

Here are the discount cards you can earn this Saturday, April 26.

25.04.2025 12:03 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Photo of 2025 Chicagoland Bookstore crawl passport

Photo of 2025 Chicagoland Bookstore crawl passport

Come and get ’em! Here is this year’s IBD passport. Pick one up at our store (or any of our 50+ peer indies) and get started on your bookstore crawl.

25.04.2025 11:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Quick reminder that Independent Bookstore Day is this Saturday, April 26!

If you’re in the area, put us on your itinerary for the Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl.

We have special early hours: 9am-7pm.

25.04.2025 11:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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#tbt IBD of yesteryear 🎥

Independent Bookstore Day happens this year on Saturday, April 26.

Join the great Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl, and come have some bookish fun with us!

#BookSky #ReaderSky #ChiLoveBooks #TeamIndie #Bookstores #BookstoreLove #SupportIndependentBookstores #BookstoreLife

17.04.2025 16:22 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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CHI♥BOOKS It was my first time attending, and I had so much fun and felt so involved in the community. I'll definitely be attending again next year. -Almudena R.  We had a great time, and we were able to...

Here’s the 311 on Chicago’s Independent Bookstore Day.

🗓️ Saturday, April 26, 2025

#Booksky #BookstoreLove #BookstoreLife #Books #SupportIndependentBookstores #Bookstores #ReaderSky #ChiLoveBooks #TeamIndie

www.chilovebooks.com

10.04.2025 21:02 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1
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Get me to God’s country.

IYKYK.

#Booksky #Readersky #BookstoreLove #BookstoreLife #SupportIndependentBookstores #Bookstores #Books #Bookselling

09.04.2025 22:01 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Come visit us!

📍1501 E. 57th St. Chicago, IL 60637

#Booksky #Readersky #BookstoreLove #BookstoreLife #SupportIndependentBookstores #Bookstores #Bookstore #Bookselling #Books

07.04.2025 14:23 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Can’t wait for the crawl!

04.04.2025 17:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We had a lovely visit from Thomas Meaney of @grantamag.bsky.social.

He was in the neighborhood for the University of Chicago’s Literary Arts Lab.

Thanks for stopping by, Thomas! See you again next time you’re in Chicago.

04.04.2025 17:02 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Chicagoans: Have you heard of Independent Bookstore Day?

It’s coming up on 4/26.

Visit 10 bookstores, get 10% off for a whole year.

Visit 15 bookstores, get 15% off.

Full details at chilovebooks.com.

03.04.2025 20:41 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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We’re new around here. Please follow us and welcome us to your feed.

Watch this space for new arrivals, rare finds, slices of the bookseller’s life, and in-store promotions.

02.04.2025 22:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0