A Neighborhood Independent Bookstore
After more than two months of limited operations, we are OPEN once again, and can't wait to see you! But we have a few rules in place:
Max capacity: 4 customers at a time. Masks are required for anyone over age 2.
Please limit your browsing to 15 minutes.
No cash - please be ready with a credit/debit card, check, or mobile payment method.
We look forward to the day when we can accommodate a packed store once again. Until then, thank you kindly for your understanding and compliance!
Classics in Brief Book Club: All the classics you meant to read...kept short!
What we're reading: Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Next Meeting is Thursday, February 4th at 7:30pm
Want to join? Email Tom for Zoom info!
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Contemporary Fiction Book Club: Just your regular ol' fiction book club with discussion, opinions, and wine!
What we're reading: American Dirt by BJeanine Cummins
Next Meeting is Wednesday, February 10th at 7:30pm
Want to join? Email Julie for Zoom info!
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Nonfiction Book Club. Thought-provoking conversation about non-fiction books.
What we're reading: On Immunity by Eula Biss
Next Meeting is Monday, February 22nd at 7:30pm
Want to join? Email Jess for Zoom info!
January Favorites
With the holidays behind us, we've all found more time to read. Here are some books we've read and loved lately.
Mother To Son: Letters to a Black Boy on Identity and Hope, by Jasmine L . Holmes
Light for the World to See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope, by Kwame Alexander
Homeland Elegies, by Ayad Akhtar
This Will Be Funny Someday, by Katie Henry
The Prophets, by Robert Jones, Jr.
A Promised Land, by Barack Obama
Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder, by T.A. Willberg
The Orchard, by David Hopen
No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality, by Michael J. Fox
Greg's Favorites of 2020
A Promised Land, by Barack Obama
Hollywood Park, by Mikel Jollett
Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey, by Kathleen Rooney
Deacon King Kong, by James McBride
Transcendent Kingdom, by Yaa Gyasi
Christy's Favorites of 2020
From The Desk of Zoe Washington, by Janae Marks
Interior Chinatown, by Charles Yu
Is This Anything?, by Jerry Seinfeld
Dragon Hoops, by Gene Luen Yang
Superman Smashes The Klan, by Gene Luen Yang
5 Comfort Reads for Quarantine
Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk, by Kathleen Rooney
Real Men Knit, by Kwana Jackson
The Bear and the Nightingale, by Katherine Arden
The Most Fun We Ever Had, by Claire Lombardo
Destination Wedding, by Diksha Basu
Erika recommends...
Nine Shiny Objects, by Brian Castleberry
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Erika recommends...
How Much Of These Hills Is Gold, by C Pam Zhang
Greg recommends...
Hollywood Park, by Mikel Jollett
Monday — Saturday: 10am - 7pm
Sunday: 11am - 6pm
Please Note: our website updates stock once per day, so the book quantities indicated on our site may not be an accurate representation of what we actually have in stock at the store. But please know we very much appreciate your order and will do everything we can to get you your books as quickly as humanly possible!
RoscoeBooks hosts a weekly Story Time at the store Tuesdays and Saturdays at 11:00 am. All are welcome!
We're proud to carry a range of local goods including cards and prints by Chicago Artists, Dmitry Samarov, Steve Musgrave and Eliza Rosen. Also, be sure to check out our monthly collaboration with Alex's Music Studio for our Children's Story Time!
Stay on top of what's happening around the Neighborhood with the Roscoe Village Chamber of Commerce and Roscoe Village Neighbors.
