Read & Run Chicago's September 14 Running Tour is inspired by the work of Jane, a pre-Roe V. Wade abortion counseling service. Guide Kaylee Tock rounds up the books and documentaries worth watching.

Meet the real-life activists that shaped the fictional story in Rebecca Makkai’s The Great Believers.

Three self-guided routes inspired by Michelle Obama’s memoir, Becoming.

In June 2024, we hosted a virtual Q&A with NYT Bestselling Author Ann Napolitano. Here’s what we learned about her.

Here are some of the digital collections guide Quinn Sluzenski referenced while researching for the running tour of The Girls in 3-B.

Read & Run Chicago’s partnership with Lemont Downtown took us to trails throughout the city to bring local author Pat Camalliere’s historical mystery series to life.

Here are ways to celebrate Pride Month using movement and stories.

Read & Run Chicago guide Quinn Sluzenski rounded up some of the best books and resources to learn more about the pre-Stonewall era in Chicago!

Learn more about Chelsey Stone’s Read & Run on the Road events in San Diego and Los Angeles this spring and summer!

Learn more about Read & Run on the Road program, the newest program of Read & Run Tours!

Read & Run Chicago Ryan Ricker on how we can all appreciate winter a little more.

A few ways to celebrate Black History Month through movement and stories.

Here are the books that inspired our events in 2023.

There are countless books set in Chicago that will teach us about the food, history, and culture of the city we love. Here’s our 2023 Holiday Gift Guide for the Chicagoan in your life.

Read & Run Chicago hosts author Lindsday Welbers for trail runs around the Chicagoland area inspired by her book, Chicago Transit Hikes!

Some of our authors have met with readers & runners virtually. You can view some of the recordings here.

After reading the book, lace up your shoes and head to the Addison Red Line Statio~3.2-mile route inspired by David Jay Collins’s Gaybash.

Bring Daniel Kay Hertz’s The Battle of Lincoln Park to life on this 4-mile self-guided route hitting all of the most important historical locations in the making of one of Chicago’s wealthiest neighborhoods.

Naomi Hirahara’s novel Clark and Division has a storyline leaning on heavily researched information about what it was like for Japanese-Americans relocated to Chicago during World War II. Here are resources to help you learn more about this time period.

Bring this feminist thriller to life on a ~4-mile self-guided route passing by some of the real-life places frequented by Temper’s characters.