Read & Run Chicago team members are hosting various simultaneously happening guided runs (at a pace of 11:00 minute per mile and above) of varying lengths visiting varying numbers of Chicago’s indie bookstores depending on the route.

All of Read & Run Chicago’s guided runs for the 2025 Indie Bookstore Day are free and open to all, but RSVP is required!

Read additional details and pick your route:

Here’s a preview of the routes:

West Loop + Pilsen + South Loop (Fernanda Wetzel)
RSVP 
Mileage: 5.2
Visit: Open Books West Loop, Madison Street Books, Pilsen Community Books, Open Books Pilsen, Sandmeyer’s

Northwest - Milwaukee Avenue (John Foley) 
RSVP 
Mileage: 6.5
Visit: Passages Wine & Books, Semicolon, Volumes, Quimby’s, Open Books Logan Square, Los Amigos, City Lit Books, Skunk Cabbage Books, Bucket O’ Blood 

Hyde Park + South Shore (Cynthia Chen) 
RSVP 
Mileage: 3.3
Visit: Call & Response Books, Seminary Co-op, 57th Street Books, Da Book Joint

Lakeview (Allison Yates)
RSVP 
Mileage: 2.8 
Visit: Unabridged Books, Three Avenues Bookshop, Roscoe Books, The Last Chapter 

Andersonville + Rogers Park (Betsy Tomszak)
RSVP 
Mileage: 3.5 
Visit: Uncharted Books, Women & Children First, The Understudy, Armadillo’s Pillow, Jarvis Square Books