Join Read & Run Chicago founder Allison Yates this summer for a series of three-mile, easy-paced runs inspired by books set in Chicago featuring or about our natural landscape. After the route, discuss the book back at the library branch.

Meet the readers & runners racing the 2025 Bank of America Chicago Marathon on behalf of Read & Run Chicago!

Read & Run Chicago was one of the Chicago-based organizations selected for the 2025 Bank of America Chicago Distance Series Entries for Equity program.

Intimidated by Chicago’s running scene? This guide gives you history and background, practical tips to finding the right Chicago run club for you, plus other resources on finding running stores, recovery services, races, and more.

Local author and guest Read & Run Chicago guide Kara Eng shares her favorite spots in Chinatown.

Ready to celebrate Pride Month? Use movement and stories to honor the LGBTQ community—and explore Chicago along the way!

Watch a recording of a live Q&A with Toya Wolfe, author of Last Summer on State Street.

Chicago book club leads share their favorite places to read outside this summer.

Watch a recording of a virtual Q&A with Claire Lombardo in May 2023.

Watch a recording of a live post-run panel discussion with two Japanese-American historians and activists Alice Murata and Mary Doi that Read & Run Chicago hosted at Slant of Light Books in February 2025.

Calling all creative readers & runners: we’re looking for a fresh design for Summer 2025 and want YOU to submit your designs!

Joining Read & Run Chicago for the first time? Here’s your essential tips to make the most of your experience.

Our Summer 2025 Chicago book picks and why we loved them.

Read & Run Chicago is hosting five different guided running crawls between some of Chicago’s most beloved bookstores for Independent Bookstore Day 2025!

Our ultimate list of independently-owned bookstores in Chicago.

These three Black-owned Chicago bookstores celebrate writing by people of color and provide inclusive spaces for all readers.

Cynthia Okechukwu, Betsy Tomszak, and Allison Yates round up the best book clubs, bookstores, events, landmarks, and more for Chicago book lovers.

Join Read & Run Chicago’s team for ¡Viva! Los Libros’s Read-a-Thon for Immigrant Justice running April 12-May 10.

Donate books at every MOVE + BOOK SWAP meetup in April to support the L.Y.D. Foundation’s two new community libraries.

Book recommendations for Women’s History Month.