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.

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

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

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

Book recommendations for Women’s History Month.

Read & Run Chicago volunteer Leslie Hiquiana rounds up some of the best Filipino restaurants and cafes in Chicago—and which Mia P. Manansala mystery to read while your’e there.

There are countless books set in Chicago that teach us the food, history, and culture of the city we love. Here’s our 2024 Holiday Gift Guide for the Chicagoans in your life.

Here’s every book that inspired a 2024 Read & Run Chicago event.

Guide Kaylee Tock rounded up resources, further reading, and even a self-guided route to help you continue your learning of Jane and reproductive rights advocacy in Chicago and beyond.

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.

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!

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.

Here are the books that inspired our events in 2022.

Here are the books that inspired our events in 2021.