"Heaven did not seem to be my home; and I broke my heart with weeping to come back to earth; and the angels were so angry that they flung me out into the middle of the heath on the top of Wuthering Heights; where I woke sobbing for joy." -Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights #unabooksboardthoughts

Staff Pick Saturday, a few books we think you should be reading!

November Book Club Update! If you're planning to read along with us this month, check our meeting dates as the holidays have shifted our schedule! More info about our reading groups on our site!

Happy Birthday to us! This month Unabridged Bookstore is celebrating 45 years of business and books! Thank you so very much to all of our wonderful customers and friends, to our Lakeview neighbors, and to the literary community of Chicago for keeping Unabridged Bookstore going since 1980!

made some new friends this week 😘 thanks so much to @caitlinstarling.com & Linton Taylor & Lewis Warren for visiting Unabridged! We've got signed copies of their books now in the shop!

"God never talks. But the devil keeps advertising, Father. The devil does a lot of commercials." Join Horror Book Club's discussion of THE EXORCIST by William Peter Blatty tonight (10/22) at 7:30pm - if you dare! unabridgedbookstore.com/event/2025-1...

Reporting live from New Release Day! Come see what's new on our shelves: unabridgedbookstore.com/new-this-week

"They want you to feel powerless and to surrender and to let them trample everything and you are not going to let them. You are not giving up, and neither am I. The fact that we cannot save everything does not mean we cannot save anything and everything we can save is worth saving." -Rebecca Solnit

dropping by with a stack of new Staff Recs! Visit the shop or click on our site to see what we Unabridgians are reading! unabridgedbookstore.com/staff-pick-s...

#nokings #handsoffchicago

Signed copies of CHICAGO HOMES by Carla Bruni and Phil Thompson are now available! Thanks for stopping by @ctbruni.bsky.social and @wonder_city_studio!

"O hushed October morning mild, Thy leaves have ripened to the fall; Tomorrow’s wind, if it be wild, Should waste them all." -Robert Frost, October #unabooksboardthoughts #robertfrost

it’s the last (official) day of Banned Books Week, and the final day of the Hull Family Foundation’s matching grant for donations to Chicago Books to Women in Prison! Click here to see their Wishlist or to send them a Gift Card: unabridgedbookstore.com/wishlist/sew...

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement. t.co/EA5L1kOZfV

Staff Pick Saturday, bringing you a bunch of this week’s new releases! read some reviews here: unabridgedbookstore.com/staff-pick-s...

"Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming." -Alice Walker #unabooksboardthoughts #alicewalker

"I believe in living. I believe in birth. I believe in the sweat of love and in the fire of truth. And I believe that a lost ship, steered by tired, seasick sailors, can still be guided him to port." -Assata Shakur Rest in Power 1947-2025 #unabooksboardthoughts #assatashakur

a few new books out today that we thought you might like! unabridgedbookstore.com/new-this-week

The 2025 Booker Prize Shortlist is here! The winner will be announced on Nov. 10th! unabridgedbookstore.com/list/2025-bo...

“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.” -Thomas Pynchon #unabooksboardthoughts #thomaspynchon

here’s what we’ve been reading this week! unabridgedbookstore.com/staff-pick-s... your turn! tell us what you’re currently reading!

This weekend is the Lakeview East Festival of the Arts! lakevieweastfestivalofthearts.com

“there are new books” - Shane, Unabridged General Manager Come see what’s new this week: unabridgedbookstore.com/new-this-week

“I am so tired of waiting. Aren’t you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind? Let us take a knife and cut the world in two— and see what worms are eating at the rind.” Langston Hughes, Good Morning, Revolution #unabooksboardthoughts #langstonhughes

We’re open 9am - 4pm today for Labor Day!

“One summer morning at sunrise a long time ago I met a little girl with a book under her arm. I asked her why she was out so early and she answered that there were too many books and far too little time. And there she was absolutely right.” -Tove Jansson #unabooksboardthoughts #tovejansson

We’re making some updates to our website, and online ordering is currently unavailable! Give us a call if you need help placing an order, or just come see us in the real world!

Things my @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social tote is perfect for: 1. Carrying books. 2. Hiding the bottle of wine I'm bringing to church because I'm giving it to someone I'm meeting right after as their birthday present and I didn't want to go back to my place in between.

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.” -Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice #unabooksboardthoughts #janeausten

“August of another summer, and once again I am drinking the sun and the lilies again are spread across the water.“ -Mary Oliver, The Pond #unabooksboardthoughts #maryoliver

“Books are letters in bottles, cast into the waves of time, from one person trying to save the world to another.” -Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, This Is How You Lose the Time War #unabooksboardthoughts #amalelmohtar #maxgladstone

a sweet neighbor stopped by to show us their tote bag upgrade!

Since it’s Bookstore Romance Day, this Staff Picks post is dedicated to a few books we love ❤️ www.unabridgedbookstore.com/staff-pick-s...

We’re celebrating Bookstore Romance Day! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8knMHW2/

Today we’re celebrating Romance Readers with 10% Off on all Romance titles! We’ll have candy kisses & fortune cookies & we'll be raffling off a $25 Gift Card so you can come back for a 2nd date! Happy Bookstore Romance Day!

author Talia Tucker stopped by the shop to sign SOLO STAN, a queer YA romance about two concertgoers and unwitting seatmates who, when the show is abruptly cut short, embark on an unforgettable summer night together… Thanks for visiting Talia! www.unabridgedbookstore.com/book/9780593...

if you’re looking for something new to read, it’s a great day to visit the shop! see some of this week’s new releases here: www.unabridgedbookstore.com/new-releases

“At a certain point, you say to the woods, to the sea, to the mountains, the world, Now I am ready.” -Annie Dillard, Teaching a Stone to Talk #unabooksboardthoughts #anniedillard

you know we love to make new friends! @skrutskie.bsky.social & Briana Johnson both visited this weekend! We’ve got signed copies of A LEGIONNAIRE’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE & THE SALVATION GAMBIT from Emily, and Briana’s IF I COULD GO BACK! Check them out!

It’s August! Here’s what the Unabridged Book Clubs are up to this month: www.unabridgedbookstore.com/book-clubs

ATTN Romance Readers! Bookstore Romance Day is ONE WEEK AWAY! Stop by for a candy kiss or a cookie while you shop with 10% Off on all Romance titles! We'll have a photo opp to show off your books & we'll be raffling off a $25 Gift Card so you can come back for a 2nd date! Be here Sat. 08/09/25!

July is Disability Pride Month, and Ellie has curated a reading list for anyone who wants to educate themselves about disability history and to celebrate the community this month: www.unabridgedbookstore.com/disability-j...

“Everything is on fire, but everyone I love is doing beautiful things and trying to make life worth living, and I know I don’t have to believe in everything, but I believe in that.” -Nikita Gill #unabooksboardthoughta #nikitagill

you deserve a trip to the bookstore! come see what’s new! www.unabridgedbookstore.com/new-releases

“The helpful thought for which you look Is written somewhere in a book.” -Edward Gorey #unabooksboardthoughts #edwardgorey

Staff Pick Saturday! Read about ‘em here: www.unabridgedbookstore.com/staff-pick-s...

new books to good home! see some of this week’s new releases here: www.unabridgedbookstore.com/new-releases

Thank you, Andrea

@clairebarner.bsky.social stopped by and signed copies of MOONRISING, out today! Check it out here: www.unabridgedbookstore.com/book/9798895...

“Trust your anger. It is a demand for love.” -Natalie Diaz, Postcolonial Love Poem #unabooksboardthoughts #nataliediaz