Pilsen Community Books
@pilsencommbooks.bsky.social
Established 2016, worker owned and operated since 2020. Always Carry A Book
Packed bookstore tonight!
January 10, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Packed bookstore tonight!
All we have is each other. Get plugged in to your neighborhood Migra Watch group, and get to know your neighbors. Stay safe and take care of one another.
January 8, 2026 at 7:32 PM
All we have is each other. Get plugged in to your neighborhood Migra Watch group, and get to know your neighbors. Stay safe and take care of one another.
Friday!
How do we defend ourselves and organize against ICE, academic repression, racism, and attempts to silence us? Join us for a convo with activists and academics who have been targets of the right-wing, including Tom Alter, A. Naomi Paik, Ellen Schrecker and Erik Wallenberg, moderated by Bill Mullen.
January 7, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Friday!
Small Slingshot planners are back in stock!
January 5, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Small Slingshot planners are back in stock!
How do we defend ourselves and organize against ICE, academic repression, racism, and attempts to silence us? Join us for a convo with activists and academics who have been targets of the right-wing, including Tom Alter, A. Naomi Paik, Ellen Schrecker and Erik Wallenberg, moderated by Bill Mullen.
January 4, 2026 at 8:01 PM
How do we defend ourselves and organize against ICE, academic repression, racism, and attempts to silence us? Join us for a convo with activists and academics who have been targets of the right-wing, including Tom Alter, A. Naomi Paik, Ellen Schrecker and Erik Wallenberg, moderated by Bill Mullen.
Here until 6 pm today, and then we’ll see you downtown!
January 3, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Here until 6 pm today, and then we’ll see you downtown!
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Our book is the all-time bestseller at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social! Many thanks to everyone who ordered through PCB. I appreciate your support for my favorite bookstore, which is also an important community space in our city.
And #1, not just for 2025, but our all time bestselling book ever so far, READ THIS WHEN THINGS FALL APART, edited by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, out from @akpress.org
Thanks to our community, we're able stock and sell books we believe in. Here's to reading and organizing together in 2026. ❤️
Thanks to our community, we're able stock and sell books we believe in. Here's to reading and organizing together in 2026. ❤️
December 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Our book is the all-time bestseller at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social! Many thanks to everyone who ordered through PCB. I appreciate your support for my favorite bookstore, which is also an important community space in our city.
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Rounding out 2025 with our 20 bestsellers this year! Some aren't pictured because we're waiting on new shipments, but here's the list:
20.) THE FAGGOTS AND THEIR FRIENDS BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Larry Mitchell
19.) THE WRETCHED OF THE EARTH by Frantz Fanon
20.) THE FAGGOTS AND THEIR FRIENDS BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Larry Mitchell
19.) THE WRETCHED OF THE EARTH by Frantz Fanon
December 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Rounding out 2025 with our 20 bestsellers this year! Some aren't pictured because we're waiting on new shipments, but here's the list:
20.) THE FAGGOTS AND THEIR FRIENDS BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Larry Mitchell
19.) THE WRETCHED OF THE EARTH by Frantz Fanon
20.) THE FAGGOTS AND THEIR FRIENDS BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Larry Mitchell
19.) THE WRETCHED OF THE EARTH by Frantz Fanon
"Pilsen Community Books embodies the true Chicago spirit—earnest without being precious, opinionated without being smug..."
Thanks to Timeout Chicago for these tender words! Now we just need to get you guys some updated pics. 😎
www.timeout.com/chicago/news...
Thanks to Timeout Chicago for these tender words! Now we just need to get you guys some updated pics. 😎
www.timeout.com/chicago/news...
Chicago has a new No. 1 bookstore, according to Time Out
Are we surprised?
www.timeout.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"Pilsen Community Books embodies the true Chicago spirit—earnest without being precious, opinionated without being smug..."
Thanks to Timeout Chicago for these tender words! Now we just need to get you guys some updated pics. 😎
www.timeout.com/chicago/news...
Thanks to Timeout Chicago for these tender words! Now we just need to get you guys some updated pics. 😎
www.timeout.com/chicago/news...
Back open today 11-6!
We're open 11am- 3pm today and then CLOSED 25th and 26th.
We'll be open our usual hours (11-7 weekdays, 11-6 Sat, 11-5 Sun) 12/27-12/31, and CLOSED 1/1.
Stay safe and warm, Chicago! We'll see you soon.
We'll be open our usual hours (11-7 weekdays, 11-6 Sat, 11-5 Sun) 12/27-12/31, and CLOSED 1/1.
Stay safe and warm, Chicago! We'll see you soon.
December 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Back open today 11-6!
We're open 11am- 3pm today and then CLOSED 25th and 26th.
We'll be open our usual hours (11-7 weekdays, 11-6 Sat, 11-5 Sun) 12/27-12/31, and CLOSED 1/1.
Stay safe and warm, Chicago! We'll see you soon.
We'll be open our usual hours (11-7 weekdays, 11-6 Sat, 11-5 Sun) 12/27-12/31, and CLOSED 1/1.
Stay safe and warm, Chicago! We'll see you soon.
December 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We're open 11am- 3pm today and then CLOSED 25th and 26th.
We'll be open our usual hours (11-7 weekdays, 11-6 Sat, 11-5 Sun) 12/27-12/31, and CLOSED 1/1.
Stay safe and warm, Chicago! We'll see you soon.
We'll be open our usual hours (11-7 weekdays, 11-6 Sat, 11-5 Sun) 12/27-12/31, and CLOSED 1/1.
Stay safe and warm, Chicago! We'll see you soon.
Thanks to your support, our holiday raffle with Flatmade raised $1585.00 for Liberation Library! Winners of the raffle have been contacted.
Thanks again, and you can always find the "big red a" over at Flatmade! www.mxltiply.com/products/chi...
Thanks again, and you can always find the "big red a" over at Flatmade! www.mxltiply.com/products/chi...
December 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Thanks to your support, our holiday raffle with Flatmade raised $1585.00 for Liberation Library! Winners of the raffle have been contacted.
Thanks again, and you can always find the "big red a" over at Flatmade! www.mxltiply.com/products/chi...
Thanks again, and you can always find the "big red a" over at Flatmade! www.mxltiply.com/products/chi...
MacK's top 5 books of 2025 (two not pictured because we're temporarily sold out until our Monday shipment comes 😅):
MOTHER MARY COMES TO ME by Arundhati Roy
THE UNWORTHY by Augustina Bazterrica
HOTEL LUX by Maurice J Casey
AUDITION by Pip Adam
THE HARDER I FIGHT THE MORE I LOVE YOU by Neko Case
MOTHER MARY COMES TO ME by Arundhati Roy
THE UNWORTHY by Augustina Bazterrica
HOTEL LUX by Maurice J Casey
AUDITION by Pip Adam
THE HARDER I FIGHT THE MORE I LOVE YOU by Neko Case
December 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
MacK's top 5 books of 2025 (two not pictured because we're temporarily sold out until our Monday shipment comes 😅):
MOTHER MARY COMES TO ME by Arundhati Roy
THE UNWORTHY by Augustina Bazterrica
HOTEL LUX by Maurice J Casey
AUDITION by Pip Adam
THE HARDER I FIGHT THE MORE I LOVE YOU by Neko Case
MOTHER MARY COMES TO ME by Arundhati Roy
THE UNWORTHY by Augustina Bazterrica
HOTEL LUX by Maurice J Casey
AUDITION by Pip Adam
THE HARDER I FIGHT THE MORE I LOVE YOU by Neko Case
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Thanks to our friends at Flatmade, you have the chance to win one of this iconic John Reiben desgined Chicago Public Library posters AND support @liberationlib.bsky.social! www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/support-libe...
December 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Thanks to our friends at Flatmade, you have the chance to win one of this iconic John Reiben desgined Chicago Public Library posters AND support @liberationlib.bsky.social! www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/support-libe...
Open 11-6 today (Saturday) and 11-5 tomorrow (Sunday)!
December 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Open 11-6 today (Saturday) and 11-5 tomorrow (Sunday)!
We're counting down the year with our worker-owners' top books of 2025. First up are Rosie's picks:
RESISTING ERASURE
ENEMY FEMINISMS
NO NEUTRALS THERE
HERCULINE
ALGARABÍA
RESISTING ERASURE
ENEMY FEMINISMS
NO NEUTRALS THERE
HERCULINE
ALGARABÍA
December 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We're counting down the year with our worker-owners' top books of 2025. First up are Rosie's picks:
RESISTING ERASURE
ENEMY FEMINISMS
NO NEUTRALS THERE
HERCULINE
ALGARABÍA
RESISTING ERASURE
ENEMY FEMINISMS
NO NEUTRALS THERE
HERCULINE
ALGARABÍA
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For those having trouble donating, website issue is fixed!
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December 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
For those having trouble donating, website issue is fixed!
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Some art we have in store right now, a thread:
1.) prints from reboprints
1.) prints from reboprints
December 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Some art we have in store right now, a thread:
1.) prints from reboprints
1.) prints from reboprints
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This kind of mixed-use, walkable bookstore is prohibited in most places.
@pilsencommbooks.bsky.social
@pilsencommbooks.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This kind of mixed-use, walkable bookstore is prohibited in most places.
@pilsencommbooks.bsky.social
@pilsencommbooks.bsky.social
For those having trouble donating, website issue is fixed!
pilsencommunitybooks.com/item/iQd_fL9...
pilsencommunitybooks.com/item/iQd_fL9...
December 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
For those having trouble donating, website issue is fixed!
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Looking forward to attending Pilsen Zine Fest this weekend!! Find it at 1002 W 18th St, Saturday December 13 & Sunday December 14, from 2–6 pm.
While you're there check out the Pilsen Holiday Market & @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social! #zines #Chicago
While you're there check out the Pilsen Holiday Market & @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social! #zines #Chicago
December 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Looking forward to attending Pilsen Zine Fest this weekend!! Find it at 1002 W 18th St, Saturday December 13 & Sunday December 14, from 2–6 pm.
While you're there check out the Pilsen Holiday Market & @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social! #zines #Chicago
While you're there check out the Pilsen Holiday Market & @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social! #zines #Chicago
Excuse our multiple typos, it's Friday night 🍻
Thanks to our friends at Flatmade, you have the chance to win one of this iconic John Reiben desgined Chicago Public Library posters AND support @liberationlib.bsky.social! www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/support-libe...
December 13, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Excuse our multiple typos, it's Friday night 🍻
Thanks to our friends at Flatmade, you have the chance to win one of this iconic John Reiben desgined Chicago Public Library posters AND support @liberationlib.bsky.social! www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/support-libe...
December 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Thanks to our friends at Flatmade, you have the chance to win one of this iconic John Reiben desgined Chicago Public Library posters AND support @liberationlib.bsky.social! www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/support-libe...
Tomorrow!
Our annual December sale is this Saturday, December 13th! 10% off the entire store, free gift wrapping, snacks, and camaraderie— come say hi! 📚
December 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Tomorrow!