June 24, 2007

AROUND TOWN:
10 Favorite Bookstores
Each of these is independently owned and offers a distinct personality. Feel like doing a little gold-digging? Pick through the cluttered stacks of used-books at Ravenswood Books. Care for a glass of Pinot Grigio to accompany your book buying? Visit the Book Cellar. Want to feel smarter just by visiting a bookstore? Head downstairs to the Seminary Co-op at the University of Chicago. Want to check out some good-looking gay men while checking out the newest bestsellers? Unabridged Books. Feel like visiting a rambling apartment filled with books and literary artifacts? Stop by Bookman's Alley.
- Ravenswood Books, 4626 N. Lincoln Avenue (in Lincoln Square) 773-593-9166. That's owner Jim Mall in the photo.
- The Book Cellar, 4736-38 N. Lincoln Avenue (in Lincoln Square) 773-293-2665 http://www.bookcellarinc.com/
- Seminary Cooperative Bookstore at the Chicago Theological Seminary, 5757 S. University Avenue (in Hyde Park). 773-752-1959. http://www.semcoop.com/
- Unabridged Books, 3251 N. Broadway (in Boystown) 773-883-9119 http://www.unabridgedbookstore.com/
- Afterwords Books, 23 E Illinois (in Streeterville) 312-464-1110
- Bookworks, 3444 N Clark (in Lakeview) 773-871-5318
- 57th Street Bookstore, 1301 E. 57th Street (in Hyde Park) 773-684-1300
- Women and Children First, 5233 N. Clark (in Andersonville) 773-769-9299 http://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/
- Transitions Bookplace, 1000 W. North Avenue (near North and Clybourn). 312-951-7323 http://www.transitionsbookplace.com/
- Bookman's Alley, in the alley (of course) at the rear of 1712 Sherman Avenue in Evanston. 847-869-6999
What bookstores are your favorites -- and why do you like them?

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