Awesome bookstore. Lots of titles, great recommendations on all shelves and genres. Staff are friendly and super knowledgeable. And they have dogs guiding the way through the aisles.

Love this place and the helpful staff! Jess is a book recommendation pro and was just so helpful and enthusiastic. She also pointed my mom in the direction of some fantastic greeting cards. Great to see this local institution bringing on such knowledgeable and friendly people.

The bookstore has been open since 2012. I like the mellow atmosphere of the book store. It has over ten genres of books. The book store sells decomposition books and greeting cards as well. City Lit has a lounge area with black leather chairs and fireplace to chill out and read.People can go on their website, call, or visit in person to order multiple books. The bookstore has a good flow of busyness. I would recommend this bookstore to Logan Square residents.

I recently returned to City Lit Bookstore and found the best reimagined space to lovely. I was greeted as an old friend and made to feel at home. The place is well organized and well run and I found everything I was looking for plus a few unexpected great finds. I recommend that everyone stop in and meet the new owner and staff. You won’t be disappointed. Welcome back. Mike P Brookfield Illinois

Staff is so knowledgeable. Awesome book store.

Great selection - particularity good scifi and fantasy picks. Definitely coming back.

There is a great selection of new releases, YA books, and gender studies, among other things! So glad this store stayed open!

Awesome spot. Great staff.

A great local gem of a place!

Had lots of fun at the book club this month!

Cozy, wide variety.

Great selection and awesome service

Its nice to have places like this, where you can be very comfortable in choosing and browsing. The staff is the best!

The atmosphere of this shop is relaxing and promotes browsing. As a teacher, I personally love the back corner of kids books, but I appreciate staff recommendations throughout the store. It really makes it a place to find new reading material.

Love this place—I can’t help smiling the whole time I’m there! The people are friendly, professional, knowledgeable, and helpful. They have a good and interesting inventory in a pleasant environment. It’s easy to get there, too.

I really enjoyed this book store. The people who run it seem legitimate really enthusiastic and friendly. Selection is well put together and varied. Lots of written recommendations. Great cooking section. Overall a good place to look for new books that is a great, easy to find go-to if youre on the blue line/Milwaukee corridor.

Great local bookstore!

A lovely local bookstore. They have a pretty good selection for the size of the place. It didnt feel too cramped or congested. The staff was very friendly. And they have a great rewards program for customers.

Cozy and well organized, this is a lovely book shop to browse and get recommendations. The man who rang us up was very friendly, and Im sure anyone who works there would be happy to help you find just the right book for your next read.

Such a cool little bookstore and when we wnet in there was an adorable childrens book reading and a guy playing guitar for the kids. It seems like it is thriving and it is really good to see book stores like this doing well. I wish there were more places like City Lit!

Attended a great free author reading, got my book signed and met one of my heroes. They also sell other books it looks like, but I came for this book and this guy and they delivered in spades. Check their schedule to make your dreams come true too! Super Pumped!

What a warm and welcoming I dependent bookstore. If they dont have it, theyll order it. And generous with books and space. Attended a lovely book release event and they could not have made every feel more welcome. Plus they have donated boxes of books for the last five years to a Chicago Public High School Library.

This is a most comfortable bookstore. It is spacious, well-lit, and has comfortable chairs you can sit in while you peruse books that you find interesting. The staff is friendly and helpful. I really enjoyed my visit there.

Very cozy store with well organized displays. Their graphic novel section is pretty nice for a non-niche shop. They also have little notes that recommend books and give helpful advice/tips the publishers left out.

Awesome selection of materials! Easy to navigate the store. Staff was more than helpful and knowledgeable! Lots of fun and interesting events scheduled throughout the month.

What a lovely bookstore! Its cozy with an amazing selection. Everyone who works there is super nice and helpful.

Cool atmosphere for browsing and seating is available for reading near a fireplace. They were offering complementary wine during my visit.

Warm atmosphere, several cozy spots to sit down and read a book. Has a restroom. Friendly and helpful staff.

Terrific local shop. Super helpful staff. They will order anything you need. When I need a specific book City Lit comes through!

Although I miss Borders, I love books and bookstores, and City Lit is a great place to browse without feeling overwhelmed. Its organized like a chain bookstore, not more haphazardly like some other one-offs - which is fine but I like the feeling of satisfaction I get from searching for and finding a book all by myself! And I actually found a book I had been looking for at several other places (all by myself)! And the prices are reasonable. I will be stopping by again!

Great bookshop! Quiet, clean, and there are staff recommendations all over the store. They have a good selection of kids books and when I was in last time, there was a Saturday guitar-book session for little-little kiddos. Really nice little neighborhood shop!

Awesome book store carrying leftist imprints like AK Press, Haymarket, and Verso. Plus substantial kids, sci-fi, and non-fiction. Absolutely worth it for people who like buying books.

Awesome independent bookstore, all the staff are really into books and have great recommendations!

I love this bookstore! Always a helpful staff and great selection.

Wonderful and very helpful staff. Great selection of books for adults and teens. Love they have wrapping paper for you so you can give as a gift right away!

We go here for story time, its awesome. Great store.

Friendly knowledgeable staff. Once i mentioned my purchase was a gift both person at register worked symbioticly to wrap my gift and complete purchase process. The young woman listened kindly as i shared my story behind my gift

This is a great bookstore run by fun and smart people. They don’t carry garbage books, so for those you will need to go elsewhere. Super excellent kids section.

Friendly staff, good selection of books--I always find what Im looking for. Just a great local book store.

Awesome selection of books you wouldnt find in other stores. Definitely worth stopping in.

City Lit books is a great brick and mortar bookstore in the Logan Square neighborhood. The staff is helpful and kind.. often happy to discuss whichever novel, anthology, or poetry book you may be interested in picking up. Many of the books are curated with liitle notes from employees, making suggestions based on their expert tastes. They have a reading nook and a cool selection of childrens books as well. Definitely worth the visit if you are taking a walk by the square or picking up a coffee at New Wave.

Nice vibe, great location, great customer service, one star off for lack of balance in political section.

Love this bookstore! Especially love shelf talkers by Clare!

Such a cozy book store with awesome selection of books an great staff.

Super friendly staff. love all the staff reviews around the store and the seating area in front of the fire place!

This place is fantastic. Friendly helpful staff make this place the community stronghold that it is. Book clubs with people who love books. What could be better?

This is a delightful local bookstore. They have great staff recommendations, a wonderful array of books from local authors, and an adorable reading area for kids. I could easily spend an entire paycheck here. They also do a great job of hosting authors for readings.

Best bookstore Ive ever dealt with. Friendly, knowledgeable staff, good prices, and a great rewards program.

A great place to hear an author talk and to buy some books. An excellently curated selection from which to choose.

Cozy space with a huge section for kids books and a few squishy armchairs in front of a fire place. Friendly staff and a great selection

Adorable, local. Have some free books and cookies. Cute kids section.

A first-rate independent book store, which makes it an absolute necessity in the first place. They also had a copy of N K Jemisins _The Fifth Season_ when practically no one else did - new book stores, used book stores, the library.

Really nice staff and great selection.

Great collection of books and incredibly helpful staff. I asked for picture book recommendations for a child with autism and got several! I left with quite a few books :)

Book store with options to sit back and relax while you read a book. Decent pruces and different types of books

Great independent bookstore.

I love this book store. The events, the book clubs, the fire place, the people. Always a pleasant experience for my entire family.

Best bookstore in the city. Story time on Saturday mornings for the kids. I love the selection and options for books. Great recommendations from staff.

Great book store.

Very friendly staff, atypical selection of books. Quite enjoyable

Friendly staff and amazing book selections. The staff was very attentive to my needs and always smiling.

City Lit is a nice little bookstore with a good selection and a friendly staff.

Nice new bookstore, doesnt have a huge advantage over Amazon but its nice to support independent bookstores

Storytime is so fun. My nephew who is 5 months. Loves it!

Cute book store outside the west loop near Logan Square

Feels like Barnes and Noble while still maintaining your neighborhood vibe and the people there are helpful and awesome.

I love this bookstore. Impressive selection, especially the kids section.

One of my favorite bookstores ever!

Nice, clean, quiet and neatly maintained book store. The young man that helped us was very friendly.

Never disappointed when I go. Always find something.

Small place with a decent collection of books from kids to adults

Wide selection of books, and super friendly staff. Whole store is well maintained and super clean.

City Lit is a sizeable bookstore with a good selection and clear recommendations. The location cant be beat; purchase some reading material and enjoy a meal at one of the various great Logan restaurants nearby.

Awesome book store, Story time on Saturdays is great for kids.

The staff was very helpful with reading recommendations. Also, if they dont have book in the store, they will try their best to order a copy for you to pick up at a later time.

A really great bookstore with really helpful staff! Great location too.

Great place to visit. More than books there

I love smaller bookstores like this. City Lot always has a wide selection of books to choose from and the staff had never been anything but friendly and accommodating every time Ive been here.

Great independent bookstore with friendly staff and a good selection.

Best book store in Logan Square.

I love this place vey convenient and not pricy my kids love it here as well as me.

Cozy store with a wide selection 😀

For a book store in such a diverse area I expected their selected to be less niches and close minded. Their kid section is decent though

Cozy little library. I appreciatte the staff recommendations placed on some books. They host special events from time to time.

Love City Lit. Good number of books and friendly staff.

Great selection of books and an incredibly friendly staff. Everything you could hope for in a neighborhood bookstore.

Every book store is unique, I like a lot the staff is pretty helpful, good prices for books.

City Lit is a lovely neighborhood bookstore in Logan Square with a fireplace! Check it out.

The staff here has great taste.

Great local book store with a wide selection

One of the best book stores in the city.

Not large, but great selection of literary fiction, poetry, and more. Warm staff.

Great selection, friendly and knowlegeable staff

Great bookstore. Please join Litsy!!

Cool bookstore with nice booksellers and quality selection.

They have very interesting boooks that will appeal to any audience.

Super friendly folks, great selection.

Lovely, helpful neighborhood book store.

Not gonna lie, Barnes & Noble holds a special place in my heart. I love me some chain bookstores. Not only have I spent hours people-watching there, but when a broke girl has unlimited GMAT prep books at her disposal, she’s gotta take advantage of it. Barnes is the equivalent of the frat boy dressed in bleached jeans and cowboy boots at a Southern state school (no names will be mentioned, ahem, hook ‘em, ahem) – so many at your disposal, and sadly, everyone has done one. But I’ve always found the semi-hipster, fake glasses-wearing, liberal arts major to be so much more attractive and intellectual. And that’s City Lit Books.I stumbled upon this quaint bookstore while walking around Logan Square with my family during our post-brunch food coma/digestion walk. We wandered inside and my sister saw ‘This Is How You Lose Her’ in the front window – we knew we were ‘home.’ We continued to wander and found some amazing finds, books by Dave Eggers, Junot, Jhumpa surrounded us, books that we considered to be among our favorites. But what was most exciting was that we also found some books that we had never heard of before, book that weren’t so ‘mainstream’ and wouldn’t be found in that beloved Sugar Land commercial establishment with a Starbucks café inside. ‘My Ideal Bookshelf’ was among my favorites – it explored the bookshelves of various authors, some among my favorites.The ‘Staff Picks’ at City Lit Books were my favorite – there were shelves upon shelves of books that were recommended by the staff at City Lit and had handwritten notes attached describing the book and why the individual liked it. It was a personal touch that you don’t find everywhere. And as a former letter writer and a fan of stationery, City Lit is determined to drive me back to my old habit of snail mail. They have such a great assortment of cards that will literally make you laugh hysterically in the store. For any occasion, you name it – weddings (women love their registries!), love (but only if you love me), birthdays (especially for bday hoes), and TACOS. YES, TACOS. THERE ARE CARDS FOR TACOS?!?! HOW COME NO ONE TOLD ME?!Throw out that Kindle (not really, maybe sell it?) and ditch your email (out of office reply forever?) and visit City Lit Books. It’s one of my favorite Chicago finds.

Poor selection of spanish books.