Good place to get good books! Has a wide variety to choose from

So fun! Make sure you have some time to look around. Free books for children is a dream-come-true for young bookworms. I’ll be back to browse and donate books.

Wow! What a beautiful idea to spread children books for free. Also, if you cannot find the book you want on bookshelves, you can ask them to check on their website. Prices are very friendly.

Warehouse and storage facility for the organization. Drop-off, pick-up, or just browse this location for endless books/magazines/records. No frills..pay what you can, or donate!!

Open Books is always a strange bookstore experience perhaps because its a nonprofit organization and this Pilsen location is especially so, being in an old warehouse, however the fact that their prices have now become pay what you can is a welcome development as Ive always found their prices a bit high. And as its a good cause, its a good place to shop for books.

Huge space of amazing and cheap books & vinyl records, where proceeds go to the best cause- childrens literacy! They have some great events including kids story time. Also dog friendly to good dogs.

Great place for a spontaneous adventure in Pilsen - wall to wall books and a great mission.

Wonderful selection, incredibly dirt cheap prices & the profits go toward increasing literacy in the community... whats not to love?!! A terrific lil gem! So happy I found this place. If you love books & feel good helping spread the love of reading you must visit!

Awesome place! I was apprehensive at first, because it looked almost like it was a packaging and shipping warehouse and not a storefront, but we opened the door and found book heaven!

They have a very nice selection for kids and there only a dollar for the kids books!!!!. They also have lots of book for a adults with a nice section for spanish reads. The prices range for 1 to 4 dollars you cant beat that and if your like me and never have cash they do take card🙂

This organization seems wonderful and theyre providing a good service for the community. I inherited many, many books...so many, that it was difficult to find a place to donate them. I ended up donating 60 boxes of high quality architectural and history books to this location, and they were very kind about it (and there are still many more left over). Thanks Open Books!

Donate, recycle knowledge to your hands... Keep it simple... Highschool books, college books, history, in Spanish books, novels, etc. I love this place.

Great place to explore..books for everyone

Picked up FREE books for my students

Havent been there lately but I love this place.

Just the shear joy of what makes a bookstore great these days: books in abundance. No frills experience. Just be thankful there is a place to tangibly exist within without the point and click option of online ordering (been there done that). Will be my go to weekend outing for a good paper or hardback. Tons of kids options too. ✌

Used books look to be in good condition. Online site can be used to track specific publications. Very helpful staff. Good selection of categories.

The amazing place

Best bookstore in the Boston area. Clean. Friendly staff. Sweet Used section downstairs. Impossible to just walk by and not take look inside :) DONT FORGET YOUR FREE PIN AND BUTTON!

Great place for books for my community library. The staff just needs to work on their customers service, a little smile and nice greetings will go a long way.

Well organized, this warehouse houses a readers dream: so many books, so little time. Its surprising light and airy and the people who staff it are both witty and knowledgeable.

Nothing but praise. Great people, great mission, great selection. I can get lost here for hours.

Quite a mix of books. All donated to raise money and have books for literacy programs. A good place to find a classic or an unknown delight.

I have found my new favorite book store. 10/10 would recommend 💛

I love this bookstore - I bought 8 big books for $34. I donate here frequently and you should to. They have amazing city literacy programs for kids. And a surprisingly huge selection, just go up to the front and tell them what youre looking for.

Nice place for used books. Wish this location has AC the other one does but still fine. Reading and sing along day for the kids was going on with other activities as well.

Love Open Books. Very nice people. Large selection and good prices.

This is an amazingly genial place for people who love books and learning. There are walls full of stacks of books, all at amazing prices. The staff is very generous and friendly. Prices are extremely reasonable! While there may be a bit of a challenge to find parking, its located in an easy-to-access neighborhood, though you may need to use your GPS if you are unfamiliar with Pilsen.

This place is super dope!! My partner and I love to go hunting for books as often as we can!!! Get here!

The Book Sale was awesome! Highly recommend Open Books! Plenty of street parking available!

This is their warehouse but is open to the public. Friendly staff and a broad selection of books. We visited for a sale, and Im uncertain how organized the books are usually, but you had to go through random piles loosely catagorized books. Not a big issue, but takes more time.

A warehouse of books!!! Prices are a steal and the there’s a huge selection. Also a TON of kids books, so great for parents.

Awesome second hand book store tucked away in an awesome neighborhood.

Open books is a huge warehouse that has a neverending input of books in good shape overall (theres plenty of books full of scribbles though) and the cheapest prices you can find in the neighborhood. Youre guaranteed to spend at least an hour checking out their displays, you never know what you may find among their shelves which is part of the thrill of visiting in the first place.

Little used bookstore with a great mission. None of it is well organized, but the prowl is usually rewarded. Good childrens section. The $1 comic book box is a gem.

This place was pretty cool. Large variety of books in good condition with great prices.

A real neighborhood bookshop for every type of reader save for e-readers. Friendly, knowledgeable, reader staff. Its clean, organized, has a plentiful selection, and is aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

Ordered from them on-line. Was pleasantly surprised that it came from my childhood home! Book was shipped quickly and in excellent condition!

Cute little book warehouse. Friendly staff and it doesnt disappoint. Looks like an old something but a good place to stop when in town

Open books is an amazing book store in an even more amazing Chicago neighborhood. Great values, great people, and great books.

Hidden Gem! This is the spot for every bookworm in Chicago! Cheap prices, wide selection of great books, both old and new, and usually a bright customer service experience. I recommend you stop by : )Happy reading!

Great selection of books! Great prices and best of all, the proceeds benefit literacy in the community!

Huge art bookstore, ideal for walking around before or after lunch at ediBOL. And they have some of the best greeting cards ever.

Super-cheap ($3 for a hardbound), great selection, but pretty disorganized. I considered giving them 4-stars because of said disorganization, but remembered that the folks in charge are running this awesome used book shop not for profit but to benefit reading programs for Chicagos youth. A fantastic resource.

Great non profit to donate books or look for used books.

Fantastic store, very well curated in a trim space.

It took me 30 min to find 7 books that i loved and spent less than 20$. Look out for the groupon!

If you love to read, this is the right place for you to get a book. 📖

Amazing selection for an exceptional quality and price

Wow, what a little gem of a place. I have a little free library in front of my house and this place was an amazing so I can stock it up.

Love this place for my daughters interest in books!!! Cheap too

A great place for donating gently used books

It a good experience. Very cheap books but hard to find what you want.

Did a photo shoot here. Fantastic old school book store.

Excellent selection. Great prices.

Could spend hours looking at the vast selection. Great place!

Awesome place for all the books you will ever want.

I bought some vinyl and some books. Good selection and friendly staff

Great as place to f hind cheap books & comics.

Love that I finally have a place to donate books-hate to throw them out

Great, friendly people!Nice selection of books!

Awesome place for teachers to get books for the classroom for cheap or for free

Very nice books at very good prices

Such a great selection.

Nice place to find quality used books.

Best art, photography, architecture bookstore in IL .(I hate that billy joey classic rock they play though)

Terrific selection of books for cheap, great for donating books to schools

So many awesome books!

Easy to navigate and great prices.

I love this place.

Great books for cheap and great people!

Amazing selection, best Ive seen in chi

A warehouse of books at cheap prices. If youre looking to get a classic book for just $4 this is the place to go. You may not find the more recently popular books here. They will probably be at the other Open Books location in West Loop.

Love love love, I will be back.

My only concern would be to introduce more story time at Pilsen location too.

Such a fun little shop!

Excellent source for teachers!

Cheapest place to buy books

Found a great book

Dropped off several boxes of donated books. Friendly staff, big warehouse!

The variety of books, the prices and mostly the programs offered to young readers and Open Books contribution to CPS kids

Lots of books here. Its not very organized but their books are cheap. They also a bunch of books there that they sell online for higher (market rate) prices.

Cute local bookstore

Love this place.

Great non profit

Avoid like the plague.

Good people good price

Many books to choose from, Spanish books and childrens books, not enough space to look comfortably, Ill come back later to find more books.

There are many interesting books and very friendly staff.

It is a site that has hundreds of books at very good prices. Ideal to spend an afternoon looking for books, there are also many titles in Spanish