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Pilsen, Chicago

Pilsen Community Books

Pilsen Community Books is a worker owned and operated independent bookstore that specializes in new and used literary fiction, radical history and politics, and literature in translation. The staff's goal is to unite their bookselling experience with their belief that labor is entitled to all it produces.​

Front window of Pilsen Community Books

Upcoming Events

Oct23
Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age: The Music, Culture, and World De La Soul Made
Author EventMusicPilsen, Chicago

Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age: The Music, Culture, and World De La Soul Made

9:00 PM • Friday, October 23, 2026Pilsen Community BooksFree

Join us on Friday, October 23 at 7pm for a conversation with Austin McCoy and Charles Hughes as they talk about his book, Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age: The Music, Culture, and World De La Soul Made. Austin McCoy is an assistant professor of history at West Virginia University. He specializes in African American History, labor history, social movements, and hip hop culture. He is the author of Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age: The Music, Culture, and World De La Soul Made. His writings about politics and culture have appeared in The Washington Post , CNN, and The Baffler.

Oct25
Dr. Lilia Fernandez
Author EventChicagoPilsen, Chicago

Signature Event: Running Tour of Brown in the Windy City

10:00 AM • Sunday, October 25, 2026Pilsen Community Books$35

Run or bike with author Dr. Lilia Fernández inspired her book, Brown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago. About the event: Join Read & Run Chicago, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (ICIRR), and Dr. Lilia Fernández at Pilsen Community Books ((1531 W 18th) on Sunday, October 25 at 10:00 AM for a 4-mile running tour or biking tour (s/o BFF Bikes!) of Brown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago as part of our Fall 2026 Signature Events Season, “Chicago Between the Lines.” After the route, enjoy snacks, social time, and book sales at Pilsen Community Books. A portion of tickets sales will be donated to ICIRR.