What's New?

Book Buying Announcement

We are taking a break from book buying for the next couple of weeks. We will resume regular buying hours on Friday, June 20th at 6pm. See you then!

Browse our Online Book Collection

A special collection of rare, interesting, and collectible books. We sell via Abebooks, and you can browse them right HERE

Myopic Books BLOG!

Myopic now has an active blog!

Myopic Books MYSPACE!

We're on Myspace!

New website: Joe and Lisa's Farm!

Go to joeandlisasfarm.com to check out the latest news on Joe and Lisa's farm in Arkansas.

Store Pets

Kangals

Argos and Electra, two Kangal pups on duty at Myopic Books. Find out more about Kangals


Kangals

Lenny lives full time at the bookstore


Book Arts

Location:

1564 N. Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60622

Contact:

773.862.4882
myopic@myopicbookstore.com

Hours:

Monday - Friday 11am to 1am
Saturday 11am to 1am
Sunday 11am to 10pm

Books Bought:

Fridays 6pm to 10pm
Saturdays 11am to 6pm

Welcome to Myopic Books

One of Chicago's oldest and largest used bookstores, Myopic Books has three floors full of books, an amount totaling over 80,000 editions.

Books

We carry sections such as fiction, art, architecture, music, film, philosophy, science, religion, pyschology, literary criticism, mythology, children's, cooking, sci-fi, biography, and local history/interest...and many more. Have a question? Give us a call at (773) 862-4882.

Stairs

Myopic also features a hand-picked selection of new titles, and a special online inventory of unique, rare, and collectible books.

Stairs

Located in the heart of Wicker Park. We serve coffee -- and we are conveniently open until 1AM most days of the week.

Book Buying Hours

We buy books on Fridays from 6pm to 10pm, and Saturdays from 11am to 6pm. We do not buy outside of these times, NO EXCEPTIONS. For more information about selling us your books- visit our Book buying Info Page