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August 2023 by Rachel Shinn
Super friendly staff and lovely store. Easy to find books!
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July 2023 by Logan Ebeling
Great local book store with a nice selection for such a condensed space, and very friendly staff. Definitely worth a stop in!
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May 2023 by France Oly (Fränz)
absolutely loved it. the staff is super helpful and knowledgeable. tons of sticky notes reviewing books, which is wonderful inspiration. Also the selection of books is simply great. can only recommend
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May 2023 by Geneva Fry
Thank you for making my partner and our 10 year-old’s day! She said you were super sweet and I saw the incredibly cute book swag! Thank you for making them feel really special!!!
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May 2023 by Claidi S
A dream of a bookstore! Welcoming, comfortable feel in a small, nice space. Fantastic selection and friendly, helpful staff. Can't wait to go back!
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April 2023 by Jacque Wilson
Love the small time book store feel… warm, comforting and intellectual. I hope these types of stores return to be a part of our culture again … Amazon is good but easy to loose the feel of touching and sampling books in person
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April 2023 by Shane Stiles
Beautiful store, diverse selection in a really peaceful atmosphere. Helpful staff.
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March 2023 by Kate M
Favorite book store in all of Chicago. Awesome monthly book club. Staff is great. Store is very welcoming.
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January 2023 by Mickey A.
I am an old-school reader who prefers to read books in hard copy and not on some electronic device. Like many of us these days, I spend too much time on electronic devices as it is, so physically holding a book is my preference (one less thing I have to charge!). I honestly knew I had a collection but didn't grasp on how much until I recently donated four bankers boxes worth of books to Open Books (they pick up!). Why? Because I like shopping through bookshop.org or at local bookstores, and at the beginning of the pandemic, books came in handy. So now, enter Madison Street Books. Helloooo! They have a great selection of books so neatly organized that you can't help but spend time and browse. It's been a minute of having days of going through aisles/shelves of books like at those bigger stores like Barnes & Noble, Borders, and way back to stores like B.D. Dalton and Waldenbooks (oof, did I just date myself?!). As I was finalizing my purchases, I noticed that a good part of the store contains children and young adult books, as well as greeting cards and gifts. If you're looking for a book or books by a particular author, the employees are willing to help locate and/or order if not in stock. Gotta love that!
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January 2023 by Cally R.
Clean, organized and full of really compelling titles. This is not a jumble of books piled haphazardly- their collection has been carefully chosen and the woman at the front desk was very kind and helpful. No pressure. It was a lovely way to close out my holiday weekend!
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December 2022 by Elizabeth Proven
We are so lucky to have this neighborhood bookstore. The staff is so helpful - I rely on them for book recommendations as gifts and they always nail it. They curated a great 8 books of Hanukkah list for my mother-in-law - such a wonderful and thoughtful gift! I’ll be doing a similar quarterly gift for my parents for upcoming birthdays. And of course we LOVE Wednesday mornings with Miss Dawn-Marie. So nice to have fun local classes offered!! Can’t say enough good things about Mad Street Books.
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December 2022 by Meredith Regan
An absolute gem with a super helpful team! I popped in recently after realizing last minute I needed to BYOB(ooks) as Mystery Reader for my nephew’s 1st grade class. The gentleman working that day helped me quickly pick two great options—The Book With No Pictures and The Gruffalo were both big hits! Grateful to Madison Street Books for helping me maintain my standing as #1 aunt.
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December 2022 by Elizabeth H.
We are so lucky to have this neighborhood bookstore. The staff is so helpful - I rely on them for book recommendations as gifts and they always nail it. They curated a great 8 books of Hanukkah list for my mother-in-law - such a wonderful and thoughtful gift! I'll be doing a similar quarterly gift for my parents for upcoming birthdays. And of course we LOVE Wednesday mornings with Miss Dawn-Marie. So nice to have fun local classes offered!! Can't say enough good things about Mad Street Books.
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October 2022 by Stewart Marshall
I've been looking for my favorite books from couple bookstores and they didn't carry them. I stopped by and checked out this place. They have a lots of books to pick from. The staff was very nice in assisting us. Thank you
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October 2022 by Chelsea Landman
Stellar selection and the staff picks are spot on! I'd asked for several recommendations and each of the books they suggested have become favorites. Thank you!
