Uncharted Books

Used bookstore in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood.

We have a general selection, but specialize in contemporary, literary fiction, Chicago interest, women's studies, and queer/LGBT.

2630 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647

Monday-Friday: 1-9
Saturday-Sunday: 10-10

Best of Chicago 2012

Uncharted Books was voted
Best New Bookstore
in the 6/21/12 issue of the Chicago Reader.

Tanner

Tanner McSwain here. I'm the owner of Uncharted Books, a writer, and an ex-publisher.

 I have too many ill-informed opinions and ephemeral pop cultural obsessions to incorporate into a single profile, so if you have questions about the store or about myself, send me an email or visit in person.

My favorite books:

  • Treasure Island /  Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Catch-22 / Joseph Heller
  • American Gods / Neil Gaiman
  • One Hundred Years of Solitude / Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • The Solace of Leaving Early / Haven Kimmel
  • L.A. Confidential / James Ellroy
  • Here We Are in Paradise / Tony Earley
  • Death in the Afternoon / Ernest Hemingway
  • Tremor of Intent / Anthony Burgess
  • Infinite Jest / David Foster Wallace
  • Bird by Bird / Anne Lamott
  • Blood Meridian / Cormac McCarthy
  • Strange Doings / R.A. Lafferty
  • 1984 / George Orwell
  • Lolita / Vladimir Nabokov
  • The Magician King / Lev Grossman