Boswell Book Company

Open 24/7 online, you can browse Boswell's shelves and order books from us while in your pajamas!

Do you have an e-reader?  You can still buy your books from us, using Google ebooks!  Start your search by clicking here.  Need a tutorial?  Give us a call and we'll set something up with you.

Don't know what to read?  Let our booksellers, with their encyclopedia knowledge of books past, present and even future, make customized recommendations based on your reading tastes.

Or, come to one of our numerous author events and hear it directly from the writers!  Last year we presented Pulitzer and Man Booker Prize winning authors, bestselling scribes (before and after hitting that #1 spot), and local writers launching first (second, or third) books.  We partnered with local businesses to offer fine arts previews and fine foods.  Want to be sure you don't miss out when your new favorite author visits?  Subscribe to our twice-monthly e-newsletter or visit us on Facebook.

A visiting author preview is below. See our complete events page for more details.

The Art of Confession draws on traditions from ancient Greece, psychoanalysis, Judaism, Catholicism, Buddhism, and Islam to show readers how to incorporate a confessional practice into their daily lives. There are visualizations, spiritual exercises, prompts, meditations, private confessions, direction confessions, psychological confessions, and more, all illustrating the relief and renewal that true self-reflection can encourage. This book is not so much about public confession as it is about private honesty in an age of over-sharing.

The subtitle of Film School says it all: “The True Story of a Midwestern Family Man Who Went to the World's Most Famous Film School, Fell Flat on His Face, Had a Stroke, and Sold a Television Series to CBS.” Living in Chicago, Steve Boman was in his late 30’s, married with three kids and working as a journalist when everything fell apart. After losing his sister to leukemia, and raising three young children while his wife fights thyroid cancer, he found himself unemployed. With nothing more to lose, Boman applies to the University of Southern California's vaunted School of Cinematic Arts, with big dreams but no filmmaking experience. He’s accepted on his second try, only to suffer a stroke on the first day of class. Instead of throwing in the towel, Steve forges ahead, soon becoming the “gray-haired Golden Boy” who, against all odds, finds a place for himself on Hollywood’s backlots.

World Book Night!
Monday April 23rd

The first World Book Night was held in the UK last year, and it was such a big success that it's spreading around the world!

Tens of thousands of volunteers are needed to fan out across America on April 23, 2012 with the charge of giving away 20 free copies of a book in your community. The goal is to give away 1 million books to new readers, to encourage reading, to share your passion for a great book. The entire publishing, bookstore, library, author, printing, and paper community is behind this effort with donated services and time.  Please consider volunteering to be a book giver in the U.S. - the application deadline is fast approaching: sign up by February 1st.