Happy National Library Card Sign-Up Month! This is the month for promoting good reading habits among kids and adults alike, and it’s also the best time to support your local libraries. Chicago and the surrounding suburbs are full of wonderful places to borrow books, so whether you know someone who would benefit from a library card or you need one yourself, we’ve rounded up the best libraries across Chicagoland for whenever book fever strikes. Happy reading!

Chicago Libraries

Did You Know?

The Chicago Cultural Center, an architectural marvel and one of Chicago’s most famous public event centers, was originally completed in 1897 as the city’s first central public library!

Chicagoland Suburbs Libraries

Did You Know?

The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, constructed in 2011 on the University of Chicago campus, is a state-of-the-art conservation and digitization library with an automated underground storage and retrieval system for books, and a breathtaking glass domed reading hall that awarded the library a Distinguished Building Citation of Merit by the American Institute of Architects.