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Build Coffee

Build Coffee is a coffee shop and bookstore in the Experimental Station on the South Side of Chicago. Surrounded by community-driven non-profits and civic journalism projects, Build is designed as a hub of great coffee and radical collaboration.

 

We've curated reading lists below of our top sellers and selections from our neighbors in the Experimental Station. A portion of any book purchased through this site, including any book from the enormous catalog you can explore through the search bar above, go directly toward supporting Build. We appreciate you! 

Conversations with Toni Cade Bambara The Book of Light Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism

Books Behind the Quotes: A Book List by Davon Clark

A Song Below Water Clap When You Land My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King

Support The People's Bookshelf

1919 The Battle of Lincoln Park: Urban Renewal and Gentrification in Chicago Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good

Top Sellers at Build Coffee

Invisible Cities Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People Justice Is Beauty: Mass Design Group

Civic Projects Reading Recs

Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike The Road Cyclist's Companion Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist

Blackstone Bikes Reading Recs

Vegetables Illustrated: An Inspiring Guide with 700+ Kitchen-Tested Recipes Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remixed [A Cookbook] The Pickled Pantry: From Apples to Zucchini, 150 Recipes for Pickles, Relishes, Chutneys & More

61st St. Farmers Market Reading Recs

Graphite The View from Somewhere: Undoing the Myth of Journalistic Objectivity High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing

South Side Weekly Reading Recs

W. E. B. Du Bois's Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America's Largest Criminal Court Exoneree Diaries: The Fight for Innocence, Independence, and Identity

Invisible Institute Reading Recs