Squeezebox Books & Music

Squeezebox Books & Music Open Everyday 12-6pm
Books, records, CDs & DVDs cherry picked for your pleasure. Squeezebox is a boutique style, thematically based used book and music store.

You will be seduced by the selection each visit. Among our offerings you will discover many categories you have never before imagined. There’s really no telling what gem might appear during your absence. Rather than obsess on the unknowable, satisfy your curiosity instantly with a return visit. Our LP, 45 and CD selection is sure to offer up some tantalizing aural treats as well as a good old-fash

ioned touchy feely flashback. Sinking under the weight of those heavy records? Need to clear out some books for your new knickknacks? Bring by a bundle or a bag full to sell any time. We are interested in buying all shapes, sizes and categories of books and music from Alpaca breeding to Tuvan throat singing and all the popular inbetweenies. We offer fair pricing and trade options.

06/19/2026

Happy Juneteenth! So many great releases today, including a special editions of FKA twigs and This Is Lorelei

The Riot Fest single-day lineup is here!!!! Swing by the store to enter to win a pair of 3 day tickets OR a pair of sing...
06/18/2026

The Riot Fest single-day lineup is here!!!!
Swing by the store to enter to win a pair of 3 day tickets OR a pair of single day tickets to the day of your choosing!

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New Book Tuesday Time 📚 with bangin’ covers!The Frenzy : A collection of unsettling tales that confronts the different w...
06/16/2026

New Book Tuesday Time 📚 with bangin’ covers!

The Frenzy : A collection of unsettling tales that confronts the different way life tests us.

A Year of Marvelous Ways: 1940’s Cornwall following an unlikely friendship between eighty-nine-year old Marvelous and the young soldier reeling from WWII.

The Emilys: Eve hoping to find a cure for The Emilys (those who can’t go out in the daylight), she finds connection with an old friend and a rag tag group of people.

At the Edge of the Woods: Hermit Laura’s life in the quiet Alps is upended when someone from her past shows up at her door.

The Someday Garden: The new gardener at an idyllic costal Maine estate stumble upon a secret garden with a mysterious man trapped inside.

Romantic Hero: A romance writer must face the consequences when the villainous cowboy from her books shows up in the real world.

Leave and Come Back: Simran must face family DRAMA when she takes part in her cousin’s two-week long Indian wedding.

Good At Being Alive: Bex and Theo pose as newlyweds on a reality show to save their co-owned failing travel agency.

Femmephilia: Sophie Lewis makes the case for the vital importance of politicized femme-ness.

Monster of a Land: Essayist, Lauren Hough takes her dog Woody on a cross country journey in hopes of experiencing America a la Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley.

Renaissance Dogs: Dogs in Renaissance paintings!

Forever Stamps: 250 Years of United States stamp history.

New in Paperback: What We Can Know

06/12/2026

Flip Time! New Angine De Poitrine New Olivia Rodrigo and SO MUCH MORE!Come and say HI! 12-6 everyday 👊😁

06/11/2026

FREE author event Thursday June 11 from 6-8pm! Join us for a conversation with local Evanston author Pamela Eugenia Pamela Cook ! Come on by and sit in, copies will be available for purchase and she'll be signing copies afterwards ✍️ See ya here!

New Book Tuesday 📚Daughters of the Sun and Moon: The experience of three Chinese women in 1870’s post-Civil War L.A.Cont...
06/09/2026

New Book Tuesday 📚

Daughters of the Sun and Moon: The experience of three Chinese women in 1870’s post-Civil War L.A.

Contrapposto: A sixty-five year epic reflecting on art and friendship, through friends Cricket and Olympia.

Villa Coco: A young man Italian assistant helps ninety-two year old Coco reunite with the love of her life.

This Immortal Heart: A retelling of the forbidden and dangerous love between Aphrodite and Ares.

Nymph: A q***r coming of age tale of young love, between a young Italian girl and the American guest at her grandmother’s farm B&B that she falls for.

The Reimagining of Thornwood House: A witch and her adopted daughter learn the meaning of community and home in this cozy magical read.

Cat Love: A contemporary dystopian narrated by Schrödinger’s cat.

The Daffodil Days: A kaleidoscopic take on Sylvia Plath in the year before her death.

We Hexed the Moon: Four teenage friends accidentally bring the moon down to Earth, and SHE does not want to go back.

A Sense of Occasion: A dysfunctional family reunites for a funeral, navigating grief and their individual emotional baggage.

How Q***r Bookshops Changed the World: Q***r bookshops, the unsung heroes of community, solidarity, and sanctuary.

Birds of America: Poems of connection through the natural world.

New in Paperback: Atmosphere

Father’s Day is right around the corner and we have gift worthy things for the daddy-o’s in your life! Book daddies, mus...
06/08/2026

Father’s Day is right around the corner and we have gift worthy things for the daddy-o’s in your life! Book daddies, music daddies, and more! 👨🏻👔🥁

06/05/2026

So many great releases today, shout out to !!!!

It's a great time to add that nice copy of that one classic to your collection! Or makes a fantastic gift for graduation...
06/04/2026

It's a great time to add that nice copy of that one classic to your collection! Or makes a fantastic gift for graduation, Father's Day, or just because, whatever the reason, come check out our wonderful selection!

Guess who came by the store to sign copies of his Pulitzer Prize winning book? 🏆 That's right! The one and only ! Were ...
06/03/2026

Guess who came by the store to sign copies of his Pulitzer Prize winning book? 🏆 That's right! The one and only ! Were we totally cool and normal? Absolutely (not)! Thanks Daniel and congratulations!

Address

743 Main Street
Evanston, IL
60202

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 6pm
Tuesday 12pm - 6pm
Wednesday 12pm - 6pm
Thursday 12pm - 6pm
Friday 12pm - 6:15pm
Saturday 12pm - 6pm
Sunday 12pm - 6pm

Telephone

+18479439309

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