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The Noble Capybara 📖 Quirky & cozy Chicagoland bookshop
📍 Naperville area's only indie used bookstore
❣️ Used, rare, new, & unique books, gifts, & capybaras

You don't need an excuse to spend your day buying books at indie bookstores, but in case you want one, join the Capy alo...
10/08/2026

You don't need an excuse to spend your day buying books at indie bookstores, but in case you want one, join the Capy alongside lots of our suburban bookshop friends for an Illinois Burbs Book Crawl on Sunday November 22nd! We're excited to be part of this crawl in its very first year. Hours vary across participating shops, so check each one, but we'll be open special hours from 11am to 5pm that day.

FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/29220691947528023

Current participant list (17 bookstores plus 6 more being added):

• Anderson’s Bookshop – 2 locations
• Barbara’s Bookstore – 2 locations
• Book Bar
• Dandelion Bookstore
• Frugal Muse Books & Music
• Grounded Coffee – 2 locations
• The Jolly Giraffe
• Lemont Blessings
• Plot Twist Books
• Swallow Stories Bookshop
• The Book Loft Oak Park
• The Bookstore of Glen Ellyn
• The Looking Glass
• The Noble Capybara
• The Pile – 2 locations
• Three Stories Bookstore & More
• Yellow Bird Books

Passport Adds – 6

• New Book Joy
• Scout’s Tales
• Bell House Books
• Love's Sweet Arrow
• Beyond the Books
• Harvey’s Tales

10/06/2026

A moment of appreciation for our bookseller Karolina, who is definitely not a creature of the night. In case you were wondering.

Spooky Painting recap! Another sold out craft night and a great evening to kick off the Halloween season. If you missed ...
10/04/2026

Spooky Painting recap! Another sold out craft night and a great evening to kick off the Halloween season. If you missed this one and still want to paint a spooky 3D scene of your own, we do have extra kits for sale. 🪦🦇 And more events to come as always!

Experience the Noble Capy after dark! On Saturday October 24th, join us for an atmospheric Edgar Allan Poe-themed evenin...
09/27/2026

Experience the Noble Capy after dark! On Saturday October 24th, join us for an atmospheric Edgar Allan Poe-themed evening of mystery, ghosts, themed refreshments, and macabre tales.

- Scavenger hunt: Solve the tell-tale clues scattered throughout the shop for a prize

- Themed snacks: Sip from the Cask of Amontillado or partake in the Pita and the Pendulum charcuterie board

- Writing station: Try your hand at writing your own melancholy Gothic verse with quill and ink

- Photo op: Interact with the ghostly apparitions of Edgar Allan Poe and Virginia Eliza Poe (portrayed by the incomparable thespian duo of Ben Jouras and Riley Tomes) and snap a photo with them if you dare

- Costume/poetry contest: Brave souls who win the favor of the Poes with a particularly impressive costume or line of verse will be rewarded!

Gothic or Victorian costumes are welcome (and necessary to have a chance at winning a costume prize!), but are not mandatory. This event's activities do not run on a schedule and can be done at any time, so you can arrive and leave at your leisure during the window of the event (7-8:30pm). Entry is $10/person.

Tickets: https://www.noblecapybara.com/products/midnight-dreary-masquerade-october-24th
FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1004514585986817/

Grateful for our small but mighty Noble Capy team! September is always our slowest month of the year, but somehow there'...
09/25/2026

Grateful for our small but mighty Noble Capy team! September is always our slowest month of the year, but somehow there's still a miles-long task list, and these guys save me from drowning in to-dos. Small business is unrelentingly difficult, but having a team like this makes it that much easier to keep building the dream, and we are stubbornly growing day by day. The horrors persist, but so do we. ❤️💪 You may be seeing another new face around soon! 🤫

Next up in our fall maker's market series is 🎃 spooky season 🎃! On Saturday October 17th we'll have both familiar and ne...
09/23/2026

Next up in our fall maker's market series is 🎃 spooky season 🎃! On Saturday October 17th we'll have both familiar and new faces joining us with handmade coffee, cookies, spooky decor, ceramics, decorated pumpkins, and more!

Featuring:
Cafe Monarque
Lobellious Inx Bakes
Oakwood Jacks
Kristin
Sister Luna Studio
Jenn Hollmeyer
Capodice Cookies
Jenna Bansbach Kozul
Kate Kish
The Burning Moon Art
Little Moon Whimsy
Nikolaj
Spooky-Stitches

Another weekend of fall festivities in the books, with our Paper Pumpkins craft night on Friday followed by our Pumpkins...
09/21/2026

Another weekend of fall festivities in the books, with our Paper Pumpkins craft night on Friday followed by our Pumpkins & Pages event on Saturday! Book-page pumpkins, friends to chat with, blind dates with a book, warm apple c***r at a bookstore on a rainy day - what else could you want from an autumn weekend? 🍁

Stay tuned for more in October!

Celebrate Sarah J. Maas’ upcoming releases with a themed Court of Thorns and Roses coloring night! Learn beginner-friend...
09/14/2026

Celebrate Sarah J. Maas’ upcoming releases with a themed Court of Thorns and Roses coloring night! Learn beginner-friendly techniques for coloring with alcohol markers from CozyColor Liz while creating beautifully colored pages in the official ACOTAR coloring book.

Includes a set of 24 alcohol markers, introductory instruction on how to color with alcohol markers, and your own copy of the ACOTAR coloring book (unless you already own the ACOTAR coloring book, in which case you can select the option to bring your own). Complimentary tea/coffee/hot chocolate will be available as always. $50/person with ACOTAR coloring book included, $35/person if bringing your own ACOTAR coloring book.

If you have not yet preordered ACOTAR 6 or 7 and would like to preorder from us, attendees will also receive 15% off those preorders!

Spots are limited, ticket link in bio!

09/13/2026

We had a lovely time at our Finally Fall Maker's Market today, despite the uncooperatively hot weather! Good thing our markets are air conditioned. While everyone was here, we also asked a few of our attending local makers for book recs, and they delivered! Love the variety of reading taste. 📚

If you missed today's event, we have our next fall maker's market on October 17th, which will have a blend of new vendors and familiar faces. You can also reach any of these makers directly if you have your eye on something you'd like to buy from them! Here's a list of the makers in this video plus the books they recommended:

SunDaisyBookmarks - The Book of Doors
Kate Kish - Wait Till Helen Comes
Heart of Stone (no socials but we can connect you if you want a fancy concrete statue!) - A Confederacy of Dunces
Carol Musial Glassworks (page) - Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road
EZ Angel Creations / Jacqui - Finale (book 3 in Caraval series)
Little Moon Whimsy - Something Wicked This Way Comes
Nikolaj - Every Heart a Doorway
Mackenzie’s Makery - Hyperbole and a Half
the_shabashgram - Fall of Civilizations
Spooky-Stitches - The Spellshop

Address

6464 College Road
Lisle, IL
60532

Opening Hours

Tuesday 12pm - 6:30pm
Wednesday 12pm - 6:30pm
Thursday 12pm - 6:30pm
Friday 12pm - 6:30pm
Saturday 12pm - 6:30pm

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