Big Books of Spring
Genres

Chicago

Books about people, settings, or topics from or featuring Chicago.

Chicago Books

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
The House on Mango Street
The Jungle
The Great Believers
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
The Time Traveler's Wife
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
Native Son
Dark Matter
Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago
Becoming
There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America
The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation
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Lists

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John GreenAn Abundance of Katherines by John GreenThe Orphan Factory by James MorcanLiliana by Neva Squires-RodriguezA Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend by Emily Horner
YA Chicago-Land
14 books — 12 voters
The Immortal Irishman by Timothy EganPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'AgostinoRace, Politics, and Irish America by Mary M BurkeThe Irish Brotherhood by Helen O'DonnellLooking for Jimmy by Peter Quinn
Irish in America (nonfiction)
114 books — 11 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonSin in the Second City by Karen AbbottThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Jungle by Upton SinclairThe House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Chicago in history and fiction (fiction and nonfiction)
257 books — 82 voters
To Sleep with the Angels by David CowanThe Beast of Chicago by Rick GearyThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonEleanor Smith's Hull-House Songs by Graham CassanoA House for the Struggle by E. James West
My Kind of Town - Chicago Nonfiction
26 books — 2 voters

The Anthropocene Reviewed by John GreenBombshell by Sarah MacLeanCrying in H Mart by Michelle ZaunerFuzz by Mary RoachProject Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2021
100 books — 4 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Jungle by Upton SinclairDivergent by Veronica RothBinding Arbitration by Elizabeth Marx
Books Set in Chicago
696 books — 334 voters

Quotes Tagged “Chicago”

Nelson Algren
“ The great trains howling from track to track all night. The taut and telegraphic murmur of ten thousand city wires, drawn most cruelly against a city sky. The rush of city waters, beneath the city streets. The passionate passing of the night's last El. ...more ”
― Nelson Algren, Never Come Morning
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Karen Abbott
“ Leave the fireworks for those who cast no spark of their own. ”
― Karen Abbott, Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
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Videos Tagged “Chicago”

A Spying Eye
A Spying Eye
The Girl and the Raven book trailer
The Girl and the Raven book trailer
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Groups Tagged "Chicago"

girls who live in the chicagoland area who are looking for a community to meet both new people i…more
1 member, last active 3 years ago
The University of Chicago Press Free E-Book Club The University of Chicago Press releases one free e-book a month. Get it and join the discussion…more
1 member, last active 2 years ago
Chicago Feminist Book Club We are a Chicago-based intersectional collective of radical and revolutionary readers. Our missi…more
15 members, last active 6 years ago
Friends of Edgewater Library Friends of the Edgewater Library in Chicago, Illinois
9 members, last active 7 years ago