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Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownAngels & Demons by Dan BrownThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxBlack Fire by William Kely McClung
Underground Knowledge (fiction and nonfiction)
1,360 books — 647 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

The Secret History by Donna TarttThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughStoner by John WilliamsFranny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
Campus Days
401 books — 298 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldGhost Tamer by Meredith R. LyonsA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
City Life
318 books — 185 voters

Ghost Tamer by Meredith R. LyonsThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerGhost Hand by Ripley PattonThe House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Books Set in Illinois
352 books — 115 voters
Public Enemies by Bryan BurroughShadowed Loyalty by Roseanna M. WhiteJohn Dillinger by Dary MateraSpeak Easy by Melanie HarlowGo Down Together by Jeff Guinn
1920's & 30's Mobster, Mafia, Gangster America (fiction and nonfiction)
202 books — 97 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
Playing with Fire by Kate MeaderThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerSome Girls Bite by Chloe NeillFlirting with Fire by Kate MeaderIt Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Best Romances Set in Chicago
85 books — 52 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFor the Thrill of It by Simon BaatzThe Girls of Murder City by Douglas PerrySin in the Second City by Karen AbbottUgly Prey by Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, PhD
Chicago Crime (nonfiction)
90 books — 40 voters
Stars Over Clear Lake by Loretta EllsworthMy Ántonia by Willa CatherThis I Know by Eldonna EdwardsThe Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria RussellMary, Everything by Cassandra Yorke
Historical Fiction - The American Midwest
98 books — 31 voters

Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la PeñaKnuffle Bunny by Mo WillemsTar Beach by Faith RinggoldMake Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyFlower Garden by Eve Bunting
Picture Books for Urban Kids
356 books — 26 voters
Black Folk by Blair L.M. KelleyFreeman's Challenge by Robin BernsteinNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichSlavery by Another Name by Douglas A. BlackmonMother Jones by Elliott J. Gorn
Proletariat: US Labor History (nonfiction)
243 books — 20 voters

Resolve by J.J. HensleyMeasure Twice by J.J. HensleyDigital Me by J.M. VarnerWhat Happens Next by Colleen J ClaytonThe Second Revolution by Gary Hansen
Rust Belt Books (fiction)
21 books — 19 voters
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 Orphan Factory by James MorcanConspiracy in the Streets by Jon WienerThe Jungle by Upton SinclairNature's Metropolis by William CrononLiliana by Neva Squires-Rodriguez
Chicago List
21 books — 12 voters
The Immortal Irishman by Timothy EganRace, Politics, and Irish America by Mary M BurkeThe Irish Brotherhood by Helen O'DonnellLooking for Jimmy by Peter QuinnThe Irish in Us by Diane Negra
Irish in America (nonfiction)
113 books — 9 voters

Jamestown by Joyce CrawfordIn Lieu of Flowers by Keith SteinbaumThe Great Fire by Jim MurphyDown the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871 by Susan Campbell BartolettiEmmi in the City by Salima Alikhan
Great Chicago Fire in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
17 books — 8 voters
Rivers of London by Ben AaronovitchStrange Practice by Vivian ShawThe Arabian Nightmare by Robert IrwinThe Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha PulleyBrown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
SFF Set in Global Cities (No YA)
64 books — 6 voters

So B. It by Sarah WeeksThe Lions of Little Rock by Kristin LevineSweet Home Alaska by Carole Estby DaggWhere Have All the Flowers Gone? by Ellen Emerson WhiteOn the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
I've Read (Been) Everywhere - Johnny Cash/Hank Snow
39 books — 6 voters
The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers by Adam SassThe City Beautiful by Aden PolydorosI'll Take Everything You Have by James KliseIsaac's Song by Daniel BlackThe Case of the Missing Maid by Rob Osler
Queer Books Set in Chicago
35 books — 5 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
Charleston in the Age of the Pinckneys by George C. Rogers Jr.Istanbul and the Civilization of the Ottoman Empire by Bernard LewisFollowing Caesar by John KeaheyCairo by Gaston WietBukhara by Richard N. Frye
Centers of Civilization series
34 books — 3 voters

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxFrozen by Sarah NathanAxiom's End by Lindsay EllisWhat We Did for Love by Mary Ann O'ReillyA Chorus Line FAQ by Tom Rowan
Musicalsplaining Podcast
73 books — 3 voters
Room Fifteen by Elyse KellyRoom Twenty Three by Alexa JordanRoom Nine by Kameron ClaireRoom Twenty-One by Mika LaneRoom Seventeen by Penelope Wylde
Club Sin: Chicago Session 2
10 books — 3 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
Deadly Escape To Freedom by Shirley J. MillerDeath of the Cosset by Kimberly Jane OswaldBlood Gold by Shirley J. MillerTo Russia & Back by Shirley J. MillerWrong Place, Wrong Time by Shirley J. Miller
Goodread's Selection
6 books — 2 voters

Unique Eats and Eateries of Denver by Chad ChisholmUnique Eats and Eateries of Washington, DC by Joann HillUnique Eats & Eateries San Francisco by Kimberley LovatoUnique Eats and Eateries of Philadelphia by Irene Levy BakerUnique Eats and Eateries of Kansas City by Matt Stewart
Popular Restaurant Guides in the USA
24 books — 2 voters
Making the Second Ghetto by Arnold R. HirschBlueprint for Disaster by D. Bradford HuntAmerican Project by VenkateshOff the Books by Sudhir VenkateshGang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh
Chicago Housing (nonfiction)
17 books — 1 voter

The Tunnel under the Lake by Benjamin SellsThe Space Within by Patrick F. CannonBuilding Chicago by John ZukowskyChicago Then and Now by Elizabeth McNultyTerminal Town by Joseph P. Schwieterman
Chicago - The Built Environment (nonfiction)
39 books — 1 voter
Forever Open, Clear and Free by Lois WilleThe Great Believers by Rebecca MakkaiHello Beautiful by Ann NapolitanoCrossing California by Adam LangerI Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
Chicago Lit. Independent Reading List
95 books — 1 voter

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