Brent's votes on the list Books Set in Chicago

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1	Prine on Prine: Interviews and Encounters with John Prine by Holly Gleason 4.23 avg rating — 194 ratings Brent added it to currently-reading See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	John Prine Beyond Words by John Prine 4.65 avg rating — 142 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Steve Goodman: Facing the Music by Clay Eals 4.28 avg rating — 65 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook 60th Anniversary Edition \| Folk Sheet Music Collection for All Instruments \| Melody, Lyrics and Chords for Traditional and Contemporary Songs by Hal Leonard (Editor) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Doowop: The Chicago Scene by Robert Pruter 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Chicago Soul by Robert Pruter 4.32 avg rating — 41 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music by Robert Marovich (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Eleanor Smith's Hull-House Songs: The Music of Protest and Hope in Jane Addams's Chicago by Graham Cassano really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power by Aaron Cohen really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 56 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Bitten by the Blues: The Alligator Records Story by Bruce Iglauer 4.26 avg rating — 72 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Waiting for Buddy Guy: Chicago Blues at the Crossroads by Alan Harper 4.28 avg rating — 29 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	My Kind of Sound: The Secret History of Chicago Music Compendium by Steve Krakow 4.50 avg rating — 20 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Chicago Blues: Portraits and Stories by David G. Whiteis 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Country and Midwestern: Chicago in the History of Country Music and the Folk Revival by Mark Guarino (Goodreads Author) 4.58 avg rating — 60 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Chicago Blues: The City & the Music by Mike Rowe 3.91 avg rating — 47 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Chicago breakdown (Eddison blues books ; 1) by Mike Rowe 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings Brent rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Cobra Records story: Chicago rock and blues, 1956-1958 by Diana Haig 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Chess Box by Howlin' Wolf it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Record Men: The Chess Brothers and the Birth of Rock & Roll by Rich Cohen (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 116 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Spinning Blues into Gold: The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records by Nadine Cohodas 4.04 avg rating — 158 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Chuck Berry: An American Life by R.J. Smith 4.13 avg rating — 387 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Chuck Berry : The Autobiography by Chuck Berry 3.65 avg rating — 401 ratings Brent rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry by Bruce Pegg 3.82 avg rating — 51 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters by Robert Gordon 4.10 avg rating — 1,146 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Moanin' at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin' Wolf by James Segrest 4.22 avg rating — 584 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Beast of Chicago: An Account of the Life and Crimes of Herman W. Mudgett, Known to the World As H.H. Holmes by Rick Geary 3.83 avg rating — 764 ratings Brent rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Complete Poems by Carl Sandburg 4.13 avg rating — 1,343 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Great Comics Syndicated by the Daily News – Chicago Tribune by Herb Galewitz (Editor) 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	It's Life As I See It: Black Cartoonists in Chicago, 1940–1980 by Dan Nadel (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.09 avg rating — 88 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Superman/Savage Dragon: Chicago by Erik Larsen 3.16 avg rating — 25 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	A Treasury of Victorian Murder Compendium: Including: Jack the Ripper, The Beast of Chicago, Fatal Bullet by Rick Geary 3.94 avg rating — 324 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Phoebe and the Pigeon People: The Complete Comic Strips from the Chicago Reader by Jay Lynch 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Chicago by Glenn Head 3.36 avg rating — 163 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Drained Brains Caper (Chicagoland Detective Agency, #1) by Trina Robbins 3.36 avg rating — 181 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther by Jeffrey Haas 4.45 avg rating — 2,886 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Slow Ball Cartoonist: The Extraordinary Life of Indiana Native and Pulitzer Prize Winner John T. McCutcheon of the Chicago Tribune by Tony Garel-Frantzen (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Dragon from Chicago: The Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi Germany by Pamela D. Toler (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 205 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The City Is Up for Grabs: How Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Led and Lost a City in Crisis by Gregory Royal Pratt 4.07 avg rating — 298 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago by Mike Royko 4.23 avg rating — 3,179 ratings Brent rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Once Upon a Time in Chicago: The Story of Benny Goodman by Jonah Winter 3.62 avg rating — 42 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	We Are the Culture: Black Chicago's Influence on Everything by Arionne Nettles 4.24 avg rating — 62 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky by Sherri L. Smith (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 223 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City's Soul by Scott W. Berg 3.80 avg rating — 600 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	A House for the Struggle: The Black Press and the Built Environment in Chicago by E. James West 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	This Ain't Chicago: Race, Class, and Regional Identity in the Post-Soul South by Zandria F. Robinson 4.35 avg rating — 26 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER by Thomas Fisher 3.89 avg rating — 2,749 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Mother Chicago: Truant Dreams and Specters Over the Gilded Age by Martin Billheimer 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Disposing of Modernity: The Archaeology of Garbage and Consumerism During Chicago's 1893 World's Fair by Rebecca Graff 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	City Creatures: Animal Encounters in the Chicago Wilderness by Gavin van Horn (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Slaughterhouse: Chicago's Union Stock Yard and the World It Made by Dominic A. Pacyga 3.64 avg rating — 83 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago by Alex Kotlowitz 4.31 avg rating — 5,027 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Chicago: An Epic Noir Thriller of Gangsters, Murder, and Revenge in Mobbed-Up 1920s by David Mamet 2.90 avg rating — 1,589 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Al Capone's Beer Wars: A Complete History of Organized Crime in Chicago During Prohibition by John J. Binder 3.47 avg rating — 218 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Chicago Street Cop: Amazing True Stories from the Mean Streets of Chicago and Beyond by Pat McCarthy (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 101 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Blood Runs Green: The Murder That Transfixed Gilded Age Chicago by Gillian O'Brien 3.25 avg rating — 141 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America by James R. Green 4.07 avg rating — 1,242 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	The Gangs of Chicago: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld by Herbert Asbury 3.65 avg rating — 462 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	History Comics: The Great Chicago Fire: Rising From the Ashes by Kate Hannigan (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 477 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1) by Richard Peck 3.98 avg rating — 36,113 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	For Kith and Kin: The Folk Art Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago by Judith A. Barter 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	That Toddlin' Town: a rowdy burlesque of Chicago manners and morals by Hugh M. Hefner 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	We Made Uranium!: And Other True Stories from the University of Chicago's Extraordinary Scavenger Hunt by Leila Sales (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.53 avg rating — 45 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Miami and the Siege of Chicago by Norman Mailer 3.78 avg rating — 1,134 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939 by Lizabeth Cohen 3.85 avg rating — 1,120 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition by University of Chicago Press 4.30 avg rating — 6,189 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago by Jay Pridmore 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Rising Up from Indian Country: The Battle of Fort Dearborn and the Birth of Chicago by Ann Durkin Keating 3.91 avg rating — 107 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Conspiracy in the Streets: The Extraordinary Trial of the Chicago Seven by Jon Wiener (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.11 avg rating — 284 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago by Carol Fisher Saller (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 1,832 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers by Kate L. Turabian 3.99 avg rating — 3,232 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars