Chicago

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

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
There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
Becoming
City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America
The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation
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
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

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
698 books — 335 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
358 books — 27 voters

Daniel Amory
One of the professors told me last week that he feels bad teaching with the way the economy is now. ‘What’s the point?’ he said. ‘Kids aren’t getting jobs.’ You never hear faculty talk that way. He did.
Daniel Amory, Minor Snobs

Daniel Amory
I don’t think I’ve ever referred to any girl I dated as my girlfriend. I think that would freak me out. Even the girl that I dated for two years in college I don’t think I ever referred to her as my girlfriend.” “How would you introduce her?” I asked. “I’m just going to say her name,” he said.
Daniel Amory, Minor Snobs

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