85 books
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52 voters
Chicago Books
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 732 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.00 — 775,095 ratings — published 2003
The House on Mango Street (Paperback)
by (shelved 201 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.67 — 245,745 ratings — published 1984
The Jungle (Paperback)
by (shelved 195 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.78 — 156,874 ratings — published 1906
The Great Believers (Paperback)
by (shelved 178 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.29 — 178,811 ratings — published 2018
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 173 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,453,511 ratings — published 2011
The Time Traveler's Wife (ebook)
by (shelved 170 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,872,234 ratings — published 2003
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul (Hardcover)
by (shelved 162 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.63 — 13,324 ratings — published 2007
Native Son (Paperback)
by (shelved 157 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.04 — 106,953 ratings — published 1940
Dark Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 138 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.13 — 780,775 ratings — published 2016
Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago (Paperback)
by (shelved 127 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.23 — 3,199 ratings — published 1971
There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 125 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.30 — 16,282 ratings — published 1991
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 124 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,228,152 ratings — published 2018
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 124 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.97 — 387,937 ratings — published 2000
City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America (Paperback)
by (shelved 117 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,746 ratings — published 1996
The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 114 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.02 — 2,135 ratings — published 2016
Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,656 ratings — published 1991
Chicago: City on the Make (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,148 ratings — published 1951
Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,520 ratings — published 2018
City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.66 — 3,436 ratings — published 2012
The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream (Hardcover)
by (shelved 92 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.51 — 1,471 ratings — published 2012
Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
by (shelved 88 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.60 — 1,158,350 ratings — published 2013
The Coast of Chicago: Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.05 — 2,743 ratings — published 1990
Sister Carrie (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.78 — 42,141 ratings — published 1900
Hello Beautiful (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 84 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.13 — 572,392 ratings — published 2023
Last Summer on State Street (Hardcover)
by (shelved 84 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.21 — 12,609 ratings — published 2022
The Adventures of Augie March (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.83 — 19,108 ratings — published 1953
A Raisin in the Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.85 — 113,992 ratings — published 1959
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 83 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,645,540 ratings — published 2012
An American Summer (Audio CD)
by (shelved 82 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.32 — 5,038 ratings — published 2019
Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)
by (shelved 82 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.97 — 216,442 ratings — published 2001
High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 80 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,223 ratings — published 2018
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 80 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.48 — 120,553 ratings — published 2010
Will Grayson, Will Grayson (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.69 — 414,573 ratings — published 2010
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.07 — 25,887 ratings — published 2008
Clark and Division (Japantown Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 70 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.62 — 10,643 ratings — published 2021
Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)
by (shelved 69 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.13 — 182,432 ratings — published 2001
Division Street: America (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.17 — 708 ratings — published 1966
Never a City So Real: A Walk in Chicago (Crown Journeys)
by (shelved 68 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,301 ratings — published 2004
Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, #4)
by (shelved 66 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.26 — 164,737 ratings — published 2002
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.00 — 85,866 ratings — published 2017
American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley - His Battle for Chicago and the Nation (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.15 — 952 ratings — published 2000
The Man with the Golden Arm (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.86 — 3,321 ratings — published 1949
The Shining Girls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.55 — 55,071 ratings — published 2013
Indemnity Only (V.I. Warshawski, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.90 — 19,753 ratings — published 1982
Turn Coat (The Dresden Files, #11)
by (shelved 61 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.44 — 114,053 ratings — published 2009
The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers who Inspired Chicago (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.64 — 5,007 ratings — published 2010
Small Favor (The Dresden Files, #10)
by (shelved 60 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.43 — 119,156 ratings — published 2008
Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files, #8)
by (shelved 60 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.39 — 131,272 ratings — published 2006
Chicago: A Biography (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.81 — 445 ratings — published 2009
Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, #7)
by (shelved 59 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.41 — 136,761 ratings — published 2005
“... Chicago divided your heart. Leaving you loving the joint for keeps. Yet knowing it never can love you.”
― Chicago: City on the Make
― Chicago: City on the Make
“I must confess a shameful secret: I love Chicago best in the cold.”
― The Devil in the White City
― The Devil in the White City












