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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 742 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.00 — 788,244 ratings — published 2003
The House on Mango Street (Paperback)
by (shelved 206 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.67 — 255,076 ratings — published 1984
The Jungle (Paperback)
by (shelved 200 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.79 — 158,888 ratings — published 1906
The Great Believers (Paperback)
by (shelved 186 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.29 — 185,513 ratings — published 2018
The Time Traveler's Wife (ebook)
by (shelved 175 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,882,428 ratings — published 2003
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 174 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,510,598 ratings — published 2011
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul (Hardcover)
by (shelved 165 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.63 — 13,402 ratings — published 2007
Native Son (Paperback)
by (shelved 159 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.05 — 108,325 ratings — published 1940
Dark Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 142 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.13 — 831,340 ratings — published 2016
Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago (Paperback)
by (shelved 133 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.23 — 3,271 ratings — published 1971
There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 129 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.30 — 16,407 ratings — published 1991
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 127 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.96 — 393,983 ratings — published 2000
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 125 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,256,206 ratings — published 2018
City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America (Paperback)
by (shelved 119 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,769 ratings — published 1996
Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West (Paperback)
by (shelved 118 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,744 ratings — published 1991
Chicago: City on the Make (Paperback)
by (shelved 117 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,168 ratings — published 1951
The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 114 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,160 ratings — published 2016
Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side (Hardcover)
by (shelved 99 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,584 ratings — published 2018
City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.66 — 3,456 ratings — published 2012
The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream (Hardcover)
by (shelved 95 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.51 — 1,489 ratings — published 2012
Last Summer on State Street (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.17 — 17,301 ratings — published 2022
Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
by (shelved 88 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.60 — 1,171,701 ratings — published 2013
Sister Carrie (Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.78 — 42,511 ratings — published 1900
Hello Beautiful (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 87 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.12 — 595,102 ratings — published 2023
A Raisin in the Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.86 — 116,201 ratings — published 1959
The Coast of Chicago: Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.05 — 2,776 ratings — published 1990
The Adventures of Augie March (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.83 — 19,233 ratings — published 1953
An American Summer (Audio CD)
by (shelved 85 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.31 — 5,085 ratings — published 2019
High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 82 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,296 ratings — published 2018
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 82 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,663,513 ratings — published 2012
Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)
by (shelved 82 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.97 — 219,913 ratings — published 2001
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 81 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.48 — 123,674 ratings — published 2010
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.07 — 26,132 ratings — published 2008
Clark and Division (Japantown Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 70 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.62 — 10,859 ratings — published 2021
Will Grayson, Will Grayson (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.69 — 416,471 ratings — published 2010
Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)
by (shelved 69 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.13 — 185,245 ratings — published 2001
Division Street: America (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.17 — 713 ratings — published 1966
Never a City So Real: A Walk in Chicago (Crown Journeys)
by (shelved 68 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,304 ratings — published 2004
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.00 — 87,949 ratings — published 2017
Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, #4)
by (shelved 66 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.26 — 167,066 ratings — published 2002
American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley - His Battle for Chicago and the Nation (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.16 — 965 ratings — published 2000
The Man with the Golden Arm (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.86 — 3,365 ratings — published 1949
Indemnity Only (V.I. Warshawski, #1)
by (shelved 62 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.90 — 19,954 ratings — published 1982
The Shining Girls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.55 — 55,584 ratings — published 2013
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 — 5,028 ratings — published 2010
Chicago: A Biography (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.81 — 453 ratings — published 2009
The Most Fun We Ever Had (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as chicago)
avg rating 3.89 — 173,533 ratings — published 2019
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.25 — 28,087 ratings — published 2017
Turn Coat (The Dresden Files, #11)
by (shelved 59 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.44 — 115,339 ratings — published 2009
Small Favor (The Dresden Files, #10)
by (shelved 59 times as chicago)
avg rating 4.43 — 120,486 ratings — published 2008
“Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning...proud to be Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation.”
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“Boys with hands in pockets, waiting for everything to begin”
― The Great Believers
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