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Books Set in Illinois:


Storm Front by Jim Butcher (1st book in series)
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
The Litigators by John Grisham
Left Behind by Tim LaHaye (1st book in series)
Something About You by Julie James (1st book in series)
If Angels Burn by Lynn Viehl (1st book in series)
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
Indemnity Only by Sara Paretsky (1st book of series)
For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder That Shocked Chicago by Simon Baatz
The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers who Inspired Chicago
Whiskey Sour by J.A. Konrath (1st book in series)
A Winter Haunting by Dan Simmons
Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters
Officer Down by Theresa Schwegel
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King by Reymundo Sanchez
Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
Firespell by Chloe Neill (1st book in series)
Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill (1st book in series)
When Darkness Comes by Alexandra Ivy (1st book in series)
A Taste of Magic by Tracy Madison (1st book in series)
Smart Mouth by Erin McCarthy
Killer Clown by Terry Sullivan
Divergent by Veronica Roth (1st book in series)
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles (1st book in series)
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Native Son by Richard Wright
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green
It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (1st book in series)
Paradise by Judith McNaught
The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow
Heartbreaker by Julie Garwood (1st book in series)
Chicago: A Novel by Alaa Al Aswani
If You Were Here by Jen Lancaster
XVI by Julia Karr (1st book in series)
Every Breath You Take by Judith McNaught
Black Wings by Christina Henry (1st book in series)
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag by Robert A. Heinlein
Slow Hands by Leslie Kelly
A Proper Pursuit by Lynn Austin
Warrior's Cross by Madeleine Urban
Witch Blood by Anya Bast
Crossing California by Adam Langer
Riding Wild by Jaci Burton (1st book in series)
The Chicago Way by Michael Harvey
The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon
Nowhere Man by Aleksandar Hemon
Twenty Years at Hull House by Jane Addams
And Then Things Fall Apart by Arlaina Tibensky
Ten Cents a Dance by Christine Fletcher
Wild at Heart by Patricia Gaffney
Red Hot Lies by Laura Caldwell (1st book in series)
Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago by Eric Klinenberg
City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
The Seasons on Henry's Farm: A Year of Food and Life on a Sustainable Farm
Loose Ends by Terri Reid (1st book in series)
Once We Were Brothers by Ronald H. Balson
Hush by Anne Frasier

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"Summer of night" by Dan Simmons

A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass

City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago by Gary Krist

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson

Indemnity Only by Sara Paretsky (first in a series set in Illinois)

Irreplaceable by Stephen Lovely

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

World's Greatest Sleuth! by Steve Hockensmith

Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets

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Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
Dangling Man by Saul Bellow
So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell
The River Between Us by Richard Peck
Snakewoman of Little Egypt by Robert Hellenga
Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner
Angel of Death Row: My Life as a Death Penalty Defense Lawyer by Andrea D. Lyon
Is It Night or Day? by Fern Schumer Chapman
Herzog by Saul Bellow
How The Light Gets In by M.J. Hyland
Office Girl by Joe Meno
Life Itself by Roger Ebert
Operation Family Secrets: How a Mobster's Son and the FBI Brought Down Chicago's Murderous Crime Family

Lucy by Laurence Gonzales

Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay

Digging In by Loretta Nyhan -

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch