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Book Riot's 100 Must Read Books in and About Chicago

From the original description: Ah, Chicago. The Windy City. The Second City. The Best City in the United States of America. The City with the Best Skyline, Certainly Better Than New York or Whatever. The City with the Best Pizza. The City of Hot Dogs, No Ketchup.
We've got 100 books in and about Chicago. We have fiction, nonfiction, and — bonus! — plays and poetry. Mystery, coming-of-age, adventure, history, sociology, race, class. We have it all. Oh, and a book about the 1985 Bears and another about Michael Jordan, because duh. Ever hear of a swell guy named Barack Obama? He's from Chicago.
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47th Street Black (Bayo Ojikutu)
47th Street Black
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Bayo Ojikutu
An Abundance of Katherines (John Green)
An Abundance of Katherines
2
John Green
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
3
Saul Bellow
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
4
Neil Gaiman
Beautiful Bastard
Beautiful Bastard
5
Binding Arbitration (Elizabeth Marx)
Binding Arbitration
6
Elizabeth Marx
Black Iris (Leah Raeder)
Black Iris
7
Leah Raeder
Bodies in Motion: Stories (Mary Anne Mohanraj)
Bodies in Motion: Stories
8
Mary Anne Mohanraj
Building Stories
Building Stories
9
Caramelo (Sandra Cisneros)
Caramelo
10
Sandra Cisneros
Chasing Vermeer (Blue Balliett)
Chasing Vermeer
11
Blue Balliett
Chicago (Alaa Aswany)
Chicago
12
Alaa Aswany
Chicago Noir (Joe Meno)
Chicago Noir
13
Joe Meno
Chicago Stories (Michael Czyzniejewski)
Chicago Stories
14
Michael Czyzniejewski
Coffee Will Make You Black
Coffee Will Make You Black
15
The Daughters (Adrienne Celt)
The Daughters
16
Adrienne Celt
Divergent (Veronica Roth)
Divergent
17
Veronica Roth
Divine Days
Divine Days
18
The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore (Benjamin Hale)
The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore
19
Benjamin Hale
A Fan's Notes
A Fan's Notes
20
For Fallon (Soraya Naomi)
For Fallon
21
Soraya Naomi
Free Burning (Bayo Ojikutu)
Free Burning
22
Bayo Ojikutu
The Fugue (Gint Aras)
The Fugue
23
Gint Aras
Generosity: An Enhancement (Richard Powers)
Generosity: An Enhancement
24
Richard Powers
The Good Girl (Mary Kubica)
The Good Girl
25
Mary Kubica
Good Kings Bad Kings (Susan Nussbaum)
Good Kings Bad Kings
26
Susan Nussbaum
Hairstyles of the Damned
Hairstyles of the Damned
27
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
28
Sandra Cisneros
The Hundred Year House (Rebecca Makkai)
The Hundred Year House
29
Rebecca Makkai
I Sailed With Magellan (Stuart Dybek)
I Sailed With Magellan
30
Stuart Dybek
Indemnity Only (Sara Paretsky)
Indemnity Only
31
Sara Paretsky
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
32
Upton Sinclair
Kinda Sorta American Dream (Steve Karas)
Kinda Sorta American Dream
33
Steve Karas
The Lazarus Project
The Lazarus Project
34
Living With the Devil (Lori Hart)
Living With the Devil
35
Lori Hart
Malicious Masquerade (Alan Cupp)
Malicious Masquerade
36
Alan Cupp
Middlesteins
Middlesteins
37
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
38
Richard Wright
Neanderthal Seeks Human (Penny Reid)
Neanderthal Seeks Human
39
Penny Reid
O, Democracy! (Kathleen Rooney)
O, Democracy!
40
Kathleen Rooney
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