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Book Riot's 100 Must Read Books in and About Chicago - Page 3

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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Michael Jordan: The Life (Roland Lazenby)
Michael Jordan: The Life
81
Roland Lazenby
Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football (Rich Cohen)
Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football
82
Rich Cohen
My Kind of Sound: The Secret History of Chicago Music (Steve Krakow)
My Kind of Sound: The Secret History of Chicago Music
83
Steve Krakow
Negroland (Margo Jefferson)
Negroland
84
Margo Jefferson
Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor (Sudhir Venkatesh)
Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor
85
Sudhir Venkatesh
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley
86
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul (Karen Abbott)
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
87
Karen Abbott
Slaughterhouse: Chicago's Union Stock Yard and the World It Made (Dominic A. Pacyga)
Slaughterhouse: Chicago's Union Stock Yard and the World It Made
88
Dominic A. Pacyga
The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation (Natalie Y. Moore)
The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation
89
Natalie Y. Moore
South Side Girls: Growing Up in the Great Migration (Marcia Chatelain)
South Side Girls: Growing Up in the Great Migration
90
Marcia Chatelain
The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service (Laura Kaplan)
The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service
91
Laura Kaplan
Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity (Micah Uetricht)
Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity
92
Micah Uetricht
Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton (Jeff Pearlman)
Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton
93
Jeff Pearlman
There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in Urban America (Alex Kotlowitz)
There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in Urban America
94
Alex Kotlowitz
Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? Police Violence and Resistance in the United States (Maya Schenwar)
Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? Police Violence and Resistance in the United States
95
Maya Schenwar
The Working Man's Reward: Chicago's Early Suburbs and the Roots of American Sprawl (Elaine Lewinne)
The Working Man's Reward: Chicago's Early Suburbs and the Roots of American Sprawl
96
Elaine Lewinne
Yes Please (Amy Poehler)
Yes Please
97
Amy Poehler
Chicago Poems (Carl Sandburg)
Chicago Poems
98
Carl Sandburg
Maud Martha (Gwendolyn Brooks)
Maud Martha
99
Gwendolyn Brooks
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
100
Lorraine Hansberry
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