| Title | Links | Published | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Jacks and Queens at the Green Mill |
Marie Rutkowski |
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| 2. |
The Story of Mary MacLane |
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| 3. |
1872, novel. The first (or at least close to the first) Chicago novel was written by a New York Presbyterian minister. Read or download the ebook here. |
Edward Payson Roe |
1872 |
| 4. |
Eugene Field |
1882 | |
| 5. |
Eugene Field |
1887 | |
| 6. |
Henry Blake Fuller |
1893 | |
| 7. |
Clara Louise Burnham |
1894 | |
| 8. |
Hamlin Garland |
1895 | |
| 9. |
Henry Blake Fuller |
1895 | |
| 10. |
Pink Marsh: A Story of the Streets and Town |
George Ade |
1897 |
| 11. |
Mr. Dooley in Peace and War |
Finley Peter Dunne |
1899 |
| 12. |
Mr. Dooley in the Hearts of His Countrymen |
Finley Peter Dunne |
1899 |
| 13. |
Horatio Alger |
1900 | |
| 14. |
Mr. Dooley’s Philosophy |
Finley Peter Dunne |
1900 |
| 15. |
Theodore Dreiser |
1900 | |
| 16. |
The Shallow Spirit of Judgement: Three Stories of Contemporary Chicago Life McClure’s Magazine |
Edith Wyatt |
1900 |
| 17. |
The Web of Life |
Robert Herrick |
1900 |
| 18. |
Mr. Dooley’s Opinions |
Finley Peter Dunne |
1901 |
| 19. |
Observations by Mr. Dooley |
Finley Peter Dunne |
1902 |
| 20. |
James D. Corrothers |
1902 | |
| 21. |
A Prairie Winter |
Belle Owen |
1903 |
| 22. |
In Babel; Stories of Chicago |
George Ade |
1903 |
| 23. |
Isaac Kahn Friedman |
1903 | |
| 24. |
Frank Norris |
1903 | |
| 25. |
True Love: Comedy of the Affectations |
Edith Wyatt |
1903 |
| 26. |
A Little Girl in Old Chicago |
Amanda Douglas |
1904 |
| 27. |
The Common Lot |
Robert Herrick |
1904 |
| 28. |
Clarence Darrow |
1905 | |
| 29. |
Robert Herrick |
1905 | |
| 30. |
Dissertations by Mr. Dooley |
Finley Peter Dunne |
1906 |
| 31. |
Upton Sinclair |
1906 | |
| 32. |
Robert Morss Lovett |
1907 | |
| 33. |
The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets |
Jane Addams |
1907 |
| 34. |
The Bomb |
Frank Harris |
1909 |
| 35. |
Susan Glaspell |
1909 | |
| 36. |
Jane Addams |
1909 | |
| 37. |
Just Folks |
Clara Laughlin |
1910 |
| 38. |
Mr. Dooley Says |
Finley Peter Dunne |
1910 |
| 39. |
Jenny Gerhardt |
Theodore Dreiser |
1911 |
| 40. |
Rebellion |
Joseph Medill Patterson |
1911 |
| 41. |
Donald Richberg |
1911 | |
| 42. |
Edna Ferber |
1912 | |
| 43. |
Mr. Achilles |
Jeannette Lee |
1912 |
| 44. |
Howard Vincent O'Brien |
1914 | |
| 45. |
Edgar Rice Burroughs |
1914 | |
| 46. |
The Precipice |
Elia W. Peattie |
1914 |
| 47. |
Theodore Dreiser |
1914 | |
| 48. |
You And I: Poems |
Harriet Monroe |
1914 |
| 49. |
Ring Lardner |
1914 | |
| 50. |
Willa Cather |
1915 | |
| 51. |
Carl Sandburg |
1916 | |
| 52. |
Edgar Rice Burroughs |
1916 | |
| 53. |
Edwin Herbert Lewis |
1916 | |
| 54. |
Sherwood Anderson |
1916 | |
| 55. |
Edna Ferber |
1917 | |
| 56. |
Oscar Micheaux |
1917 | |
| 57. |
Anna Morgan |
1918 | |
| 58. |
Henry Kitchell Webster |
1919 | |
| 59. |
Mr. Dooley on Making a Will and Other Necessary Evils |
Finley Peter Dunne |
1919 |
| 60. |
Newton Augustus Fuessle |
1919 | |
| 61. |
Floyd Dell |
1920 | |
| 62. |
Resurrection Rock |
Edwin Balmer |
1920 |
| 63. |
Erik Dorn |
Ben Hecht |
1921 |
| 64. |
Newton Augustus Fuessle |
1921 | |
| 65. |
Edna Ferber |
1921 | |
| 66. |
Paul and Mabel Thorne |
1921 | |
| 67. |
1001 Afternoons in Chicago |
Ben Hecht |
1922 |
| 68. |
Woodward Boyd |
1922 | |
| 69. |
Blackguard |
Maxwell Bodenheim |
1923 |
| 70. |
Jean Toomer |
1923 | |
| 71. |
Crazy Man |
Maxwell Bodenheim |
1923 |
| 72. |
Harry Hansen |
1923 | |
| 73. |
Coffins for Two |
Vincent Starrett |
1924 |
| 74. |
Inspired by the real-life Leopold and Loeb trial. |
Meyer Levin |
1924 |
| 75. |
Pulitzer Prize, 1925 |
Edna Ferber |
1924 |
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