| Title | Links | Published | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 151. |
Annie Allen (Pulitzer Prize, 1950) |
Gwendolyn Brooks |
1949 |
| 152. |
Story: (adapted from novel) Willard Motley Screenplay: John Monks Jr. and Daniel Taradash, 1949 Director: Nicholas Ray Stars: Humphrey Bogart, John Derek |
Story: Willard Motley, Screenplay: John Monks Jr. and Daniel Taradash |
1949 |
| 153. |
Arthur Meeker, Jr. |
1949 | |
| 154. |
Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#3) |
Fredric Brown |
1949 |
| 155. |
We Fished All Night |
Willard Motley |
1949 |
| 156. |
Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#4) |
Fredric Brown |
1950 |
| 157. |
Isaac Asimov |
1950 | |
| 158. |
The Man with The Golden Arm (first National Book Award) |
Nelson Algren |
1950 |
| 159. |
The Sidewalks Are Free |
Sam Ross |
1950 |
| 160. |
Chicago: City on the Make |
Nelson Algren |
1951 |
| 161. |
Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#5) |
Fredric Brown |
1951 |
| 162. |
Seymour Hersh |
1951 | |
| 163. |
Story (adapted from novel): Theodore Dreiser Screenplay: Ruth and Augustus Goetz, 1952 Director: Will Wyler Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones |
Story: Theodore Dreiser, Screenplay: Ruth and Augustus Goetz |
1952 |
| 164. |
Chicago: The Second City |
A.J. Liebling |
1952 |
| 165. |
Carl Sandburg |
1953 | |
| 166. |
Emmett Dedmon |
1953 | |
| 167. |
Maude Martha |
Gwendolyn Brooks |
1953 |
| 168. |
The Adventures of Augie March |
Saul Bellow |
1953 |
| 169. |
The Outsider |
Richard Wright |
1953 |
| 170. |
Ben Hecht |
1954 | |
| 171. |
Screenplay: Henry Kleiner, 1954 Director: Otto Preminger Stars: Harry Belafonte, Dorthy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey |
Screenplay: Henry Kleiner |
1954 |
| 172. |
The Chicago Renaissance in American Letters: A Critical History |
Bernard Duffy |
1954 |
| 173. |
Arthur Meeker, Jr. |
1955 | |
| 174. |
John Logan |
1955 | |
| 175. |
Story (adapted from the novel by): Nelson Algren Screenplay: Walter Newman, Lewis Meltzer, and Ben Hecht, 1955 Director: Otto Preminger Stars: Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak |
Story: Nelson Algren, Screenplay: Walter Newman, Lewis Meltzer, and Ben Hecht |
1955 |
| 176. |
Compulsion |
Meyer Levin |
1956 |
| 177. |
John J. Malone #11 |
Craig Rice |
1956 |
| 178. |
Dandelion Wine |
Ray Bradbury |
1957 |
| 179. |
John J. Malone #10 |
Craig Rice |
1957 |
| 180. |
James Farrell |
1957 | |
| 181. |
Let No Man Write My Epitaph |
Willard Motley |
1958 |
| 182. |
John J. Malone #12 |
Craig Rice |
1958 |
| 183. |
A Raisin in the Sun |
Lorraine Hansberry |
1959 |
| 184. |
Chicago Premiere: Blackstone Theatre |
Lorraine Hansberry |
1959 |
| 185. |
Katherine Dunham |
1959 | |
| 186. |
Story: Meyer Levin Screenplay: Richard Murphy, 1959 Director: Richard Fleischer Stars: Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell |
Story: Meyer Levin, Screenplay: Richard Murphy |
1959 |
| 187. |
The Girls in 3-B |
Valerie Taylor (Velma Nacella Young) |
1959 |
| 188. |
Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#6) |
Fredric Brown |
1959 |
| 189. |
Frank London Brown |
1959 | |
| 190. |
Story: James T. Farrell Screenplay: James T. Farrell and Philip Yordan Director: Irving Lerner, Stars: Christopher Knight, Frank Gorshin, Jack Nicholson, Venetia Stevenson |
Story: James T. Farrell, Screenplay: James T. Farrell and Philip Yordan |
1960 |
| 191. |
The Bean Eaters |
Gwendolyn Brooks |
1960 |
| 192. |
Story: Lorraine Hansberry Screenplay: Lorraine Hansberry Director: Daniel Petrie, Stars: Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Roy Sands, Louis Gossett Jr. |
Story: Lorraine Hansberry, Screenplay: Lorraine Hansberry |
1961 |
| 193. |
Boarding House Blues |
James T. Farrell |
1961 |
| 194. |
Letting Go |
Phillip Roth |
1962 |
| 195. |
Bill Veeck |
1962 | |
| 196. |
Eliot Asinof |
1963 | |
| 197. |
Lawd Today! |
Richard Wright |
1963 |
| 198. |
Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#7) |
Fredric Brown |
1963 |
| 199. |
John J. Malone #13 |
Craig Rice |
1963 |
| 200. |
John J. Malone #14 |
Stuart Palmer & Craig Rice |
1963 |
| 201. |
The Odyssey of Kostas Volakis |
Harry Mark Petrakis |
1963 |
| 202. |
Herzog |
Saul Bellow |
1964 |
| 203. |
Gaily, Gaily |
Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur |
1965 |
| 204. |
Dream of Kings, Harry Mark Petrakis, 1966 |
Harry Mark Petrakis |
1966 |
| 205. |
Ronald L. Fair |
1966 | |
| 206. |
Let Noon Be Fair |
Willard Motley |
1966 |
| 207. |
John J. Malone #15 |
Craig Rice |
1967 |
| 208. |
Studs Terkel |
1967 | |
| 209. |
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Story: David Maurer Screenplay: Howard Browne Director: Roger Corman Stars: Jason Robards, George Segal |
Story: David Maurer, Screenplay: Howard Browne |
1967 |
| 210. |
Frederick Exley |
1968 | |
| 211. |
Airport |
Arthur Hailey |
1968 |
| 212. |
I May Be Wrong, But I Doubt It |
Mike Royko |
1968 |
| 213. |
In the Mecca |
Gwendolyn Brooks |
1968 |
| 214. |
Gale Sayers (with Al Silverman) |
1970 | |
| 215. |
Cyrus Colter |
1970 | |
| 216. |
Boss |
Mike Royko |
1971 |
| 217. |
Jeannie Morris |
1972 | |
| 218. |
Fanny Butcher |
1972 | |
| 219. |
Gwendolyn Brooks |
1972 | |
| 220. |
The Rivers of Eros |
Cyrus Colter |
1972 |
| 221. |
The Thief Who Came to Dinner |
Terrance L. Smith |
1972 |
| 222. |
Slats Grobnik and Some Other Friends |
Mike Royko |
1973 |
| 223. |
John R. Powers |
1973 | |
| 224. |
Story: Sam Greenlee Screenplay: Sam Greenlee and Melvin Clay Director: Ivan Dixon Stars: Lawrence Cook, J.A. Preston, Paula Kelly, Janet League |
Story: Sam Greenlee, Screenplay: Sam Greenlee and Melvin Clay |
1973 |
| 225. |
Screenplay: David S. Ward Director: George Roy Hill Stars: Robert Redford, Paul Newman |
Screenplay: David S. Ward |
1973 |
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