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 1.  “Inside Prairie Avenue-And Beyond”

An article published in Chicago Classic magazine.

Megan McKinney CS
 2.  The Origins of the Chicago Wheel

An article in Chicago Architecture Center. 

Marko Dumlija NFCS
 3.  Barriers Burned Away

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
Edward Payson Roe link
1872 F
 4.  The Tribune Primer
Eugene Field
Eugene Field link
1882 NFYANC
 5.  Culture’s Garland
Eugene Field
Eugene Field link
1887 NFMA
 6.  A Secret of the Midway Plaisance
Byron S. Adams 1893 Nov
 7.  Chicago Charlie: The Columbian Detective
John Harvey Whitson 1893 Mys
 8.  The Cliff-Dwellers
Henry Blake Fuller
Henry Blake Fuller link
1893 FNov
 9.  Sweet Clover
Clara Louise Burnham
Clara Louise Burnham link
1894 FNov
 10.  Sweet Clover: A Romance of the White City, Clara Louise Burnham, 1894, romance fiction.
Clara Louise Burnham 1894 NovRom
 11.  Rose of Dutcher’s Coolly
Hamlin Garland
Hamlin Garland link
1895 FNov
 12.  With the Procession
Henry Blake Fuller
Henry Blake Fuller link
1895
 13.  Pink Marsh: A Story of the Streets and Town
George Ade
George Ade link
1897 F
 14.  Mr. Dooley in Peace and War
Finley Peter Dunne
Finley Peter Dunne link
1899 NC
 15.  Mr. Dooley in the Hearts of His Countrymen
Finley Peter Dunne
Finley Peter Dunne link
1899 NC
 16.  Luke Walton or The Chicago Newsboy
Horatio Alger 1900 Nov
 17.  Mr. Dooley’s Philosophy
Finley Peter Dunne
Finley Peter Dunne link
1900 NC
 18.  Sister Carrie
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser link
1900 FNov
 19.  The Shallow Spirit of Judgement: Three Stories of Contemporary Chicago Life

McClure’s Magazine

Edith Wyatt
Edith Wyatt link
1900
 20.  The Web of Life
Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick link
1900
 21.  Mr. Dooley’s Opinions
Finley Peter Dunne
Finley Peter Dunne link
1901 NC
 22.  The Story of Mary MacLane
Mary MacLane 1901 Bio
 23.  Observations by Mr. Dooley
Finley Peter Dunne
Finley Peter Dunne link
1902 NC
 24.  The Black Cat Club
James D. Corrothers
James D. Corrothers link
1902 F
 25.  A Prairie Winter
Belle Owen 1903
 26.  In Babel; Stories of Chicago
George Ade
George Ade link
1903
 27.  Poor People
Isaac Kahn Friedman
Isaac Kahn Friedman link
1903
 28.  The Pit
Frank Norris
Frank Norris link
1903 FNov
 29.  True Love: Comedy of the Affectations
Edith Wyatt
Edith Wyatt link
1903
 30.  A Little Girl in Old Chicago
Amanda Douglas
Amanda Douglas link
1904
 31.  The Common Lot
Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick link
1904
 32.  An Eye For An Eye
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow link
1905 FNov
 33.  Memoirs of an American Citizen
Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick link
1905 FNov
 34.  Dissertations by Mr. Dooley
Finley Peter Dunne
Finley Peter Dunne link
1906 NC
 35.  The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair link
1906 FNov
 36.  A Winged Victory
Robert Morss Lovett
Robert Morss Lovett link
1907 FNov
 37.  The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets
Jane Addams
Jane Addams link
1907 NF
 38.  The Bomb
Frank Harris
Frank Harris link
1909
 39.  The Glory of the Conquered: The Story of a Great Love
Susan Glaspell
Susan Glaspell link
1909 FNov
 40.  Twenty Years at Hull House
Jane Addams
Jane Addams link
1909 NFMA
 41.  Just Folks
Clara Laughlin
Clara Laughlin link
1910
 42.  Mr. Dooley Says
Finley Peter Dunne
Finley Peter Dunne link
1910 NC
 43.  Jenny Gerhardt
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser link
1911
 44.  Rebellion
Joseph Medill Patterson
Joseph Medill Patterson link
1911
 45.  The Shadow Men
Donald Richberg
Donald Richberg link
1911 FNov
 46.  Buttered Side Down
Edna Ferber
Edna Ferber link
1912 FSS
 47.  Mr. Achilles
Jeannette Lee
Jeannette Lee link
1912
 48.  The Lady of the Snows
Edith Ogden Harrison 1912
 49.  Back of the Yards
Kenneth Goodman 1914 P
 50.  New Men for Old
Howard Vincent O'Brien
Howard Vincent O’Brien link
1914 FNov
 51.  The Mucker
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs link
1914 FNovSFF
 52.  The Precipice
Elia W. Peattie
Elia W. Peattie link
1914
 53.  The Titan
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser link
1914 FNov
 54.  You And I: Poems
Harriet Monroe
Harriet Monroe link
1914 Pt
 55.  You Know Me, Al
Ring Lardner
Ring Lardner link
1914 LS
 56.  Spoon River Anthology
Edgar Lee Masters
Edgar Lee Masters link
1915 Pt
 57.  The Song of the Lark
Willa Cather
Willa Cather link
1915 FNov
 58.  “Fish Crier”

Published in Chicago Poems.

Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg link
1916 Pt
 59.  “The Right to Grief”

First published in Sandburg's collection Chicago Poems.

Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg link
1916 Pt
 60.  Chicago Poems
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg link
1916 Pt
 61.  Return of the Mucker
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs link
1916 FNov
 62.  Those About Trench
Edwin Herbert Lewis
Edwin Herbert Lewis link
1916 FNov
 63.  Windy McPherson’s Son
Sherwood Anderson
Sherwood Anderson link
1916 FNov
 64.  Fanny Herself
Edna Ferber
Edna Ferber link
1917 FNov
 65.  The Homesteader
Oscar Micheaux
Oscar Micheaux link
1917 FNov
 66.  My Chicago
Anna Morgan
Anna Morgan link
1918 NFMA
 67.  An American Family: A Novel of Today
Henry Kitchell Webster
Henry Kitchell Webster link
1919 FNov
 68.  Mr. Dooley on Making a Will and Other Necessary Evils
Finley Peter Dunne
Finley Peter Dunne link
1919 NC
 69.  The Flail
Newton Augustus Fuessle
Newton Augustus Fuessle link
1919 FNov
 70.  Moon-Calf
Floyd Dell
Floyd Dell link
1920 FNov
 71.  Resurrection Rock
Edwin Balmer
Edwin Balmer link
1920
 72.  Erik Dorn
Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht link
1921
 73.  Gold Shod
Newton Augustus Fuessle
Newton Augustus Fuessle link
1921 FNov
 74.  The Girls
Edna Ferber
Edna Ferber link
1921 FNov
 75.  The Sheridan Road Mystery
Paul and Mabel Thorne 1921 FNovMys
 76.  1001 Afternoons in Chicago
Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht link
1922
 77.  The Love Legend
Woodward Boyd
Margaret Smith Boyd Shane link
1922 FNov
 78.  Blackguard
Maxwell Bodenheim
Maxwell Bodenheim link
1923
 79.  Cane
Jean Toomer 1923 FNov
 80.  Crazy Man
Maxwell Bodenheim
Maxwell Bodenheim link
1923
 81.  Lazy Laughter
Woodward Boyd
Margaret Smith Boyd Shane link
1923 FNov
 82.  Midwest Portraits
Harry Hansen
Harry Hansen link
1923 CS
 83.  Coffins for Two
Vincent Starrett 1924
 84.  Compulsion

Inspired by the real-life Leopold and Loeb trial. 

Meyer Levin
Meyer Levin link
1924 FNov
 85.  So Big

Pulitzer Prize, 1925

Edna Ferber
Edna Ferber link
1924
 86.  The Autobiography of an Idea
Louis Sullivan 1924 MA
 87.  The Voice of the Seven Sparrows
Harry Stephen Keeler
Harry Stephen Keeler link
1924 FNovMys
 88.  Smiths, The
Janet Ayer Fairbank
Janet Ayer Fairbank link
1925 FNovHF
 89.  That Royale Girl
Edwin Balmer
Edwin Balmer link
1925 FNovMys
 90.  Showboat
Edna Ferber
Edna Ferber link
1926
 91.  The Songs of Paul Dresser

With an introduction by his brother Theodore Dreiser, this book contains the song lyrics of blues musician Paul Dresser. 

Paul Dresser 1927
 92.  Chicago in Seven Days
John Drury
John Drury link
1928 NFCS
 93.  Diversey
MacKinlay Kantor
Mackinley Kantor link
1928
 94.  Prevailing Winds
Margaret Ayer Barnes
Margaret Ayer Barnes link
1928 FSS
 95.  Quicksand
Nella Larsen
Nella Larsen link
1928
 96.  The Front Page

Chicago Premiere: xxxxxxx

Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Charles MacArthur link,
Ben Hecht link
1928 P
 97.  Little Caesar
W.R. Burnett 1929
 98.  New Year’s Eve
James T. Farrell
James T. Farrell link
1929
 99.  Passing
Nella Larsen
Nella Larsen link
1929 FNov
 100.  Sixty Seconds
Maxwell Bodenheim
Maxwell Bodenheim link
1929
 101.  The Good Red Bricks
Mary Synon
Mary Synon link
1929 FNov
 102.  Thieves’ Nights
Harry Stephen Keeler 1929
 103.  A Virtuous Girl
Maxwell Bodenheim
Maxwell Bodenheim link
1930
 104.  My 30 Years War: The Autobiography
Margaret Anderson
Margaret Anderson link
1930 MA
 105.  My Thirty Years’ War
Margaret Anderson
Margaret Anderson link
1930 MA
 106.  Put on the Spot
Jack Lait 1930
 107.  Saturday Afternoon
Marion Stroebel
Marion Strobel link
1930 FNov
 108.  The 42nd Parallel

This story is told partly in "newsreels" that feature headlines and article bits taken from the Chicago Tribune. One of the main characters, Eleanor, is a Chicago lacemaker. Another character, Eric Egstrom, gets a job in the interior decorating department at Marshall Field's department store. 

John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos link
1930 FNov
 109.  The Right to Love

Story: Susan Glaspell (based on her novel Brook Evans)

Screenplay: Zoe Akins, 1930

Director: Richard Wallace

Stars: Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, David Manners

Story: Susan Glaspell, Screenplay: Zoe Akins
Susan Glaspell link
1930 SP
 110.  The Second Twenty Years at Hull House
Jane Addams
Jane Addams link
1930 NFMA
 111.  Twelve Men

The book contains twelve biographical sketches of men who were impactful to Dreiser. Particularly notable is the section "My Brother Paul," about the author's brother and Chicago resident Paul Dresser.

Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser link
1930
 112.  Who Is the Next?
Henry Kitchell Webster
Henry Kitchell Webster link
1930 FNovMys
 113.  Years of Grace
Margaret Ayer Barnes
Margaret Ayer Barnes link
1930 FNovHF
 114.  Our Very Best People
Clifford Raymond
Clifford Raymond link
1931
 115.  Nineteen Nineteen
John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos link
1932 FNov
 116.  Thicker Than Water
Vera Caspary
Vera Caspary link
1932
 117.  Young Lonigan
James T. Farrell
James T. Farrell link
1932 FNov
 118.  Gas-House McGinty
James T. Farrell
James T. Farrell link
1933
 119.  Homecoming: An Autobiography
Floyd Dell
Floyd Dell link
1933 NFMA
 120.  The Face of the Man from Saturn
Harry Stephen Keeler 1933
 121.  Calico Shoes and Other Stories
James T. Farrell
James T. Farrell link
1934
 122.  The Riddle of the Traveling Skull
Harry Stephen Keeler
Harry Stephen Keeler link
1934 FNovMys
 123.  The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan
James T. Farrell
James T. Farrell link
1934 FNov
 124.  Edna His Wife
Margaret Ayer Barnes
Margaret Ayer Barnes link
1935
 125.  Guillotine Party and Other Stories
James T. Farrell
James T. Farrell link
1935
 126.  Judgment Day
James T. Farrell
James T. Farrell link
1935
 127.  Lucy Gayheart
Willa Cather
Willa Cather link
1935
 128.  Across Spoon River
Edgar Lee Masters
Edgar Lee Masters link
1936 MA
 129.  Big Boy Leaves Home
Richard Wright
Richard Wright link
1936
 130.  Midnight and Percy Jones
Vincent Starrett
Vincent Starrett link
1936
 131.  Big White Fog

Chicago Premiere: Great Northern Theatre

Theodore Ward
Theodore Ward link
1937 P
 132.  The Old Bunch
Meyer Levin
Meyer Levin link
1937
 133.  A Poet’s Life: Seventy Years in a Changing World
Harriet Monroe
Harriet Monroe link
1938 NFMA
 134.  Uncle Tom’s Children
Richard Wright
Richard Wright link
1938
 135.  8 Faces at 3

John J. Malone #1

Craig Rice
Craig Rice link
1939 FMysSMys
 136.  The Great Hotel Murder
Vincent Starrett
Vincent Starrett link
1939
 137.  John J. Malone

John J. Malone, Craig Rice, 1939-1967

Craig Rice
Craig Rice link
1939-1967 SMys
 138.  Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld
Herbert Asbury 1940 NFCS
 139.  Native Son
Richard Wright
Richard Wright link
1940
 140.  The Corpse Steps Out

John J. Malone #3

Craig Rice (Georgiana Ann Randolph)
Craig Rice link
1940 FMysSMys
 141.  The Wrong Murder

John J. Malone #2

Craig Rice
Craig Rice link
1940 FMysSMys
 142.  The Right Murder

John J. Malone #5

Craig Rice
Craig Rice link
1941 FMysSMys
 143.  Trial by Fury

John J. Malone #4

Craig Rice
Craig Rice link
1941 FMysSMys
 144.  My Gal Sal

A musical film inspired by the life of musicians Paul Dresser and Sally Elliot. Theodore Dreiser wrote a biographical sketch about his brother called “My Brother Paul” that was included in his 1930 book, Twelve Men. Dreiser’s essay credits his brother for several notable literary achievements (in addition to songwriting), including as a humor columnist for a small-town newspaper and a scriptwriter for A Green Goods Man. That essay provided the basis for a 1942 biopic musical film, My Gal Sal, about Dresser and singer Sally Elliot. Dresser wrote the song, “My Gal Sal” in 1905, a song that gained popularity even before Al Jolson recorded it in 1947. In the film, which stars Victor Mature and Rita Hayworth, Dresser flees his small Indiana hometown to pursue a career as a musician, in defiance of his father’s wishes for him to become a minister. He ends up falling in love with singer Sally, for whom he’s been writing songs.

Irving Cummings (Director) 1942
 145.  Never Come Morning
Nelson Algren
Nelson Algren link
1942
 146.  The Big Midget Murders

John J. Malone #6

Craig Rice
Craig Rice link
1942 FMysSMys
 147.  Twig
Elizabeth Orton Jones
Elizabeth Orton Jones link
1942 FYA
 148.  Brenda Starr Girl Reporter
Dale Messick
Dale Messick link
1943
 149.  Dick Tracy: Ace Detective
Chester Gould 1943
 150.  Having a Wonderful Crime

John J. Malone #7

Craig Rice
Craig Rice link
1943 FMysSMys
 151.  The Master of the Murder Castle

Harper’s article, contained in book form?

John Bartlow Martin 1943
 152.  Dangling Man
Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow link
1944
 153.  The Case Book of Jimmy Lavender
Vincent Starrett
Vincent Starrett link
1944 F
 154.  The Elegant Elephant

It was promotion of this children's book that led to the infamous elephant incident at Marshall Fields.  

Russell McCracken 1944
 155.  The Razor’s Edge
W. Somerset Maugham 1944
 156.  A Street in Bronzeville
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks link
1945 Pt
 157.  Black Boy
Richard Wright
Richard Wright link
1945 NFMA
 158.  Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City
St. Clair Drake
St. Clair Drake link
1945 NFCS
 159.  The Far Away Music
Arthur Meeker
Arthur Meeker link
1945
 160.  The Lucky Stiff

John J. Malone #8

Craig Rice
Craig Rice link
1945 FMysSMys
 161.  Dark Hero
Peter Cheyney 1946
 162.  Passage from Home
Isaac Rosenfeld 1946
 163.  A House in Chicago
Olivia Howard Dunbar 1947 NFBio
 164.  Behold A Cry
Alden Bland 1947
 165.  Eddie Elephant Has a Party
Rose Oller Harbaugh
Rose Oller Harbaugh link
1947
 166.  Knock On Any Door
Willard Motley
Willard Motley link
1947 FNov
 167.  Knock on Every Door
Willard Motley
Willard Motley link
1947 Nov
 168.  The Fabulous Clipjoint

Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#1)

Fredric Brown 1947 FSMys
 169.  The Neon Wilderness
Nelson Algren
Nelson Algren link
1947
 170.  Ed and Am Hunter Mystery

Ed and Am Hunter Mystery, Frederick Brown, 1947-1963

Frederick Brown 1947-1963 FSMys
 171.  47th Street
Frank Marshall Davis
Frank Marshall Davis link
1948 Pt
 172.  A House in Chicago
Olivia Dunbar 1948
 173.  Call Northside 777

Story (adapted from articles by): James P. McGuire

Screenplay: Jay Dratler and Jerome Cady, 1948

Director: Henry Hathaway

Stars: James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb

Story: James P. McGuire, Screenplay: Jay Dratler and Jerome Cady 1948 SP
 174.  Someday, Boy

Someday, Boy, Sam Ross, 1948

Sam Ross 1948
 175.  The Dead Ringer

Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#2)

Frederick Brown 1948 FMysSMys
 176.  The Fourth Postman

John J. Malone #9

Craig Rice
Craig Rice link
1948 FMysSMys
 177.  Annie Allen

(Pulitzer Prize, 1950)

Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks link
1949
 178.  Knock on Any Door

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
Willard Motley link,
Daniel Taradash link
1949 SP
 179.  Prairie Avenue
Arthur Meeker, Jr.
Arthur Meeker link
1949 FNovHF
 180.  The Bloody Moonlight

Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#3)

Fredric Brown 1949 SMys
 181.  We Fished All Night
Willard Motley
Willard Motley link
1949
 182.  Compliments of a Fiend

Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#4)

Fredric Brown 1950 FMysSMys
 183.  Pebble in the Sky
Isaac Asimov 1950 FSFF
 184.  The Man with The Golden Arm

(first National Book Award)

Nelson Algren
Nelson Algren link
1950
 185.  The Sidewalks Are Free
Sam Ross 1950
 186.  Chicago: City on the Make
Nelson Algren
Nelson Algren link
1951
 187.  Death Has Many Doors

Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#5)

Fredric Brown 1951 FMysSMys
 188.  Reporter: A Memoir
Seymour Hersh
Seymour Hersh link
1951 NFMA
 189.  Carrie

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
Theodore Dreiser link
1952 SP
 190.  Chicago: The Second City
A.J. Liebling 1952
 191.  Give the Lady What She Wants: The Story of Marshall Field & Company

This history was written when the department store was in its full bloom as a legendary retailer. The narrative begins pre-Chicago Fire, when retail demand, especially among women, had expanded dramatically, then through the devastation caused by the natural disaster. 

Herman Kogan and Lloyd Wendt
Herman Kogan link
1952 NFCS
 192.  Always the Young Stranger
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg link
1953 NFMA
 193.  Augie March

In one section of this long coming-of-age novel, Augie flirts with academic life in a university much like the University of Chicago.

Saul Bellow 1953 Nov
 194.  Fabulous Chicago
Emmett Dedmon
Emmett Dedmon link
1953 NFCSMA
 195.  Maude Martha
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks link
1953
 196.  The Adventures of Augie March
Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow link
1953
 197.  The Little Review Anthology
Margaret Anderson (editor)
Margaret Anderson link
1953
 198.  The Outsider
Richard Wright
Richard Wright link
1953
 199.  A Child of the Century: The Autobiography of Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht link
1954 NFMA
 200.  Carmen Jones

Screenplay: Henry Kleiner, 1954

Director: Otto Preminger

Stars: Harry Belafonte, Dorthy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey

Screenplay: Henry Kleiner 1954 SP
 201.  The Chicago Renaissance in American Letters: A Critical History
Bernard Duffy 1954 NFCS
 202.  Auntie Mamie
Patrick Dennis
Edward Everett Tanner III link
1955 FNov
 203.  Chicago, With Love: A Polite and Personal History
Arthur Meeker, Jr.
Arthur Meeker link
1955 NFMA
 204.  Cycle for Mother Cabrini
John Logan
John Logan link
1955 Pt
 205.  Man With The Golden Arm

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
Nelson Algren link,
Ben Hecht link
1955 SP
 206.  My Kingdom for a Hearse

John J. Malone #11

Craig Rice
Craig Rice link
1956 FMysSMys
 207.  “The Chicago Defender Sends a Man to Little Rock”
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks link
1957 Pt
 208.  Dandelion Wine
Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury link
1957
 209.  Knocked for a Loop

John J. Malone #10

Craig Rice
Craig Rice link
1957 FMysSMys
 210.  My Baseball Diary
James Farrell
James T. Farrell link
1957 LS
 211.  Never So Few
Thomas T. Chamales
Thomas T. Chamales link
1957
 212.  The Great Wheel

Posthumously awarded a Newberry Honor. 

Robert Lawson 1957 YA
 213.  Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Willard Motley
Willard Motley link
1958
 214.  The Name is Malone

John J. Malone #12

Craig Rice
Craig Rice link
1958 FMysSMys
 215.  A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry
Lorraine Hansberry link
1959
 216.  A Raisin in the Sun

Chicago Premiere: Blackstone Theatre

Lorraine Hansberry
Lorraine Hansberry link
1959 P
 217.  A Touch of Innocence
Katherine Dunham
Katherine Dunham link
1959 NFMA
 218.  Compulsion

Story: Meyer Levin

Screenplay: Richard Murphy, 1959

Director: Richard Fleischer

Stars: Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell

Story: Meyer Levin, Screenplay: Richard Murphy
Meyer Levin link
1959 SP
 219.  Go Naked in the World
Thomas T. Chamales
Thomas T. Chamales link
1959
 220.  Goodbye, Columbus

Roth wrote these stories in Hyde Park. 

Phillip Roth
Phillip Roth link
1959 SS
 221.  The Girls in 3-B
Valerie Taylor (Velma Nacella Young) 1959
 222.  The Late Lamented

Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#6)

Fredric Brown 1959 FMysSMys
 223.  Trumbull Park
Frank London Brown
Frank London Brown link
1959 FNov
 224.  “A Bronzeville Mother Loiters in Mississippi. Meanwhile, a Mississippi Mother Burns Bacon”
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks link
1960 Pt
 225.  “The Last Quatrain of the Ballad of Emmett Till”

Published in The Bean Eaters collection of poetry. 

Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks link
1960 Pt
 226.  Studs Lonigan

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
James T. Farrell link
1960 SP
 227.  The Bean Eaters
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks link
1960
 228.  A Raisin In The Sun

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
Lorraine Hansberry link
1961 SP
 229.  Boarding House Blues
James T. Farrell
James T. Farrell link
1961
 230.  Along the Way: An Autobiography
Preston Bradley
Preston Bradley link
1962
 231.  Letting Go
Phillip Roth
Phillip Roth link
1962
 232.  The Strange Necessity: The Autobiography
Margaret Anderson
Margaret Anderson link
1962 MA
 233.  The Unknowable Gurdjieff

A memoir dedicated to her partner, Jane Heap.

Margaret Anderson
Margaret Anderson link
1962 MA
 234.  Veeck As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck
Bill Veeck
Bill Veeck link
1962 LS
 235.  Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
Eliot Asinof 1963 LS
 236.  Lawd Today!
Richard Wright
Richard Wright link
1963
 237.  Mrs. Murphy’s Underpants

Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#7)

Fredric Brown 1963 FMysSMys
 238.  Murder, Mystery and Malone

John J. Malone #13

Craig Rice
Craig Rice link
1963 FMysSMys
 239.  People vs. Withers & Malone

John J. Malone #14

Stuart Palmer & Craig Rice
Craig Rice link
1963 FMysSMys
 240.  The Odyssey of Kostas Volakis
Harry Mark Petrakis
Harry Mark Petrakis link
1963
 241.  Blues for Mister Charlie
James Baldwin 1964 P
 242.  Herzog
Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow link
1964
 243.  Gaily, Gaily
Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Ben Hecht link
1965
 244.  Dream of Kings

Dream of Kings, Harry Mark Petrakis, 1966

Harry Mark Petrakis
Harry Mark Petrakis link
1966 FNov
 245.  Hog Butcher
Ronald L. Fair
Ronald L. Fair link
1966 FNov
 246.  Let Noon Be Fair
Willard Motley
Willard Motley link
1966
 247.  One Fearful Yellow Eye

The eighth novel in the Travis McGee series. McGee, the narrator in all 21 novels, including this one, is a "savage consultant." That means, essentially, that he recovers property in exchange for half of the value. McGee lives in a houseboat usually docked in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He travels to Chicago to help an old friend, Glory, who married and moved to Chicago after McGee helped her recover from a traumatic experience in Florida. The action takes place in Evanston, though it's a rather generic North Shore depiction. This is the only Chicago-set novel in the series. 

John D. MacDonald 1966 FNovMys
 248.  But the Doctor Died

John J. Malone #15

Craig Rice 1967 FMysSMys
 249.  Division Street: America
Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel link
1967 NF
 250.  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 SP
 251.  A Fan’s Notes
Frederick Exley
Frederick Exley link
1968 LS
 252.  Airport
Arthur Hailey 1968 Nov
 253.  I May Be Wrong, But I Doubt It
Mike Royko
Mike Royko link
1968 NC
 254.  In the Mecca
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks link
1968 Pt
 255.  I Am Third
Gale Sayers (with Al Silverman) 1970 NFLS
 256.  The Beach Umbrella
Cyrus Colter
Cyrus Colter link
1970 FSS
 257.  Boss
Mike Royko
Mike Royko link
1971
 258.  The French Connection

A film.

William Friedkin (Director)
William Friedkin link
1971
 259.  The Official, Authorized Biography of the Reverend Dr. Preston Bradley
Daniel Rose Chandler 1971
 260.  Brian Piccolo: A Short Season
Jeannie Morris 1972 NFLSBio
 261.  Many Lives, One Love
Fanny Butcher
Fanny Butcher link
1972 NFMA
 262.  Report from Part One
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks link
1972 NFMA
 263.  The Rivers of Eros
Cyrus Colter
Cyrus Colter link
1972
 264.  The Thief Who Came to Dinner
Terrance L. Smith 1972 FNov
 265.  Slats Grobnik and Some Other Friends
Mike Royko
Mike Royko link
1973 NC
 266.  The Last Catholic in America
John R. Powers
John R. Powers link
1973 FYA
 267.  The Spook Who Sat by the Door

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
Sam Greenlee link
1973 SP
 268.  The Sting

Screenplay: David S. Ward

Director: George Roy Hill

Stars: Robert Redford, Paul Newman

Screenplay: David S. Ward 1973 SP
 269.  Sexual Perversity in Chicago

Chicago Premiere: Organic Theatre

David Mamet
David Mamet link
1974 P
 270.  The Bleacher Bums

Chicago Premiere: Organic Theatre

Joe Mantenga 1974 P
 271.  The Death of the Detective
Mark Smith 1974
 272.  The Front Page

Story: Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur

Screenplay: Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond, 1974

Director: Billy Wilder

Stars: Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon

Story: Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, Screenplay: Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond
Ben Hecht link
1974 SP
 273.  Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do

An oral history.

Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel link
1974
 274.  American Buffalo

Chicago Premiere: Goodman Theatre

David Mamet
David Mamet link
1975 P
 275.  Cooley High

Screenplay: Eric Monte

Director: Michael Schultz

Stars: Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Screenplay: Eric Monte 1975 SP
 276.  Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
John R. Powers
John R. Powers link
1975 NFYA
 277.  Humboldt’s Gift

Humboldt's Gift, Saul Bellow, 1975

Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow link
1975
 278.  City Dogs
William Brashler 1976
 279.  American Hunger
Richard Wright
Richard Wright link
1977 NFMA
 280.  Bleacher Bums
Joe Mantegna 1977
 281.  Maxwell Street: Survival in a Bazaar
1977 NF
 282.  The Unoriginal Sinner and The Ice Cream God
John R. Powers
John R. Powers link
1977 FYA
 283.  Blue in Chicago
Bette Howland
Bette Howland link
1978 FSS
 284.  Cops

Chicago Premiere: Organic Theatre

Terry Curtis Fox 1978 P
 285.  Himself!: The Life and Times of Mayor Richard J. Daley
Eugene C. Kennedy 1978 Bio
 286.  Riversongs
Michael Anania
Michael Anania link
1978
 287.  The Diaries of Willard Motley
Jerome Klinkowitz (editor) 1978 MA
 288.  The DuSable Panthers: The Greatest, Blackest, Saddest Team from the Meanest Streets in Chicago
Ira Berkow
Ira Berkow link
1978 NFLS
 289.  The Ghost of Sandburg’s Phizzog
Nobert Blei
Norbert Blei link
1978
 290.  Brass Knuckles
Stuart Dybek
Stuart Dybek link
1979 Pt
 291.  Dr. Nightlife’s Chicago
Rick Kogan
Rick Kogan link
1979 NC
 292.  Endless Love
Scott Spencer 1979
 293.  Nick the Greek
Harry Mark Petrakis
Harry Mark Petrakis link
1979 FNov
 294.  The Secrets of Grown-Ups
Vera Caspary
Vera Caspary link
1979 NFMA
 295.  Windy City
Sam Ross
Sam Ross link
1979 FNovHF
 296.  Blues Brothers

Screenplay: John Landis and Dan Aykroyd

Director: John Landis,

Stars: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd

Screenplay: John Landis and Dan Aykroyd 1980 SP
 297.  Childhood and Other Neighborhoods
Stuart Dybek
Stuart Dybek link
1980 FSS
 298.  My Bodyguard

Screenplay: Alan Ormsby

Director: Tony Bill

Stars: Adam Baldwin, Chris Makepeace, Matt Dillon, Joan Cusack, Ruth Gordon

Screenplay: Alan Ormsby 1980 SP
 299.  Paper Fish
Tina De Rosa
Tina De Rosa link
1980
 300.  Sister Carrie

Chicago Premiere: Touchtone Theatre

Tom Creamer 1980 P
 301.  The Blues Brothers
John Landis (director) 1980 SP
 302.  The Hunter

Story: Christopher Keane

Screenplay: Peter Hyams, William Link, John Rester Zodrow

Director: Buzz Kulik

Star: Steve McQueen

Story: Christopher Keane, Screenplay: Peter Hyams, William Link, John Rester Zodrow 1980 SP
 303.  Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Cameron Crowe 1981
 304.  Thief

Screenplay: Michael Mann

Director: Michael Mann

Stars: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, James Belushi, Willie Nelson

Screenplay: Michael Mann 1981 SP
 305.  Indemnity Only

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#1)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
1982 FMysSMys
 306.  Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
August Wilson 1982
 307.  Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Chicago Premiere: Goodman Theatre

August Wilson 1982 P
 308.  Shoeless Joe
W.P. Kinsella 1982 LS
 309.  The Dean’s December
Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow link
1982
 310.  V.I. Warshawski
Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
1982-2020 SMys
 311.  On Assignment
Bill Kurtis
Bill Kurtis link
1983 NFMA
 312.  Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-1970
John D'Emilio
John D’Emilio link
1983 NF
 313.  Sez Who? Sez Me
Mike Royko
Mike Royko link
1983 NC
 314.  True Detective, #1

A Nathan Heller mystery (#1)

Max Collins 1983
 315.  “Hot Ice”

This story involves an urban legend of a neighborhood girl who drowned in the Douglas Park Lagoon; her father preserved her body in the Icehouse, which is on the neighborhood’s to-be-destroyed list. Manny, Eddie and Antek go to the boarded-up icehouse to rescue her.

Stuart Dybek
Stuart Dybek link
1984 SS
 316.  Deadlock

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#2)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
1984 FMysSMysLS
 317.  Emergency Room

Chicago Premiere: Organic Theatre

Ronald Berman 1984 P
 318.  Glengarry, Glen Ross
David Mamet
David Mamet link
1984
 319.  The Aragon Ballroom

A poem included in TriQuarterly (#60) and Dickson’s 1986 anthology, Waving at Trains

John Dickson
John Dickson link
1984 Pt
 320.  The House On Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros
Sandra Cisneros link
1984 FYA
 321.  True Crime

A Nathan Heller mystery (#2)

Max Collins 1984
 322.  Chicago
Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel link
1985
 323.  Chicago Ragtime: Another Look at Chicago, 1880-1920
Richard Lindberg
Richard Lindberg link
1985 NF
 324.  Chin Music
James McManus
James McManus link
1985
 325.  Clark Street Lullabye
Julie Parson Nesbitt
Julie Parson Nesbitt link
1985 Pt
 326.  Happy Are the Meek

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#1)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
1985
 327.  Hugh Hefner’s First Funeral and Other True Tales of Love and Death in Chicago
Pat Colander 1985
 328.  Killing Orders

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#3)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
1985 FMysSMys
 329.  Like I Was Saying
Mike Royko
Mike Royko link
1985 NC
 330.  Never The Sinner

Chicago Premiere: Stormfield Theater

John Logan 1985 P
 331.  The Neighborhood
Tony Fitzpatrick
Tony Fitzpatrick link
1985 Pt
 332.  The Sky at Ashland
Michael Anania
Michael Anania link
1985
 333.  About Last Night

Story: David Mamet

Screenplay: Tim Kazurinsky and Denise DeClue

Director: Edward Zwick

Stars: Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, James Belushi

Story: David Mamet, Screenplay: Tim Kazurinsky and Denise DeClue,
David Mamet link
1986 SP
 334.  Chicago: City of Neighborhoods
Dominic A. Pacyga and Ellen Skerrett
Dominic A. Pacyga link,
Ellen Skerrett link
1986 NFCS
 335.  Confessions of a Parish Priest: An Autobiography
Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
1986 NFMA
 336.  Dreaming Emmett
Toni Morrison 1986 P
 337.  Happy Are the Clean of Heart

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#2)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
1986
 338.  Headlines
Graham Masterton 1986 FNov
 339.  Native Son

Story: Richard Wright

Screenplay: Richard Wesley

Director: Jerrold Freedman,

Stars: Matt Dillon, Oprah Winfrey, Victor Love, Elizabeth McGovern

Richard Wright, Screenplay: Richard Wesley
Richard Wright link
1986 SP
 340.  Running Scared

Screenplay: Jimmy Huston and Gary DeVore

Director: Peter Hyams

Stars: Billy Crystal, Gregory Hines

Screenplay: Jimmy Huston and Gary DeVore 1986 SP
 341.  Studs Terkel’s Chicago
Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel link
1986 NF
 342.  The Evening News
Tony Ardizzone
Tony Ardizzone link
1986
 343.  Bitter Medicine

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#4)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
1987 FMysSMys
 344.  Checkmates

Chicago Premiere: ETA Theater

Ron Milner 1987 P
 345.  Frye Street & Environs
Marita Bonner
Marita Bonner link
1987 FSS
 346.  Happy Are Those Who Thirst for Justice

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#3)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
1987
 347.  Neighborhood
Nobert Blei
Norbert Blei link
1987
 348.  Presumed Innocent
Scott Turow
Scott Turow link
1987 LT
 349.  She’s on First
Barbara Gregorich
Barbara Gregorich link
1987 FNovLS
 350.  The Eighth Victim
Eugene Izzi
Eugene Izzi link
1987
 351.  The Take
Eugene Izzi
Eugene Izzi link
1987
 352.  The Untouchables

Story: Eliot Ness, Oscar Fraley

Screenplay: David Mamet

Director: Brian De Palma,

Stars: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert DeNiro, Andy Garcia

Story: Eliot Ness, Oscar Fraley, Screenplay: David Mamet
David Mamet link
1987 SP
 353.  Bad Guys
Eugene Izzi
Eugene Izzi link
1988
 354.  Blood Shot

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#5)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
1988 FMysSMys
 355.  Eight Men Out

Story: Eliot Asinof

Screenplay: John Sayles

Director: John Sayles

Stars: John Cusack, John Mahoney, Charlie Sheen

Story: Eliot Asinof, Screenplay: John Sayles 1988 SP
 356.  Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America
Estelle Freedman 1988 NF
 357.  Kup: A Man, an Era, a City
Irv Kupcinet
Irv Kupcinet link
1988 NFMA
 358.  Mortal Ruin
John Malcolm 1988 FNov
 359.  Neon Mirage

A Nathan Heller mystery (#4)

Max Collins 1988
 360.  Pill Hill

Chicago Premiere: ETA Theater

Samuel L. Kelly 1988 P
 361.  Saigon, Illinois
Paul Hoover
Paul Hoover link
1988 FNovHF
 362.  The Good Times Are Killing Me
Lynda Barry
Lynda Barry link
1988 FGN
 363.  The Last Laugh and Other Stories
Hugo Martínez-Serros
Hugo Martínez-Serros link
1988 FSS
 364.  Dr. Kookie, You’re Right
Mike Royko
Mike Royko link
1989 NC
 365.  Hardball

Cat Marsala #1

Barbara D’Amato
Barbara D’Amato link
1989 FMysSMys
 366.  I Came A Stranger: The Story of a Hull-House Girl
Hilda Satt Polachek
Hilda Satt Polachek link
1989 NFMA
 367.  It’s Always Something
Gilda Radner
Gilda Radner link
1989 NFMA
 368.  Murder in Store

A Quint McCauley mystery (#1)

D.C. Brod 1989
 369.  The Booster
Eugene Izzi
Eugene Izzi link
1989
 370.  The Case of the Rising Stars

The 87th volume of the Nancy Drew mystery series. 

Carolyn Keene 1989 FNovMysYA
 371.  To the Chicago Abyss
Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury link
1989 FP
 372.  Cat Marsala
Barbara D’Amato
Barbara D’Amato link
1989-2001 SMys
 373.  A Father’s Words
Richard Stern
Richard Stern link
1990
 374.  Burn Marks

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#6)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
1990 FMysSMys
 375.  Chi-Town
Nobert Blei
Norbert Blei link
1990
 376.  Chicago Loop
Paul Theroux 1990
 377.  Error in Judgment

A Quint McCauley mystery (#2)

D.C. Brod
D.C. Brod link
1990 Mys
 378.  Lieberman’s Folly

An Abe Lieberman mystery (#1)

Stuart Kaminsky
Stuart Kaminsky link
1990 FMysSMys
 379.  Packages: Stories
Richard Stern
Richard Stern link
1990
 380.  The Burden of Proof
Scott Turow
Scott Turow link
1990
 381.  The Coast of Chicago
Stuart Dybek
Stuart Dybek link
1990 FSS
 382.  The Federal Art Project in Illinois
George J. Mavigliano and Richard A. Lawrence 1990 NF
 383.  The Prime Roll
Eugene Izzi
Eugene Izzi link
1990
 384.  The South Side Community Art Center 50th Anniversary
Margaret Burroughs (editor) 1990 NF
 385.  Barbie-Q

A short story published in Women Hollering Creek.

Sandra Cisneros
Sandra Cisneros link
1991 SS
 386.  Children of the Fire
Harriette Gillem Robinet
Harriette Gillem Robinet link
1991 FYA
 387.  Death in Uptown

A Paul Whelan mystery (#1)

Michael Raleigh
Michael Raleigh link
1991 Mys
 388.  Drover and the Designated Hitter
Bill Granger
Bill Granger link
1991 LS
 389.  Dying in the Post-War World

A Nathan Heller mystery (#6)

Max Collins 1991
 390.  Hard Tack

Cat Marsala #2

Barbara D’Amato
Barbara D’Amato link
1991 FMysSMys
 391.  Masquerade in Blue

A Quint McCauley mystery (#3)

D.C. Brod
D.C. Brod link
1991 Mys
 392.  Murder in Wrigley Field
Crabbe Evers 1991 LS
 393.  Paradise

(Second Opportunities #1)

Judith McNaught 1991 FRom
 394.  Prowlers
Eugene Izzi
Eugene Izzi link
1991
 395.  Rooftop Piper
David Hernandez
David Hernandez link
1991 Pt
 396.  Stolen Away

A Nathan Heller mystery (#5)

Max Collins 1991
 397.  There Are No Children Here

(New York Public Library's 150 most important books of the century).

Alex Kotlowitz
Alex Kotlowitz link
1991
 398.  To Serve & Collect: Chicago Politics and Police Corruption from the Lager Beer Riot To the Summerdale Scandal, 1855-1960
Richard Lindberg
Richard Lindberg link
1991 NF
 399.  Abe Lieberman
Stuart Kaminsky 1991-2006 SMys
 400.  Cooler By The Lake
Larry Heinemann
Larry Heinemann link
1992
 401.  Divine Days
Leon Forrest
Leon Forrest link
1992
 402.  Guardian Angel

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#7)

Sara Paretsky 1992 FMysSMys
 403.  Happy Are the Merciful

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#4)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
1992 Mys
 404.  Hard Luck

Cat Marsala #3

Barbara D’Amato
Barbara D’Amato link
1992 FMysSMys
 405.  Making Trouble: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and the University
John D'Emilio
John D’Emilio link
1992 NFSSMA
 406.  Tribal Secrets
Eugene Izzi
Eugene Izzi link
1992
 407.  Writing Illinois: The Prairie, Lincoln and Chicago
James Hurt 1992 NFCS
 408.  Your Blues Ain’t Mine
Bebe Moore Campbell 1992 Nov
 409.  “Chicago’s Streets Were an Adventure and an Education”

An article published in the Chicago Tribune

William Friedkin
William Friedkin link
1993
 410.  A Body in Belmont Harbor

A Paul Whelan mystery (#2)

Michael Raleigh
Michael Raleigh link
1993 Mys
 411.  Brothers in Blood

A Quint McCauley mystery (#4)

D.C. Brod 1993 Mys
 412.  Happy Are the Peacemakers

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#5)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
1993
 413.  Hard Women

Cat Marsala #4

Barbara D’Amato
Barbara D’Amato link
1993 FMysSMys
 414.  Lieberman’s Choice

Abe Lieberman (#2)

Stuart Kaminsky
Stuart Kaminsky link
1993 FMysSMys
 415.  Pleading Guilty
Scott Turow
Scott Turow link
1993
 416.  The Fugitive

Story: David Twohy

Screenplay: David Twohy and Jeb Stuart

Director: Andrew Davis

Stars: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward

Story: David Twohy, Screenplay: David Twohy and Jeb Stuart 1993 SP
 417.  There Are No Children Here

Story: Alex Kotlowitz

Screenplay: Alex Kotlowitz and Bobby Smith Jr.

Director: Anita W. Addison

Stars: Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou, Michael Jordan

Story: Alex Kotlowitz, Screenplay: Alex Kotlowitz and Bobby Smith Jr.
Alex Kotlowitz link
1993 SP
 418.  Wolf Whistle
Lewis Nordon 1993 NovHF
 419.  Carnal Hours

A Nathan Heller mystery (#7)

Max Collins 1994 Mys
 420.  Happy Are the Poor in Spirit

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#6)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
1994
 421.  Hard Case

Cat Marsala #5

Barbara D’Amato
Barbara D’Amato link
1994 FMysSMys
 422.  Hoops Dreams

Screenplay: Steve James and Frederick Marx

Director: Steve James

Stars: William Gates, Arthur Agee

Screenplay: Steve James and Frederick Marx 1994 SP
 423.  It Had to Be You

(Chicago Stars #1)

Susan Elizabeth Phillips 1994 FNovRom
 424.  Lieberman’s Day

An Abe Lieberman mystery (#3)

Stuart Kaminsky
Stuart Kaminsky link
1994 FMysSMys
 425.  Presumed Dead

A Larry Cole mystery (#1)

Hugh Holton
Hugh Holton link
1994 FMysSMys
 426.  Special Victims
Eugene Izzi (as Nick Gaitano)
Eugene Izzi link
1994
 427.  The Catcher Was a Spy
Nicholas Dawidoff 1994 LS
 428.  The Maxwell Street Blues

A Paul Whelan mystery (#3)

Michael Raleigh 1994 Mys
 429.  Tunnel Vision

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#8)

Sara Paretsky 1994 FMysSMys
 430.  Wicked City Chicago
Craig R. Sautter 1994 Pt
 431.  Larry Cole
Hugh Holton
Hugh Holton link
1994-2009 SMys
 432.  A Killer on Argyle Street

A Paul Whelan mystery (#4)

Michael Raleigh 1995
 433.  Blood and Thunder

A Nathan Heller mystery (#8)

Max Collins 1995 Mys
 434.  Boy Culture
Matthew Rettenmund 1995 FNov
 435.  Dreams From My Father
Barrack Obama
Barrack Obama link
1995 NFMA
 436.  Give the Lady What She Wants

Chicago Premiere: Touchtone Theatre

Kendall Marlowe 1995 P
 437.  Happy Are Those Who Mourn

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#7)

Andrew Greeley 1995
 438.  Hard Christmas

Cat Marsala #6

Barbara D’Amato
Barbara D’Amato link
1995 FMysSMys
 439.  Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, Chris Ware, 1995, graphic novel: This story toggles between 1890s Chicago and 1980s Michigan.

This story toggles between 1890s Chicago and 1980s Michigan. 

Chris Ware 1995 GN
 440.  Langston Hughes and the Chicago Defender: Essays on Race, Politics, and Culture, 1942-196
Christopher C. De Santis (Editor) 1995 NF
 441.  Lieberman’s Thief

An Abe Lieberman mystery (#4)

Stuart Kaminsky
Stuart Kaminsky link
1995 FMysSMys
 442.  White Tiger

A drug dealer hunts for victims in “Little Saigon.” A Vietnamese woman’s death triggers wartime trauma for cop John Thinnes and psychiatrist Jack Caleb.

Michael Allen Dymmoch 1995 Mys
 443.  Windy City

A Larry Cole mystery (#2)

Hugh Holton
Hugh Holton link
1995 FMysSMys
 444.  Windy City Blues

V.I. Warshawski (#9)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
1995 FMysSMys
 445.  A Game of Thrones

George R.R. Martin link
1996
 446.  American Heaven
Maxine Chernoff
Maxine Chernoff link
1996
 447.  Blues All Around Me: The Autobiography of B.B. King
B.B. King and David Ritz
B.B. King link
1996 NFMA
 448.  Chicago Blues

A Larry Cole mystery (#3)

Hugh Holton
Hugh Holton link
1996 FMysSMys
 449.  Chicago in Adagio
Curtiss Mortimer 1996 Pt
 450.  Damned in Paradise

A Nathan Heller mystery (#9)

Max Collins 1996
 451.  Damon, Ring and F. Scott,

Writers’ Theatre

J.R. Sullivan 1996 P
 452.  Deep End of the Ocean
Mitchard, Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Mitchard link
1996 FNovRom
 453.  Forbidden Fires
Margaret Anderson
Margaret Anderson link
1996
 454.  Happy Are the Oppressed

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#8)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
1996
 455.  I Am Lorraine Hansberry

Black Ensemble Theater

Lephate Cunningham Jr. and Jackie Taylor 1996 P
 456.  Lieberman’s Law

An Abe Lieberman mystery (#5)

Stuart Kaminsky
Stuart Kaminsky link
1996 FMysSMys
 457.  Memory Mambo
Achy Obejas 1996 FNov
 458.  Murder at Wrigley Field
Troy Soos 1996 LS
 459.  Players
Eugene Izzi
Eugene Izzi link
1996
 460.  Report from Part Two
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks link
1996 NFMA
 461.  Spent Force
Eugene Izzi
Eugene Izzi link
1996
 462.  Spring Comes to Chicago
Campbell McGrath
Campbell McGrath link
1996
 463.  Taking It Home
Tony Ardizzone
Tony Ardizzone link
1996
 464.  The Laws of Our Fathers
Scott Turow
Scott Turow link
1996
 465.  A Matter of Honor
Eugene Izzi
Eugene Izzi link
1997
 466.  Chicago Cab

Story: Will Kern

Screenplay: Will Kern

Directors: John Tintori and Mary Cybulski

Star: Paul Dillon

Story: Will Kern, Screenplay: Will Kern 1997 SP
 467.  Comfort Stew

ETA Theater

Angela Jackson
Angela Jackson link
1997 P
 468.  Hard Bargain

Cat Marsala #7

Barbara D’Amato
Barbara D’Amato link
1997 FMysSMys
 469.  The Actual
Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow link
1997
 470.  The Best of Ann Landers: Her Favorite Letters of All Time
Eppie Lederer
Esther Pauline “Eppie” Lederer link
1997 NC
 471.  The Bishop at Sea

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#9)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
1997 Mys
 472.  The Riverview Murders

A Paul Whelan mystery (#5)

Michael Raleigh
Michael Raleigh link
1997
 473.  Violent Crimes

A Larry Cole mystery (#4)

Hugh Holton
Hugh Holton link
1997 FMysSMys
 474.  A Clash of Kings

George R.R. Martin link
1998
 475.  A Long Way from Chicago
Richard Peck
Richard Peck link
1998 FYAHF
 476.  Chicago Stories
James T. Farrell
James T. Farrell link
1998 FSS
 477.  Flying Blind

A Nathan Heller mystery (#10)

Max Collins 1998 Mys
 478.  Ghost Country
Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
1998
 479.  Girl in the Mirror: Three Generations of Black Women in Motion
Natasha Tarpley
Natasha Tarpley link
1998 NFMA
 480.  Haymarket Eight

Steppenwolf Theatre

Derek Goldman and Jessica Thebus 1998 P
 481.  October Cities: The Redevelopment of Urban Literature
Carlo Rotella
Carlo Rotella link
1998 NFCS
 482.  Red Lightning

A Larry Cole mystery (#5)

Hugh Holton
Hugh Holton link
1998 FMysSMys
 483.  The Bishop and the Three Kings

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#10)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
1998 Mys
 484.  The Criminalist
Eugene Izzi
Eugene Izzi link
1998
 485.  The House on Mango Street

Steppenwolf Theatre

Amy Ludwig 1998 P
 486.  Very Chicago
Jose Bono 1998 Pt
 487.  “Field Trips”

An essay published in Bomb Magazine. 

Stuart Dybek 1999 NF
 488.  A Short History of a Prince
Jane Hamilton
Jane Hamilton link
1999 FNov
 489.  Apollyon
Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins 1999 FNov
 490.  Furthermore: Memories of a Parish Priest
Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
1999 NFMA
 491.  Hard Evidence

Cat Marsala #8

Barbara D’Amato
Barbara D’Amato link
1999 FMysSMys
 492.  Hard Time

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#10)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
1999 FMysSMys
 493.  Light My Fire: My Life With The Doors
Ray Manzarek
Ray Manzarek link
1999 NFMA
 494.  Majic Man

A Nathan Heller mystery (#11)

Max Collins
Max Allan Collins link
1999 Mys
 495.  Orphan Girl: The Memoir of a Chicago Bag Lady
Marie James and Jane Hertenstein
Jane Hertenstein link
1999 NFMA
 496.  Peel My Love Like An Onion
Ana Castillo
Ana Castillo link
1999 FNov
 497.  Personal Injuries
Scott Turow
Scott Turow link
1999
 498.  Smokestacks & Skyscrapers: An Anthology of Chicago Writing
Richard Guzman and David Starkey (ed.)
Richard Guzman link
1999 NFCS
 499.  The Left Hand of God

A Larry Cole mystery (#6)

Hugh Holton
Hugh Holton link
1999 FMysSMys
 500.  A Storm of Swords

George R.R. Martin link
2000
 501.  A Year Down Yonder
Richard Peck
Richard Peck link
2000 FYAHF
 502.  American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley - His Battle for Chicago and the Nation.
Adam Cohen and Elizabeth Taylor 2000 NF
 503.  American Skin
Don De Grazia
Don De Grazia link
2000
 504.  Disobedience
Jane Hamilton
Jane Hamilton link
2000 FNov
 505.  Division Street: America

Chicago Premiere: Steppenwolf Theatre

Studs Terkel, adapted by Steve Totland 2000 P
 506.  High Fidelity

Story: Nick Hornby

Screenplay: John Cusack, D.V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, Scott Rosenberg

Director: Stephen Frears

Stars: John Cusack, Jack Black, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Tim Robbins

Story: Nick Hornby, Screenplay: John Cusack, D.V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, Scott Rosenberg 2000 SP
 507.  Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
Chris Ware
Chris Ware link
2000 FYAGN
 508.  Paid in Full

A Quint McCauley mystery (#5)

D.C. Brod
D.C. Brod link
2000 Mys
 509.  Proof

Chicago Premiere: xxxxx

David Auburn 2000 P
 510.  Ravelstein
Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow link
2000
 511.  Return to Me

Story: Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Andrew Stern, and Samantha Goodman

Screenplay: Bonnie Hunt and Don Lake

Director: Bonnie Hunt,

Stars: David Duchovny, Minnie Driver, Jim Belushi, Bonnie Hunt

Story: Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Andrew Stern, and Samantha Goodman, Screenplay: Bonnie Hunt and Don Lake 2000 SP
 512.  Studs on a Soapbox

Some scenes in this documentary were filmed in Terkel’s Castlewood Terrace home. 

Tom Weinberg (director) 2000 SP
 513.  The Big Silence

An Abe Lieberman mystery (#6)

Stuart Kaminsky
Stuart Kaminsky link
2000 FMysSMys
 514.  The Bishop and the Missing L Train

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#11)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
2000 Mys
 515.  The Hostage

(The Chicago Fire Trilogy #1)

Susan Wiggs 2000 FRom
 516.  The Last Hot Time
John M. Ford 2000
 517.  The Question of Bruno
Alexsandar Hemon
Aleksandar Hemon link
2000 FSS
 518.  The Soup Has Many Eyes: From Shtetl to Chicago: a Memoir of One Family’s Journey Through History
Joann Rose Leonard
Joann Rose Leonard link
2000 NFMA
 519.  Time of the Assassins

A Larry Cole mystery (#7)

Hugh Holton
Hugh Holton link
2000 FMysSMys
 520.  A Guide to Chicago’s Murals
Mary Lackritz Gray 2001 NF
 521.  Angel in Black

A Nathan Heller mystery (#12)

Max Allan Collins
Max Allan Collins link
2001 Mys
 522.  Bum Town
Tony Fitzpatrick
Tony Fitzpatrick link
2001 Pt
 523.  Collected Stories
Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow link
2001 FSS
 524.  Days and Nights at The Second City
Bernard Sahlins
Bernard Sahlins link
2001 NFMA
 525.  Dictionary of Midwestern Literature: Vol. I: The Authors
Phillip A. Greasley (ed.) 2001 NFCS
 526.  Esther Stories
Peter Orner
Peter Orner link
2001 FSS
 527.  Everybody Pays: Two Men, One Murder and the Price of Truth
Rick Kogan and Maurice Possley
Rick Kogan link
2001 NF
 528.  Fair Weather
Richard Peck
Richard Peck link
2001 FYAHF
 529.  Grave Peril
Jim Butcher 2001 FNovSFF
 530.  Hard Road

Cat Marsala #9

Barbara D’Amato
Barbara D’Amato link
2001 FMysSMys
 531.  Kisses of Death: A Nathan Heller Casebook
Max Allan Collins 2001
 532.  Shadow Ball: A Novel of Baseball and Chicago
Peter Rutkoff 2001 FNovLS
 533.  Streeterville

Chicago Premiere: Lookingglass Theatre

G. Riley Mills and Ralph Covert 2001 P
 534.  The Bishop and the Beggar Girl of St. Germain

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#12)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
2001 Mys
 535.  The Devil’s Shadow

A Larry Cole mystery (#8)

Hugh Holton
Hugh Holton link
2001 FMysSMys
 536.  They All Fall Down: The Richard Nickel Story

Chicago Premiere: Lookingglass Theatre

Laura Eason and Jessica Thebus
Laura Eason link
2001 P
 537.  Total Recall

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#11)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
2001 FMysSMys
 538.  Barbershop

Story: Mark Brown

Screenplay: Mark Brown, Don D. Scott, Marshall Todd

Director: Tim Story

Stars: Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer

Story: Mark Brown, Screenplay: Mark Brown, Don D. Scott, Marshall Todd 2002 SP
 539.  Chicago Cantata
Larry Jankowski 2002 Pt
 540.  Chicago Confidential

A Nathan Heller mystery (#13)

Max Collins 2002 Mys
 541.  Criminal Element

A Larry Cole mystery (#9)

Hugh Holton
Hugh Holton link
2002 FMysSMys
 542.  Lake Effect
Rich Cohen
Rich Cohen link
2002 NFMA
 543.  Lake Michigan Scrolls
John Dickson
John Dickson link
2002 Pt
 544.  Not Quite Kosher

An Abe Lieberman mystery (#7)

Stuart Kaminsky
Stuart Kaminsky link
2002 FMysSMys
 545.  Nowhere Man
Alexsandar Hemon 2002
 546.  Reversible Errors
Scott Turow
Scott Turow link
2002
 547.  The Bishop in the West Wing

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#13)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
2002 Mys
 548.  The Chicago Way

(Michael Kelly #1)

Michael Harvey
Michael Harvey link
2002 FNovMysSMys
 549.  The World Turned: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and Culture
John D'Emilio
John D’Emilio link
2002 NFSSCS
 550.  47th Street Black
Bayo Ojikutu
Bayo Ojikutu link
2003 FNov
 551.  Alchemy of Bones: Chicago’s Luetgert Murder Case of 1897
Robert Loerzel
Robert Loerzel link
2003 NF
 552.  Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code

The 3rd novel of Artemis Fowl series. 

Eoin Colfer 2003 FNovYA
 553.  Black List

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#12)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
2003 FMysSMys
 554.  Broncho Billy and the Essanay Film Company
David Kiehn 2003 NF
 555.  Chaka! Through the Fire
Chaka Khan and Tonya Bolden
Chaka Khan link
2003 NFMA
 556.  Deader by the Lake
Doug Cummings 2003 FNovMys
 557.  Devil In The White City
Erik Larson 2003 NF
 558.  Fabulous Small Jews
Joseph Epstein 2003
 559.  Great Chicago Fire Trilogy

The Hostage, The Mistress, and The Firebrand, Susan Wiggs, 2003, historical romance. A trilogy of romance books all released around the same time.

Susan Wiggs 2003 RomHF
 560.  I Sailed with Magellan
Stuart Dybek
Stuart Dybek link
2003
 561.  Jackson Park
Charlotte Carter 2003
 562.  Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin
John D'Emilio
John D’Emilio link
2003 Bio
 563.  Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion’s World Series of Poker
James McManus
James McManus link
2003 NFMA
 564.  Race

Chicago Premiere: Lookingglass Theatre

John Musial, David Schwimmer and Joy Gregory 2003 P
 565.  The Bishop Goes to the University

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#14)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
2003
 566.  The Time Traveler’s Wife
Audrey Niffenegger
Audrey Niffenegger link
2003 SFF
 567.  Tinder Box: The Iroquois Theatre Disaster 1903
Anthony P. Hatch 2003 NF
 568.  An Unfinished Season
Ward Just
Ward Just link
2004
 569.  Chasing Vermeer
Blue Balliett
Blue Balliett link
2004 FMysYA
 570.  Crossing California
Adam Langer
Adam Langer link
2004
 571.  Hairstyles of the Damned
Joe Meno
Joe Meno link
2004
 572.  Hairstyles of the Damned
Joe Meno
Joe Meno link
2004 FNov
 573.  Happy Baby
Stephen Elliott 2004
 574.  Hunting for Frogs on Elston, and Other Tales from Field & Street
Jerry Sullivan
Jerry Sullivan link
2004 NC
 575.  Streets in Their Own Ink
Stuart Dybek
Stuart Dybek link
2004 Pt
 576.  The Encyclopedia of Chicago
James R. Grossman, Ann Durkin Keating, Janice L. Reiff (eds)
Ann Durkin Keating link
2004 NFCS
 577.  The Last Dark Place

An Abe Lieberman mystery (#8)

Stuart Kaminsky
Stuart Kaminsky link
2004 FMysSMys
 578.  The Urban Poems
David Hernandez
David Hernandez link
2004 Pt
 579.  A Feast for Crows

George R.R. Martin link
2005
 580.  Almonds to Zhoof: Collected Stories
Richard Stern
Richard Stern link
2005
 581.  Chicago Dreaming: Midwesterners and the City, 1871-1919
Timothy Spears
Timothy Spears link
2005 NFCS
 582.  Chicago Noir
Neal Pollack (Ed.) 2005 FSS
 583.  Fire Sale

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#13)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
2005 FMysSMys
 584.  Guru: My Days with Del Close
Jeff Griggs
Jeff Griggs link
2005 NFBio
 585.  Heartstone

Heartstone, D.C. Brod, 2005

D.C. Brod 2005
 586.  Loosing My Espanish
H.G. Carrillo
H.G. Carrillo link
2005 FNov
 587.  Lost in the Ivy
Randy Richardson
Randy Richardson link
2005 LS
 588.  Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity
Jacqueline Najuma Stewart
Jacqueline Najuma Stewart link
2005 NFCS
 589.  Physical: An American Checkup,
James McManus
James McManus link
2005 NFMA
 590.  Record Men: The Chess Brothers and the Birth of Rock & Roll
Rich Cohen 2005 NF
 591.  The Bishop in the Old Neighborhood

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#15)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
2005
 592.  The Book of Ralph
John McNally
John McNally link
2005
 593.  The Logic of a Rose: Chicago Stories
Billy Lombardo
Billy Lombardo link
2005 FSS
 594.  The Weather Man

Screenplay: Steve Conrad

Director: Gore Verbinski

Stars: Nicholas Cage, Hope Davis, Michael Caine

Screenplay: Steve Conrad 2005 SP
 595.  The Week You Weren’t Here
Charles Blackstone 2005 FNov
 596.  Three Strikes, You’re Dead

A Snap Malek mystery (#1)

Robert Goldsborough
Robert Goldsborough link
2005 FMysSMysLS
 597.  Snap Malek

Snap Malek, Robert Goldsborough, 2005-2011

Robert Goldsborough
Robert Goldsborough link
2005-2011 SMys
 598.  “Like an Act of God: William Friedkin”

An article in the magazine Stop Smiling. 

Hugh James 2006
 599.  A Theater of Our Own: A History and a Memoir of 1,001 Nights in Chicago
Richard Christiansen
Richard Christiansen link
2006 NFMA
 600.  An Abundance of Katherines
John Green
John Green link
2006 FYA
 601.  An Abundance of Katherines
John Green
John Green link
2006
 602.  Black Writing from Chicago: In the World, Not of It?
Richard Guzman
Richard Guzman link
2006 NFCS
 603.  Fort Dearborn: A Novel
Jerry Crimmins
Jerry Crimmins link
2006 FNovHF
 604.  Frank’s Home

Chicago Premiere: Goodman Theatre

Richard Nelson 2006 P
 605.  Free Burning
Bayo Ojikutu
Bayo Ojikutu link
2006 FNov
 606.  Hizzoner: Daley the First

Chicago Premiere: Beverly Arts Center

Neil Giuntoli 2006 P
 607.  I Shouldn’t Even Be Doing This: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny
Bob Newhart
Bob Newhart link
2006 NFMA
 608.  Limitations
Scott Turow
Scott Turow link
2006
 609.  Mama’s Maxwell Street and Other Stories
Bobette Zacharias 2006 SS
 610.  Match Me If You Can

(Chicago Stars #5)

Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Susan Elizabeth Phillips link
2006 FRom
 611.  Shadow of the Bomb

A Snap Malek mystery (#2)

Robert Goldsborough
Robert Goldsborough link
2006 FMysSMys
 612.  Shattered Sense of Innocence: The Chicago Child Murders of 1955
Richard Lindberg and Gloria Jean Sykes
Richard Lindberg link
2006 NF
 613.  Sox and the City: A Fan’s Love Affair with the White Sox from the Heartbreak of ’67 to the Wizards of Oz
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper link
2006 NFLSMA
 614.  Spare Change

Steppenwolf Theatre

Mia McCullough 2006 P
 615.  Stranger Than Fiction

Screenplay: Zach Helm

Director: Marc Forster

Stars: Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson

Screenplay: Zach Helm 2006 SP
 616.  Terror Town

An Abe Lieberman mystery (#9)

Stuart Kaminsky
Stuart Kaminsky link
2006 FMysSMys
 617.  The Wright 3
Blue Balliett
Blue Balliett link
2006 FMysYA
 618.  To Love Mercy

Opening novel in Joseph's Chicago trilogy. 

Frank S. Joseph
Frank S. Joseph link
2006 FNovHF
 619.  When Madeline Was Young
Jane Hamilton
Jane Hamilton link
2006
 620.  A Death in Pilsen

A Snap Malek mystery (#3)

Robert Goldsborough
Robert Goldsborough link
2007 FMysSMys
 621.  Big City, Bad Blood
Sean Chercover 2007
 622.  Chicago Blues
Libby Fischman Heller (editor)
Libby Fischer Hellmann link
2007
 623.  Dream When You’re Feeling Blue
Elizabeth Berg
Elizabeth Berg link
2007
 624.  Gas for Less

Chicago Premiere: Northlight Theatre

Brett Neveu 2007 P
 625.  Good Money After Bad
Donald G. Evans
Donald G. Evans link
2007 FNovLS
 626.  I Sailed With Magellan

Chicago Premiere: Victory Gardens Theater

Claudia Allen 2007 P
 627.  Lightning and Ashes
John Guzlowski
John Guzlowski link
2007
 628.  Loving Frank
Nancy Horan 2007
 629.  Sin in the Second City
Karen Abbott 2007
 630.  The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Barack Obama 2007 NF
 631.  The Bishop at the Lake

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#16)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
2007 Mys
 632.  The Blade Itself
Marcus Sakey 2007
 633.  The Dead Don’t Lie

An Abe Lieberman mystery (#10)

Stuart Kaminsky
Stuart Kaminsky link
2007
 634.  The Moments Lost: A Midwest Pilgrim’s Progress
Bruce Olds 2007
 635.  Then We Came To An End
Joshua Ferris 2007
 636.  Touch and Go: A Memoir
Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel link
2007 MA
 637.  Michael Kelly
Michael Harvey
Michael Harvey link
2007-2015 FNovMysSMys
 638.  At the City’s Edge
Marcus Sakey 2008
 639.  Chaplin At Essanay: A Film Artist In Transition
James L. Neibaur 2008 NF
 640.  Chicago
Alaa Al Aswany 2008
 641.  Cubbie Blues: 100 Years of Waiting Till Next Year
Donald G. Evans (Ed.)
Donald G. Evans link
2008 LS
 642.  Drunkard: A Hard Drinking Life
Neil Steinberg
Neil Steinberg link
2008 NFMA
 643.  Every Secret Crime
Doug Cummings
Doug Cummings link
2008 FNovMys
 644.  Gang Leader for a Day
Sudhir Venkatesh
Sudhir Venkatesh link
2008
 645.  Ghosts of Chicago
John McNally
John McNally link
2008 FSS
 646.  Good People
Marcus Sakey 2008
 647.  Ida in her Own Words: The Timeless Writings of Ida B. Wells From 1893,

A collection of writing by Wells edited by Michelle Duster.

Ida B Wells 2008
 648.  Old Town

Chicago Premiere: Strawdog Theatre

Brett Neveu 2008 P
 649.  P.S. Further Thoughts From a Lifetime of Listening
Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel link
2008 MA
 650.  Perfect Chemistry
Simone Elkeles
Simone Elkeles link
2008 FYA
 651.  Sidewalks: Portraits of Chicago (Chicago Lives)
Rick Kogan
Rick Kogan link
2008 NC
 652.  Superior Donuts
Tracy Letts
Tracy Letts link
2008
 653.  Superior Donuts

Steppenwolf Theatre

Tracy Letts
Tracy Letts link
2008 P
 654.  Ten Cents a Dance
Christine Fletcher 2008 FYA
 655.  The Archbishop in Andalusia

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#17)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
2008 Mys
 656.  The Calder Game
Blue Balliett
Blue Balliett link
2008 FMysYA
 657.  The Fifth Floor

(Michael Kelly #2)

The second in the Michael Kelley series, in which the private detective’s investigation into a domestic abuse case surprisingly leads him to a political scandal involving the Great Chicago Fire. Kelley discovers that a hobbyist historian might have a first-edition history of the fire that many, most importantly Chicago’s mayor (a Richard M. Daley clone), badly want. In this fictional account, there is proof that O’Leary’s cow did not start the fire and evidence to indicate that a Daley ancestor did.

Michael Harvey
Michael Harvey link
2008 FNovMysSMys
 658.  The Lazarus Project
Aleksandar Hemon
Aleksandar Hemon link
2008
 659.  Trigger City
Sean Chercover 2008
 660.  206 Bones

Inspired by the real-life Leopold and Loeb trial. 

Kathy Reichs 2009 Nov
 661.  A President in Peril

A Snap Malek mystery (#4)

Robert Goldsborough
Robert Goldsborough link
2009 FMysSMys
 662.  Ballads of Suburbia
Stephanie Kuehnert
Stephanie Kuehnert Lewis link
2009 FYA
 663.  Death at the Hull House

An Emily Cabot mystery (#1)

Frances McNamara 2009 FMysSMys
 664.  Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime that Changed America
Mamie Till and Chris Benson 2009 NF
 665.  Dream City
Brendan Short
Brendan Short link
2009
 666.  Generosity: An Enhancement
Richard Powers
Richard Powers link
2009
 667.  Hardball

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#14)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
2009 FMysSMys
 668.  Her Fearful Symmetry
Audrey Niffenegger
Audrey Niffenegger link
2009 FNov
 669.  High Holidays

Chicago Premiere: Goodman Theatre

Alan Gross 2009 P
 670.  Revenge

A Larry Cole mystery (#10)

Hugh Holton
Hugh Holton link
2009 FMysSMys
 671.  Sidewalks II: Reflections on Chicago
Rick Kogan
Rick Kogan link
2009 NC
 672.  The Amateurs
Marcus Sakey 2009
 673.  The Chicago Literary Renaissance
Jan Pinkerton and Randolph H. Hudson (eds) 2009 NFCS
 674.  The Chicago Sports Reader: 100 Years of Sports in the Windy City
Steven A. Riess and Gerald R. Gems (eds)
Steven A. Riess link
2009 NFCS
 675.  The Crowd You’re In With

Chicago Premiere: Goodman Theatre

Rebecca Gilman 2009 P
 676.  The Gambler King of Clark Street: Michael C. McDonald and the Rise of the Chicago’s Democratic Machine
Richard Lindberg
Richard Lindberg link
2009
 677.  The Rock and the River
Kekla Magoon 2009 FYA
 678.  The World in Half
Cristina Henriquez 2009
 679.  Travel Writing
Peter Ferry
Peter Ferry link
2009
 680.  Emily Cabot
Frances McNamara 2009-2018 SMys
 681.  Body Work

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#15)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
2010 FMysSMys
 682.  Clybourne Park
Bruce Norris
Bruce Norris link
2010
 683.  Clybourne Park

Chicago Premiere: Steppenwolf Theatre

Bruce Norris
Bruce Norris link
2010 P
 684.  Death at the Fair

An Emily Cabot mystery (#2)

Frances McNamara 2010 FMysSMys
 685.  Getting Sassy

A Robyn Guthrie “Getting Even” mystery (#1)

D.C. Brod 2010 Mys
 686.  Innocent
Scott Turow
Scott Turow link
2010 FNovLT
 687.  Murder for Choir
Joelle Charbonneau
Joelle Charbonneau link
2010 FMysYA
 688.  Portraits of a Few of the People I’ve Made Cry
Christine Sneed
Christine Sneed link
2010 FSS
 689.  Slow Trains Overhead: Chicago Poems and Stories
Reginald Gibbons
Reginald Gibbons link
2010 FSSPt
 690.  Talk Thai
Ira Sukrungruang
Ira Sukrungruang link
2010 NFMA
 691.  The Curse: Cubs Win! Cubs Win! Or Do They?
Andy Van Slyke and Rob Rains 2010 FNovLS
 692.  The Instructions
Adam Levin
Adam Levin link
2010
 693.  The Man With Two Arms
Billy Lombardo
Billy Lombardo link
2010 LS
 694.  The Sixty-Eight Rooms
Marianne Malone
Marianne Malone link
2010 FYA
 695.  The Third Rail

(Michael Kelly #3)

Michael Harvey
Michael Harvey link
2010 FNovMysSMys
 696.  This Train

16th Street Theatre

Tony Fitzpatrick
Tony Fitzpatrick link
2010 P
 697.  Vixen
Jillian Larkin 2010 FYA
 698.  Where I Must Go
Angela Jackson
Angela Jackson link
2010
 699.  Will Grayson
John Green
John Green link
2010 FYA
 700.  Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
G. Neri 2010 FYA
 701.  A Dance with Dragons

George R.R. Martin link
2011
 702.  A Lot Like Love
Julie James
Julie James link
2011 FNovRom
 703.  Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition
Karen Blumenthal 2011 NFYA
 704.  Bye Bye, Baby

A Nathan Heller mystery (#14)

Max Collins 2011 Mys
 705.  Chicago Lightning
Max Allan Collins
Max Allan Collins link
2011
 706.  Chicanas of 18th Street: Narratives of a Movement from Latino Chicago
Leonard G. Ramirez
Leonard G. Ramirez link
2011 NFCS
 707.  Death at Pullman

An Emily Cabot mystery (#3)

Frances McNamara 2011 FMysSMys
 708.  Divergent
Veronica Roth
Veronica Roth link
2011 FYASFF
 709.  Do The Hustle

Chicago Premiere: Writers’ Theatre

Brett Neveu 2011 P
 710.  Getting Lucky

A Robyn Guthrie “Getting Even” mystery (#2)

D.C. Brod 2011
 711.  Life Itself
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert link
2011
 712.  Love and Shame and Love
Peter Orner
Peter Orner link
2011
 713.  Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day

Chicago Premiere: Lookingglass Theatre

John Musial 2011 P
 714.  Remembering Marshall Field’s
Leslie Goddard
Leslie Goddard link
2011 NFCS
 715.  Rodin’s Debutante
Ward Just
Ward Just link
2011
 716.  Rotters
Daniel Kraus
Daniel Kraus link
2011 FYA
 717.  Stealing Magic
Marianne Malone
Marianne Malone link
2011 FMysYA
 718.  Terror at the Fair

A Snap Malek mystery (#5)

Robert Goldsborough
Robert Goldsborough link
2011 FMysSMys
 719.  The Chicago Literary Experience: Writing the City, 1893–1953
Frederik Byrn Køhlert 2011 NFCS
 720.  The Chicago of Fiction: A Resource Guide
James A. Kaser 2011 NFCS
 721.  The Comeback Season

(YA)

Jennifer E. Smith 2011 LS
 722.  The Detective’s Wife

Chicago Premiere: Writers’ Theatre

Keith Huff 2011 P
 723.  The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore
Benjamin Hale 2011
 724.  The Great Fire

Chicago Premiere: Lookingglass Theatre

John Musial 2011 P
 725.  The Interrupters

Screenplay: Alex Kotlowitz

Director: Steve James,

Stars: Ameena Matthews, Tio Hardiman, Gary Slutkin, Ricardo Williams

Screenplay: Alex Kotlowitz
Alex Kotlowitz link
2011 SP
 726.  The Litigators
John Grisham 2011 FNovLT
 727.  The Litigators
John Grisham 2011
 728.  We All Fall Down

(Michael Kelly #4)

Michael Harvey
Michael Harvey link
2011 FNovMysSMys
 729.  Writers of the Black Chicago Renaissance
Steven C. Tracy 2011 NFCS
 730.  American Grown

In researching this book, Obama discovered that her maternal grandmother tended a community victory garden in Chicago.  

Michelle Obama 2012
 731.  Are You Happy Now?
Richard Babcock
Richard Babcock link
2012
 732.  Bomb
Steve Sheinkin 2012 NFYA
 733.  Breakdown

A V.I. Warshawsk mystery (#16)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
2012 FMysSMys
 734.  Building Stories
Chris Ware
Chris Ware link
2012 FNovGN
 735.  Carry the One
Carol Anshaw 2012
 736.  Chicago Portraits
June Skinner Sawyers
June Sawyers link
2012 NFCS
 737.  Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago Before Stonewall
St. Sukie de la Croix
St. Sukie de la Croix link
2012 NFCS
 738.  City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
Gary Krist 2012 NFCS
 739.  City of the Big Shoulders: An Anthology of Chicago Poetry
Ryan G. Van Cleave (Ed.) 2012 Pt
 740.  Crowns

Chicago Premiere: Goodman Theatre

Regina Taylor 2012 P
 741.  Dar He: The Lynching of Emmett Till
Mike Wiley 2012 P
 742.  Death at Woods Hole

An Emily Cabot mystery (#4).

Frances McNamara 2012 FMysSMys
 743.  Following Tommy
Bob Hartley
Bob Hartley link
2012 FNovHF
 744.  Gathering of Waters
Bernice L. McFadden 2012 Nov
 745.  Her Mother’s Secret
Barbara Garland Polikoff
Barbara Garland Polikoff link
2012 FYA
 746.  Insurgent
Veronica Roth
Veronica Roth link
2012 FYASFF
 747.  Jacks and Queens at the Green Mill
Marie Rutkowski 2012
 748.  My Kind of Town

Chicago Premiere: Timeline Theatre

John Conroy 2012 P
 749.  Office Girl
Joe Meno
Joe Meno link
2012 FNovRom
 750.  Target Lanser

A Nathan Heller mystery (#16)

Max Collins 2012 Mys
 751.  The Great Chicago Fire, As Told By Those Who Lived Through It

Chicago magazine, Robert Loerzel, Sept. 21, 2012. Essay marking the 150th anniversary of the fire.

Robert Loerzel
Robert Loerzel link
2012 NF
 752.  The Middlesteins
Jami Attenberg 2012
 753.  The Pursuit of Lucy Banning
Olivia Newport 2012 FNovHF
 754.  Time Between Us
Tamara Ireland Stone 2012 FYASFF
 755.  Triple Play

A Nathan Heller mystery (three novellas)

Max Collins 2012 FMys
 756.  Allegiant
Veronica Roth
Veronica Roth link
2013 FYASFF
 757.  Ask Not

A Nathan Heller mystery (#17)

Max Collins 2013 F
 758.  Big Lake Big City

Chicago Premiere: Lookingglass Theatre

Keith Huff 2013 P
 759.  Chasing Shadows
Swati Avasthi
Swati Avasthi link
2013 FYA
 760.  Critical Mass

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#17)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
2013 FMysSMys
 761.  Dante’s Wood

A Mark Angelotti mystery (#1)

Lynne Raimondo 2013 FMys
 762.  Dollface: A Novel of the Roaring Twenties
Renée Rosen
Renée Rosen link
2013 FNovMysHF
 763.  Drinking Buddies

Screenplay: Joe Swanberg, 2013

Director: Joe Swanberg

Stars: Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick, Ron Livingston

Screenplay: Joe Swanberg 2013 SP
 764.  End Me a Tenor
Joelle Charbonneau
Joelle Charbonneau link
2013 FMysYA
 765.  Good Kings Bad Kings
Susan Nussbaum 2013 FYA
 766.  Hold Fast
Blue Balliett
Blue Balliett link
2013 FMysYA
 767.  Identical
Scott Turow
Scott Turow link
2013 FNov
 768.  Jar the Floor

Chicago Premiere: ETA Theater

Cheryl L. West
Cheryl West link
2013 P
 769.  Little Known Facts
Christine Sneed
Christine Sneed link
2013
 770.  Pullman Porter Blues

Chicago Premiere: Goodman Theatre

Cheryl L. West
Cheryl West link
2013 P
 771.  The Cooked Seed
Anchee Min 2013 NFMA
 772.  The Friedkin Connection

Friedkin's memoir. 

William Friedkin
William Friedkin link
2013
 773.  The Panty Thief of Bridgeport
Ed Wagemann 2013 FNovMys
 774.  The Pirates Coin
Marianne Malone
Marianne Malone link
2013 FMysYA
 775.  The Roy Stories
Barry Gifford
Barry Gifford link
2013 FSS
 776.  The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream
Thomas Dyja
Thomas Dyja link
2013 NFCS
 777.  A Chorus Lineup
Joelle Charbonneau
Joelle Charbonneau link
2014 FMysYA
 778.  Bedrock Faith
Eric Charles May 2014
 779.  Dante’s Poison

A Mark Angelotti mystery (#2)

Lynne Raimondo 2014 Mys
 780.  Death at Chinatown

An Emily Cabot mystery (#5)

Frances McNamara 2014 FMysSMys
 781.  Exit Strategy

Chicago Premiere: Jackalope Theatre Company

Ike Holter 2014 P
 782.  Florence Kelly and the Children: Factory Inspector in 1890s Chicago
Leigh Buchanan Bienen
Leigh B. Bienen link
2014
 783.  Honor Above All
J. Bard-Collins
Joan Bard-Collins link
2014
 784.  Liliana
Neva Squires-Rodriguez
Neva Squires-Rodriguez link
2014 FYA
 785.  Murder Red Ink
Mord McGhee 2014 FNovMys
 786.  Neanderthal Seeks Human: A Smart Romance
Penny Reid 2014 FRom
 787.  O’ Democracy
Kathleen Rooney
Kathleen Rooney link
2014
 788.  Painted Cities
Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski 2014
 789.  Pointe
Brandy Colbert 2014 FNovYA
 790.  Shall We Not Revenge
D.M. Pirrone
D.M. Pirrone link
2014 F
 791.  Some Dead Genius
Lenny Kleinfeld 2014
 792.  Song of My Life
Harry Mark Petrakis
Harry Mark Petrakis link
2014 NFMA
 793.  The Art of Secrets
James Klise 2014 FMysYA
 794.  The Black Hour
Lori Rader-Day
Lori Rader-Day link
2014
 795.  The Hundred-Year House
Rebecca Makkai
Rebecca Makkai link
2014 FNov
 796.  The Midnight City

Steppenwolf Theatre

Tony Fitzpatrick and Stan Klein
Tony Fitzpatrick link
2014 P
 797.  The Secret of the Key
Marianne Malone
Marianne Malone link
2014 FMysYA
 798.  The Sweeter Option

Chicago Premiere: Strawdog Theatre

John Henry Roberts 2014 P
 799.  What the Lady Wants
Renee Rosen 2014
 800.  What We’ve Lost Is Nothing
Rachel Louise Snyder 2014