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 1.  Barriers Burned Away

1872, novel. The first (or at least close to the first) Chicago novel was written by a New York Presbyterian minister.

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Edward Payson Roe
Edward Payson Roe link
1872 F
 2.  The Tribune Primer
Eugene Field
Eugene Field link
1882 NFYANC
 3.  Culture’s Garland
Eugene Field
Eugene Field link
1887 NFMA
 4.  The Cliff-Dwellers
Henry Blake Fuller
Henry Blake Fuller link
1893 FNov
 5.  Sweet Clover
Clara Louise Burnham
Clara Louise Burnham link
1894 FNov
 6.  Rose of Dutcher’s Coolly
Hamlin Garland
Hamlin Garland link
1895 FNov
 7.  With the Procession
Henry Blake Fuller
Henry Blake Fuller link
1895
 8.  Pink Marsh: A Story of the Streets and Town
George Ade
George Ade link
1897 F
 9.  Mr. Dooley in Peace and War
Finley Peter Dunne
Finley Peter Dunne link
1899 NC
 10.  Mr. Dooley in the Hearts of His Countrymen
Finley Peter Dunne
Finley Peter Dunne link
1899 NC
 11.  Luke Walton or The Chicago Newsboy
Horatio Alger 1900 Nov
 12.  Mr. Dooley’s Philosophy
Finley Peter Dunne
Finley Peter Dunne link
1900 NC
 13.  Sister Carrie
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser link
1900 FNov
 14.  The Shallow Spirit of Judgement: Three Stories of Contemporary Chicago Life

McClure’s Magazine

Edith Wyatt
Edith Wyatt link
1900
 15.  The Web of Life
Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick link
1900
 16.  Mr. Dooley’s Opinions
Finley Peter Dunne
Finley Peter Dunne link
1901 NC
 17.  Observations by Mr. Dooley
Finley Peter Dunne
Finley Peter Dunne link
1902 NC
 18.  The Black Cat Club
James D. Corrothers
James D. Corrothers link
1902 F
 19.  A Prairie Winter
Belle Owen 1903
 20.  In Babel; Stories of Chicago
George Ade
George Ade link
1903
 21.  Poor People
Isaac Kahn Friedman
Isaac Kahn Friedman link
1903
 22.  The Pit
Frank Norris
Frank Norris link
1903 FNov
 23.  True Love: Comedy of the Affectations
Edith Wyatt
Edith Wyatt link
1903
 24.  A Little Girl in Old Chicago
Amanda Douglas
Amanda Douglas link
1904
 25.  The Common Lot
Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick link
1904
 26.  An Eye For An Eye
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow link
1905 FNov
 27.  Memoirs of an American Citizen
Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick link
1905 FNov
 28.  Dissertations by Mr. Dooley
Finley Peter Dunne
Finley Peter Dunne link
1906 NC
 29.  The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair link
1906 FNov
 30.  A Winged Victory
Robert Morss Lovett
Robert Morss Lovett link
1907 FNov
 31.  The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets
Jane Addams
Jane Addams link
1907 NF
 32.  The Bomb
Frank Harris
Frank Harris link
1909
 33.  The Glory of the Conquered: The Story of a Great Love
Susan Glaspell
Susan Glaspell link
1909 FNov
 34.  Twenty Years at Hull House
Jane Addams
Jane Addams link
1909 NFMA
 35.  Just Folks
Clara Laughlin
Clara Laughlin link
1910
 36.  Mr. Dooley Says
Finley Peter Dunne
Finley Peter Dunne link
1910 NC
 37.  Jenny Gerhardt
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser link
1911
 38.  Rebellion
Joseph Medill Patterson
Joseph Medill Patterson link
1911
 39.  The Shadow Men
Donald Richberg
Donald Richberg link
1911 FNov
 40.  Buttered Side Down
Edna Ferber
Edna Ferber link
1912 FSS
 41.  Mr. Achilles
Jeannette Lee
Jeannette Lee link
1912
 42.  New Men for Old
Howard Vincent O'Brien
Howard Vincent O’Brien link
1914 FNov
 43.  The Mucker
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs link
1914 FNovSFF
 44.  The Precipice
Elia W. Peattie
Elia W. Peattie link
1914
 45.  The Titan
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser link
1914 FNov
 46.  You And I: Poems
Harriet Monroe
Harriet Monroe link
1914 Pt
 47.  You Know Me, Al
Ring Lardner
Ring Lardner link
1914 LS
 48.  The Song of the Lark
Willa Cather
Willa Cather link
1915 FNov
 49.  Chicago Poems
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg link
1916 Pt
 50.  Return of the Mucker
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs link
1916 FNov
 51.  Those About Trench
Edwin Herbert Lewis
Edwin Herbert Lewis link
1916 FNov
 52.  Windy McPherson’s Son
Sherwood Anderson
Sherwood Anderson link
1916 FNov
 53.  Fanny Herself
Edna Ferber
Edna Ferber link
1917 FNov
 54.  The Homesteader
Oscar Micheaux
Oscar Micheaux link
1917 FNov
 55.  My Chicago
Anna Morgan
Anna Morgan link
1918 NFMA
 56.  An American Family: A Novel of Today
Henry Kitchell Webster
Henry Kitchell Webster link
1919 FNov
 57.  Mr. Dooley on Making a Will and Other Necessary Evils
Finley Peter Dunne
Finley Peter Dunne link
1919 NC
 58.  The Flail
Newton Augustus Fuessle
Newton Augustus Fuessle link
1919 FNov
 59.  Moon-Calf
Floyd Dell
Floyd Dell link
1920 FNov
 60.  Resurrection Rock
Edwin Balmer
Edwin Balmer link
1920
 61.  Erik Dorn
Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht link
1921
 62.  Gold Shod
Newton Augustus Fuessle
Newton Augustus Fuessle link
1921 FNov
 63.  The Girls
Edna Ferber
Edna Ferber link
1921 FNov
 64.  1001 Afternoons in Chicago
Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht link
1922
 65.  The Love Legend
Woodward Boyd 1922 FNov
 66.  Blackguard
Maxwell Bodenheim
Maxwell Bodenheim link
1923
 67.  Cane
Jean Toomer 1923 FNov
 68.  Crazy Man
Maxwell Bodenheim
Maxwell Bodenheim link
1923
 69.  Midwest Portraits
Harry Hansen
Harry Hansen link
1923 CS
 70.  Coffins for Two
Vincent Starrett 1924
 71.  Compulsion

Inspired by the real-life Leopold and Loeb trial. 

Meyer Levin
Meyer Levin link
1924
 72.  So Big

Pulitzer Prize, 1925

Edna Ferber
Edna Ferber link
1924
 73.  The Voice of the Seven Sparrows
Harry Stephen Keeler
Harry Stephen Keeler link
1924 FNovMys
 74.  Smiths, The
Janet Ayer Fairbank
Janet Ayer Fairbank link
1925 FNovHF
 75.  Showboat
Edna Ferber
Edna Ferber link
1926
 76.  Chicago in Seven Days
John Drury
John Drury link
1928 NFCS
 77.  Diversey
MacKinlay Kantor
Mackinley Kantor link
1928
 78.  Prevailing Winds
Margaret Ayer Barnes
Margaret Ayer Barnes link
1928 FSS
 79.  Quicksand
Nella Larsen
Nella Larsen link
1928
 80.  The Front Page

Chicago Premiere: xxxxxxx

Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Charles MacArthur link,
Ben Hecht link
1928 P
 81.  Little Caesar
W.R. Burnett 1929
 82.  New Year’s Eve
James T. Farrell
James T. Farrell link
1929
 83.  Passing
Nella Larsen
Nella Larsen link
1929 FNov
 84.  Sixty Seconds
Maxwell Bodenheim
Maxwell Bodenheim link
1929
 85.  The Good Red Bricks
Mary Synon
Mary Synon link
1929 FNov
 86.  Thieves’ Nights
Harry Stephen Keeler 1929
 87.  A Virtuous Girl
Maxwell Bodenheim
Maxwell Bodenheim link
1930
 88.  My Thirty Years’ War
Margaret Anderson
Margaret Anderson link
1930 MA
 89.  Put on the Spot
Jack Lait 1930
 90.  Saturday Afternoon
Marion Stroebel
Marion Strobel link
1930 FNov
 91.  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
 92.  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
 93.  The Second Twenty Years at Hull House
Jane Addams
Jane Addams link
1930 NFMA
 94.  Who Is the Next?
Henry Kitchell Webster
Henry Kitchell Webster link
1930 FNovMys
 95.  Years of Grace
Margaret Ayer Barnes
Margaret Ayer Barnes link
1930 FNovHF
 96.  Our Very Best People
Clifford Raymond
Clifford Raymond link
1931
 97.  Nineteen Nineteen
John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos link
1932 FNov
 98.  Thicker Than Water
Vera Caspary
Vera Caspary link
1932
 99.  Young Lonigan
James T. Farrell
James T. Farrell link
1932 FNov
 100.  Gas-House McGinty
James T. Farrell
James T. Farrell link
1933
 101.  Homecoming: An Autobiography
Floyd Dell
Floyd Dell link
1933 NFMA
 102.  The Face of the Man from Saturn
Harry Stephen Keeler 1933
 103.  Calico Shoes and Other Stories
James T. Farrell
James T. Farrell link
1934
 104.  The Riddle of the Traveling Skull
Harry Stephen Keeler
Harry Stephen Keeler link
1934 FNovMys
 105.  The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan
James T. Farrell
James T. Farrell link
1934 FNov
 106.  Edna His Wife
Margaret Ayer Barnes
Margaret Ayer Barnes link
1935
 107.  Guillotine Party and Other Stories
James T. Farrell
James T. Farrell link
1935
 108.  Judgment Day
James T. Farrell
James T. Farrell link
1935
 109.  Lucy Gayheart
Willa Cather
Willa Cather link
1935
 110.  Midnight and Percy Jones
Vincent Starrett
Vincent Starrett link
1936
 111.  Big White Fog

Chicago Premiere: Great Northern Theatre

Theodore Ward
Theodore Ward link
1937 P
 112.  The Old Bunch
Meyer Levin
Meyer Levin link
1937
 113.  A Poet’s Life: Seventy Years in a Changing World
Harriet Monroe
Harriet Monroe link
1938 NFMA
 114.  8 Faces at 3

John J. Malone #1

Craig Rice
Craig Rice link
1939 FMysSMys
 115.  The Great Hotel Murder
Vincent Starrett
Vincent Starrett link
1939
 116.  John J. Malone

John J. Malone, Craig Rice, 1939-1967

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

John J. Malone #3

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

John J. Malone #2

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

John J. Malone #5

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

John J. Malone #4

Craig Rice
Craig Rice link
1941 FMysSMys
 123.  Never Come Morning
Nelson Algren
Nelson Algren link
1942
 124.  The Big Midget Murders

John J. Malone #6

Craig Rice
Craig Rice link
1942 FMysSMys
 125.  Twig
Elizabeth Orton Jones
Elizabeth Orton Jones link
1942 FYA
 126.  Brenda Starr Girl Reporter
Dale Messick
Dale Messick link
1943
 127.  Dick Tracy: Ace Detective
Chester Gould 1943
 128.  Having a Wonderful Crime

John J. Malone #7

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

Harper’s article, contained in book form?

John Bartlow Martin 1943
 130.  Dangling Man
Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow link
1944
 131.  The Case Book of Jimmy Lavender
Vincent Starrett
Vincent Starrett link
1944 F
 132.  The Elegant Elephant

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

Russell McCracken 1944
 133.  The Razor’s Edge
W. Somerset Maugham 1944
 134.  A Street in Bronzeville
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks link
1945 Pt
 135.  Black Boy
Richard Wright
Richard Wright link
1945 NFMA
 136.  Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City
St. Clair Drake
St. Clair Drake link
1945 NFCS
 137.  The Far Away Music
Arthur Meeker
Arthur Meeker link
1945
 138.  The Lucky Stiff

John J. Malone #8

Craig Rice 1945 FMysSMys
 139.  Dark Hero
Peter Cheyney 1946
 140.  Passage from Home
Isaac Rosenfeld 1946
 141.  A House in Chicago
Olivia Howard Dunbar 1947 NFBio
 142.  Behold A Cry
Alden Bland 1947
 143.  Eddie Elephant Has a Party
Rose Oller Harbaugh
Rose Oller Harbaugh link
1947
 144.  Knock On Any Door
Willard Motley
Willard Motley link
1947 FNov
 145.  The Fabulous Clipjoint

Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#1)

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

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

Frederick Brown 1947-1963 FSMys
 148.  47th Street
Frank Marshall Davis
Frank Marshall Davis link
1948 Pt
 149.  A House in Chicago
Olivia Dunbar 1948
 150.  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
 151.  Someday, Boy

Someday, Boy, Sam Ross, 1948

Sam Ross 1948
 152.  The Dead Ringer

Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#2)

Frederick Brown 1948 FMysSMys
 153.  The Fourth Postman

John J. Malone #9

Craig Rice
Craig Rice link
1948 FMysSMys
 154.  Annie Allen

(Pulitzer Prize, 1950)

Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks link
1949
 155.  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
 156.  Prairie Avenue
Arthur Meeker, Jr.
Arthur Meeker link
1949 FNovHF
 157.  The Bloody Moonlight

Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#3)

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

Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#4)

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

(first National Book Award)

Nelson Algren
Nelson Algren link
1950
 162.  The Sidewalks Are Free
Sam Ross 1950
 163.  Chicago: City on the Make
Nelson Algren
Nelson Algren link
1951
 164.  Death Has Many Doors

Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#5)

Fredric Brown 1951 FMysSMys
 165.  Reporter: A Memoir
Seymour Hersh
Seymour Hersh link
1951 NFMA
 166.  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
 167.  Chicago: The Second City
A.J. Liebling 1952
 168.  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
 169.  Always the Young Stranger
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg link
1953 NFMA
 170.  Fabulous Chicago
Emmett Dedmon
Emmett Dedmon link
1953 NFCSMA
 171.  Maude Martha
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks link
1953
 172.  The Adventures of Augie March
Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow link
1953
 173.  The Outsider
Richard Wright
Richard Wright link
1953
 174.  A Child of the Century: The Autobiography of Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht link
1954 NFMA
 175.  Carmen Jones

Screenplay: Henry Kleiner, 1954

Director: Otto Preminger

Stars: Harry Belafonte, Dorthy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey

Screenplay: Henry Kleiner 1954 SP
 176.  The Chicago Renaissance in American Letters: A Critical History
Bernard Duffy 1954 NFCS
 177.  Auntie Mamie
Patrick Dennis
Edward Everett Tanner III link
1955 FNov
 178.  Chicago, With Love: A Polite and Personal History
Arthur Meeker, Jr.
Arthur Meeker link
1955 NFMA
 179.  Cycle for Mother Cabrini
John Logan
John Logan link
1955 Pt
 180.  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
 181.  Compulsion
Meyer Levin
Meyer Levin link
1956
 182.  My Kingdom for a Hearse

John J. Malone #11

Craig Rice
Craig Rice link
1956 FMysSMys
 183.  Dandelion Wine
Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury link
1957
 184.  Knocked for a Loop

John J. Malone #10

Craig Rice
Craig Rice link
1957 FMysSMys
 185.  My Baseball Diary
James Farrell
James T. Farrell link
1957 LS
 186.  Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Willard Motley
Willard Motley link
1958
 187.  The Name is Malone

John J. Malone #12

Craig Rice
Craig Rice link
1958 FMysSMys
 188.  A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry
Lorraine Hansberry link
1959
 189.  A Raisin in the Sun

Chicago Premiere: Blackstone Theatre

Lorraine Hansberry
Lorraine Hansberry link
1959 P
 190.  A Touch of Innocence
Katherine Dunham
Katherine Dunham link
1959 NFMA
 191.  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
 192.  The Girls in 3-B
Valerie Taylor (Velma Nacella Young) 1959
 193.  The Late Lamented

Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#6)

Fredric Brown 1959 FMysSMys
 194.  Trumbull Park
Frank London Brown
Frank London Brown link
1959 FNov
 195.  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
 196.  The Bean Eaters
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks link
1960
 197.  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
 198.  Boarding House Blues
James T. Farrell
James T. Farrell link
1961
 199.  Letting Go
Phillip Roth
Phillip Roth link
1962
 200.  Veeck As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck
Bill Veeck
Bill Veeck link
1962 LS
 201.  Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
Eliot Asinof 1963 LS
 202.  Lawd Today!
Richard Wright
Richard Wright link
1963
 203.  Mrs. Murphy’s Underpants

Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#7)

Fredric Brown 1963 FMysSMys
 204.  Murder, Mystery and Malone

John J. Malone #13

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

John J. Malone #14

Stuart Palmer & Craig Rice
Craig Rice link
1963 FMysSMys
 206.  The Odyssey of Kostas Volakis
Harry Mark Petrakis
Harry Mark Petrakis link
1963
 207.  Herzog
Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow link
1964
 208.  Gaily, Gaily
Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Ben Hecht link
1965
 209.  Dream of Kings

Dream of Kings, Harry Mark Petrakis, 1966

Harry Mark Petrakis
Harry Mark Petrakis link
1966 FNov
 210.  Hog Butcher
Ronald L. Fair
Ronald L. Fair link
1966 FNov
 211.  Let Noon Be Fair
Willard Motley
Willard Motley link
1966
 212.  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
 213.  But the Doctor Died

John J. Malone #15

Craig Rice 1967 FMysSMys
 214.  Division Street: America
Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel link
1967 NF
 215.  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
 216.  A Fan’s Notes
Frederick Exley
Frederick Exley link
1968 LS
 217.  Airport
Arthur Hailey 1968 Nov
 218.  I May Be Wrong, But I Doubt It
Mike Royko
Mike Royko link
1968 NC
 219.  In the Mecca
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks link
1968 Pt
 220.  I Am Third
Gale Sayers (with Al Silverman) 1970 NFLS
 221.  The Beach Umbrella
Cyrus Colter
Cyrus Colter link
1970 FSS
 222.  Boss
Mike Royko
Mike Royko link
1971
 223.  Brian Piccolo: A Short Season
Jeannie Morris 1972 NFLSBio
 224.  Many Lives, One Love
Fanny Butcher
Fanny Butcher link
1972 NFMA
 225.  Report from Part One
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks link
1972 NFMA
 226.  The Rivers of Eros
Cyrus Colter
Cyrus Colter link
1972
 227.  The Thief Who Came to Dinner
Terrance L. Smith 1972 FNov
 228.  Slats Grobnik and Some Other Friends
Mike Royko
Mike Royko link
1973 NC
 229.  The Last Catholic in America
John R. Powers
John R. Powers link
1973 FYA
 230.  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
 231.  The Sting

Screenplay: David S. Ward

Director: George Roy Hill

Stars: Robert Redford, Paul Newman

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

Chicago Premiere: Organic Theatre

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

Chicago Premiere: Organic Theatre

Joe Mantenga 1974 P
 234.  The Death of the Detective
Mark Smith 1974
 235.  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
 236.  American Buffalo

Chicago Premiere: Goodman Theatre

David Mamet
David Mamet link
1975 P
 237.  Cooley High

Screenplay: Eric Monte

Director: Michael Schultz

Stars: Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

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

Humboldt's Gift, Saul Bellow, 1975

Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow link
1975
 240.  City Dogs
William Brashler 1976
 241.  American Hunger
Richard Wright
Richard Wright link
1977 NFMA
 242.  Bleacher Bums
Joe Mantegna 1977
 243.  The Unoriginal Sinner and The Ice Cream God
John R. Powers
John R. Powers link
1977 FYA
 244.  Blue in Chicago
Bette Howland
Bette Howland link
1978 FSS
 245.  Cops

Chicago Premiere: Organic Theatre

Terry Curtis Fox 1978 P
 246.  Riversongs
Michael Anania
Michael Anania link
1978
 247.  The DuSable Panthers: The Greatest, Blackest, Saddest Team from the Meanest Streets in Chicago
Ira Berkow
Ira Berkow link
1978 NFLS
 248.  The Ghost of Sandburg’s Phizzog
Nobert Blei
Norbert Blei link
1978
 249.  Brass Knuckles
Stuart Dybek
Stuart Dybek link
1979 Pt
 250.  Dr. Nightlife’s Chicago
Rick Kogan
Rick Kogan link
1979 NC
 251.  Endless Love
Scott Spencer 1979
 252.  Nick the Greek
Harry Mark Petrakis
Harry Mark Petrakis link
1979 FNov
 253.  The Secrets of Grown-Ups
Vera Caspary
Vera Caspary link
1979 NFMA
 254.  Windy City
Sam Ross
Sam Ross link
1979 FNovHF
 255.  Blues Brothers

Screenplay: John Landis and Dan Aykroyd

Director: John Landis,

Stars: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd

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

Screenplay: Alan Ormsby

Director: Tony Bill

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

Screenplay: Alan Ormsby 1980 SP
 258.  Paper Fish
Tina De Rosa
Tina De Rosa link
1980
 259.  Sister Carrie

Chicago Premiere: Touchtone Theatre

Tom Creamer 1980 P
 260.  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
 261.  Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Cameron Crowe 1981
 262.  Thief

Screenplay: Michael Mann

Director: Michael Mann

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

Screenplay: Michael Mann 1981 SP
 263.  Indemnity Only

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#1)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
1982 FMysSMys
 264.  Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
August Wilson 1982
 265.  Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Chicago Premiere: Goodman Theatre

August Wilson 1982 P
 266.  Shoeless Joe
W.P. Kinsella 1982 LS
 267.  The Dean’s December
Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow link
1982
 268.  V.I. Warshawski
Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
1982-2020 SMys
 269.  On Assignment
Bill Kurtis
Bill Kurtis link
1983 NFMA
 270.  Sez Who? Sez Me
Mike Royko
Mike Royko link
1983 NC
 271.  True Detective, #1

A Nathan Heller mystery (#1)

Max Collins 1983
 272.  Deadlock

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#2)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
1984 FMysSMysLS
 273.  Emergency Room

Chicago Premiere: Organic Theatre

Ronald Berman 1984 P
 274.  Glengarry, Glen Ross
David Mamet
David Mamet link
1984
 275.  The House On Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros
Sandra Cisneros link
1984 FYA
 276.  True Crime

A Nathan Heller mystery (#2)

Max Collins 1984
 277.  Chicago
Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel link
1985
 278.  Chicago Ragtime: Another Look at Chicago, 1880-1920
Richard Lindberg
Richard Lindberg link
1985 NF
 279.  Chin Music
James McManus
James McManus link
1985
 280.  Clark Street Lullabye
Julie Parson Nesbitt
Julie Parson Nesbitt link
1985 Pt
 281.  Happy Are the Meek

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#1)

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

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#3)

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

Chicago Premiere: Stormfield Theater

John Logan 1985 P
 286.  The Neighborhood
Tony Fitzpatrick
Tony Fitzpatrick link
1985 Pt
 287.  The Sky at Ashland
Michael Anania
Michael Anania link
1985
 288.  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
 289.  Chicago: City of Neighborhoods
Dominic A. Pacyga and Ellen Skerrett
Dominic A. Pacyga link,
Ellen Skerrett link
1986 NFCS
 290.  Confessions of a Parish Priest: An Autobiography
Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
1986 NFMA
 291.  Happy Are the Clean of Heart

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#2)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
1986
 292.  Headlines
Graham Masterton 1986 FNov
 293.  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
 294.  Running Scared

Screenplay: Jimmy Huston and Gary DeVore

Director: Peter Hyams

Stars: Billy Crystal, Gregory Hines

Screenplay: Jimmy Huston and Gary DeVore 1986 SP
 295.  The Evening News
Tony Ardizzone
Tony Ardizzone link
1986
 296.  Bitter Medicine

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#4)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
1987 FMysSMys
 297.  Checkmates

Chicago Premiere: ETA Theater

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

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#3)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
1987
 300.  Neighborhood
Nobert Blei
Norbert Blei link
1987
 301.  Presumed Innocent
Scott Turow
Scott Turow link
1987 LT
 302.  She’s on First
Barbara Gregorich
Barbara Gregorich link
1987 FNovLS
 303.  The Eighth Victim
Eugene Izzi
Eugene Izzi link
1987
 304.  The Take
Eugene Izzi
Eugene Izzi link
1987
 305.  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
 306.  Bad Guys
Eugene Izzi
Eugene Izzi link
1988
 307.  Blood Shot

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#5)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
1988 FMysSMys
 308.  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
 309.  Kup: A Man, an Era, a City
Irv Kupcinet
Irv Kupcinet link
1988 NFMA
 310.  Mortal Ruin
John Malcolm 1988 FNov
 311.  Neon Mirage

A Nathan Heller mystery (#4)

Max Collins 1988
 312.  Pill Hill

Chicago Premiere: ETA Theater

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

Cat Marsala #1

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

A Quint McCauley mystery (#1)

D.C. Brod 1989
 321.  The Booster
Eugene Izzi
Eugene Izzi link
1989
 322.  The Case of the Rising Stars

The 87th volume of the Nancy Drew mystery series. 

Carolyn Keene 1989 FNovMysYA
 323.  To the Chicago Abyss
Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury link
1989 FP
 324.  Cat Marsala
Barbara D’Amato
Barbara D’Amato link
1989-2001 SMys
 325.  A Father’s Words
Richard Stern
Richard Stern link
1990
 326.  Burn Marks

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#6)

Sara Paretsky 1990 FMysSMys
 327.  Chi-Town
Nobert Blei
Norbert Blei link
1990
 328.  Chicago Loop
Paul Theroux 1990
 329.  Error in Judgment

A Quint McCauley mystery (#2)

D.C. Brod 1990 Mys
 330.  Lieberman’s Folly

An Abe Lieberman mystery (#1)

Stuart Kaminsky
Stuart Kaminsky link
1990 FMysSMys
 331.  Packages: Stories
Richard Stern
Richard Stern link
1990
 332.  The Burden of Proof
Scott Turow
Scott Turow link
1990
 333.  The Coast of Chicago
Stuart Dybek
Stuart Dybek link
1990 FSS
 334.  The Prime Roll
Eugene Izzi
Eugene Izzi link
1990
 335.  Children of the Fire
Harriette Gillem Robinet
Harriette Gillem Robinet link
1991 FYA
 336.  Death in Uptown

A Paul Whelan mystery (#1)

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

A Nathan Heller mystery (#6)

Max Collins 1991
 339.  Hard Tack

Cat Marsala #2

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

A Quint McCauley mystery (#3)

D.C. Brod 1991 Mys
 341.  Murder in Wrigley Field
Crabbe Evers 1991 LS
 342.  Paradise

(Second Opportunities #1)

Judith McNaught 1991 FRom
 343.  Prowlers
Eugene Izzi
Eugene Izzi link
1991
 344.  Rooftop Piper
David Hernandez
David Hernandez link
1991 Pt
 345.  Stolen Away

A Nathan Heller mystery (#5)

Max Collins 1991
 346.  There Are No Children Here

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

Alex Kotlowitz
Alex Kotlowitz link
1991
 347.  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
 348.  Abe Lieberman
Stuart Kaminsky 1991-2006 SMys
 349.  Cooler By The Lake
Larry Heinemann
Larry Heinemann link
1992
 350.  Divine Days
Leon Forrest
Leon Forrest link
1992
 351.  Guardian Angel

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#7)

Sara Paretsky 1992 FMysSMys
 352.  Happy Are the Merciful

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#4)

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

Cat Marsala #3

Barbara D’Amato
Barbara D’Amato link
1992 FMysSMys
 354.  Tribal Secrets
Eugene Izzi
Eugene Izzi link
1992
 355.  Writing Illinois: The Prairie, Lincoln and Chicago
James Hurt 1992 NFCS
 356.  A Body in Belmont Harbor

A Paul Whelan mystery (#2)

Michael Raleigh 1993 Mys
 357.  Brothers in Blood

A Quint McCauley mystery (#4)

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

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#5)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
1993
 359.  Hard Women

Cat Marsala #4

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

Abe Lieberman (#2)

Stuart Kaminsky
Stuart Kaminsky link
1993 FMysSMys
 361.  Pleading Guilty
Scott Turow
Scott Turow link
1993
 362.  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
 363.  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
 364.  Wolf Whistle
Lewis Nordon 1993 NovHF
 365.  Carnal Hours

A Nathan Heller mystery (#7)

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

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#6)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
1994
 367.  Hard Case

Cat Marsala #5

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

Screenplay: Steve James and Frederick Marx

Director: Steve James

Stars: William Gates, Arthur Agee

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

(Chicago Stars #1)

Susan Elizabeth Phillips 1994 FNovRom
 370.  Lieberman’s Day

An Abe Lieberman mystery (#3)

Stuart Kaminsky
Stuart Kaminsky link
1994 FMysSMys
 371.  Presumed Dead

A Larry Cole mystery (#1)

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

A Paul Whelan mystery (#3)

Michael Raleigh 1994 Mys
 375.  Tunnel Vision

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#8)

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

A Paul Whelan mystery (#4)

Michael Raleigh 1995
 379.  Blood and Thunder

A Nathan Heller mystery (#8)

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

Chicago Premiere: Touchtone Theatre

Kendall Marlowe 1995 P
 383.  Happy Are Those Who Mourn

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#7)

Andrew Greeley 1995
 384.  Hard Christmas

Cat Marsala #6

Barbara D’Amato
Barbara D’Amato link
1995 FMysSMys
 385.  Lieberman’s Thief

An Abe Lieberman mystery (#4)

Stuart Kaminsky
Stuart Kaminsky link
1995 FMysSMys
 386.  Windy City

A Larry Cole mystery (#2)

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

V.I. Warshawski (#9)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
1995 FMysSMys
 388.  American Heaven
Maxine Chernoff
Maxine Chernoff link
1996
 389.  Blues All Around Me: The Autobiography of B.B. King
B.B. King and David Ritz
B.B. King link
1996 NFMA
 390.  Chicago Blues

A Larry Cole mystery (#3)

Hugh Holton
Hugh Holton link
1996 FMysSMys
 391.  Chicago in Adagio
Curtiss Mortimer 1996 Pt
 392.  Damned in Paradise

A Nathan Heller mystery (#9)

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

Writers’ Theatre

J.R. Sullivan 1996 P
 394.  Deep End of the Ocean
Mitchard, Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Mitchard link
1996 FNovRom
 395.  Forbidden Fires
Margaret Anderson
Margaret Anderson link
1996
 396.  Happy Are the Oppressed

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#8)

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

Black Ensemble Theater

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

An Abe Lieberman mystery (#5)

Stuart Kaminsky
Stuart Kaminsky link
1996 FMysSMys
 399.  Memory Mambo
Achy Obejas 1996 FNov
 400.  Murder at Wrigley Field
Troy Soos 1996 LS
 401.  Players
Eugene Izzi
Eugene Izzi link
1996
 402.  Report from Part Two
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks link
1996 NFMA
 403.  Spent Force
Eugene Izzi
Eugene Izzi link
1996
 404.  Spring Comes to Chicago
Campbell McGrath
Campbell McGrath link
1996
 405.  Taking It Home
Tony Ardizzone
Tony Ardizzone link
1996
 406.  The Laws of Our Fathers
Scott Turow
Scott Turow link
1996
 407.  A Matter of Honor
Eugene Izzi
Eugene Izzi link
1997
 408.  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
 409.  Comfort Stew

ETA Theater

Angela Jackson
Angela Jackson link
1997 P
 410.  Hard Bargain

Cat Marsala #7

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

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#9)

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

A Paul Whelan mystery (#5)

Michael Raleigh 1997
 415.  Violent Crimes

A Larry Cole mystery (#4)

Hugh Holton
Hugh Holton link
1997 FMysSMys
 416.  A Long Way from Chicago
Richard Peck
Richard Peck link
1998 FYAHF
 417.  Chicago Stories
James T. Farrell
James T. Farrell link
1998 FSS
 418.  Flying Blind

A Nathan Heller mystery (#10)

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

Steppenwolf Theatre

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

A Larry Cole mystery (#5)

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

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#10)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
1998 Mys
 425.  The Criminalist
Eugene Izzi
Eugene Izzi link
1998
 426.  The House on Mango Street

Steppenwolf Theatre

Amy Ludwig 1998 P
 427.  Very Chicago
Jose Bono 1998 Pt
 428.  Apollyon
Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins 1999 FNov
 429.  Furthermore: Memories of a Parish Priest
Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
1999 NFMA
 430.  Hard Evidence

Cat Marsala #8

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

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#10)

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

A Nathan Heller mystery (#11)

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

A Larry Cole mystery (#6)

Hugh Holton
Hugh Holton link
1999 FMysSMys
 439.  A Year Down Yonder
Richard Peck
Richard Peck link
2000 FYAHF
 440.  American Skin
Don De Grazia
Don De Grazia link
2000
 441.  Division Street: America

Chicago Premiere: Steppenwolf Theatre

Studs Terkel, adapted by Steve Totland 2000 P
 442.  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
 443.  Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
Chris Ware
Chris Ware link
2000 FYAGN
 444.  Paid in Full

A Quint McCauley mystery (#5)

D.C. Brod 2000 Mys
 445.  Proof

Chicago Premiere: xxxxx

David Auburn 2000 P
 446.  Ravelstein
Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow link
2000
 447.  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
 448.  The Big Silence

An Abe Lieberman mystery (#6)

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

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#11)

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

(The Chicago Fire Trilogy #1)

Susan Wiggs 2000 FRom
 451.  The Last Hot Time
John M. Ford 2000
 452.  The Question of Bruno
Alexsandar Hemon
Aleksandar Hemon link
2000 FSS
 453.  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
 454.  Time of the Assassins

A Larry Cole mystery (#7)

Hugh Holton
Hugh Holton link
2000 FMysSMys
 455.  Angel in Black

A Nathan Heller mystery (#12)

Max Collins 2001 Mys
 456.  Bum Town
Tony Fitzpatrick
Tony Fitzpatrick link
2001 Pt
 457.  Collected Stories
Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow link
2001 FSS
 458.  Days and Nights at The Second City
Bernard Sahlins
Bernard Sahlins link
2001 NFMA
 459.  Dictionary of Midwestern Literature: Vol. I: The Authors
Phillip A. Greasley (ed.) 2001 NFCS
 460.  Esther Stories
Peter Orner
Peter Orner link
2001 FSS
 461.  Everybody Pays: Two Men, One Murder and the Price of Truth
Rick Kogan and Maurice Possley
Rick Kogan link
2001 NF
 462.  Fair Weather
Richard Peck
Richard Peck link
2001 FYAHF
 463.  Grave Peril
Jim Butcher 2001 FNovSFF
 464.  Hard Road

Cat Marsala #9

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

Chicago Premiere: Lookingglass Theatre

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

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#12)

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

A Larry Cole mystery (#8)

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

Chicago Premiere: Lookingglass Theatre

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

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#11)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
2001 FMysSMys
 472.  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
 473.  Chicago Cantata
Larry Jankowski 2002 Pt
 474.  Chicago Confidential

A Nathan Heller mystery (#13)

Max Collins 2002 Mys
 475.  Criminal Element

A Larry Cole mystery (#9)

Hugh Holton
Hugh Holton link
2002 FMysSMys
 476.  Lake Effect
Rich Cohen
Rich Cohen link
2002 NFMA
 477.  Not Quite Kosher

An Abe Lieberman mystery (#7)

Stuart Kaminsky
Stuart Kaminsky link
2002 FMysSMys
 478.  Nowhere Man
Alexsandar Hemon 2002
 479.  Reversible Errors
Scott Turow
Scott Turow link
2002
 480.  The Bishop in the West Wing

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#13)

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

(Michael Kelly #1)

Michael Harvey
Michael Harvey link
2002 FNovMysSMys
 482.  47th Street Black
Bayo Ojikutu
Bayo Ojikutu link
2003 FNov
 483.  Alchemy of Bones: Chicago’s Luetgert Murder Case of 1897
Robert Loerzel
Robert Loerzel link
2003 NF
 484.  Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code

The 3rd novel of Artemis Fowl series. 

Eoin Colfer 2003 FNovYA
 485.  Black List

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#12)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
2003 FMysSMys
 486.  Chaka! Through the Fire
Chaka Khan and Tonya Bolden
Chaka Khan link
2003 NFMA
 487.  Deader by the Lake
Doug Cummings 2003 FNovMys
 488.  Devil In The White City
Erik Larson 2003 NF
 489.  Fabulous Small Jews
Joseph Epstein 2003
 490.  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
 491.  I Sailed with Magellan
Stuart Dybek
Stuart Dybek link
2003
 492.  Jackson Park
Charlotte Carter 2003
 493.  Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion’s World Series of Poker
James McManus
James McManus link
2003 NFMA
 494.  Race

Chicago Premiere: Lookingglass Theatre

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

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#14)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
2003
 496.  The Time Traveler’s Wife
Audrey Niffenegger
Audrey Niffenegger link
2003 SFF
 497.  Tinder Box: The Iroquois Theatre Disaster 1903
Anthony P. Hatch 2003 NF
 498.  An Unfinished Season
Ward Just
Ward Just link
2004
 499.  Chasing Vermeer
Blue Balliett
Blue Balliett link
2004 FMysYA
 500.  Crossing California
Adam Langer
Adam Langer link
2004
 501.  Hairstyles of the Damned
Joe Meno
Joe Meno link
2004
 502.  Hairstyles of the Damned
Joe Meno
Joe Meno link
2004 FNov
 503.  Happy Baby
Stephen Elliott 2004
 504.  Hunting for Frogs on Elston, and Other Tales from Field & Street
Jerry Sullivan
Jerry Sullivan link
2004 NC
 505.  Streets in Their Own Ink
Stuart Dybek
Stuart Dybek link
2004 Pt
 506.  The Encyclopedia of Chicago
James R. Grossman, Ann Durkin Keating, Janice L. Reiff (eds)
Ann Durkin Keating link
2004 NFCS
 507.  The Last Dark Place

An Abe Lieberman mystery (#8)

Stuart Kaminsky
Stuart Kaminsky link
2004 FMysSMys
 508.  The Urban Poems
David Hernandez
David Hernandez link
2004 Pt
 509.  Almonds to Zhoof: Collected Stories
Richard Stern
Richard Stern link
2005
 510.  Chicago Dreaming: Midwesterners and the City, 1871-1919
Timothy Spears
Timothy Spears link
2005 NFCS
 511.  Chicago Noir
Neal Pollack (Ed.) 2005 FSS
 512.  Fire Sale

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#13)

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

Heartstone, D.C. Brod, 2005

D.C. Brod 2005
 515.  Lost in the Ivy
Randy Richardson
Randy Richardson link
2005 LS
 516.  Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity
Jacqueline Najuma Stewart
Jacqueline Najuma Stewart link
2005 NFCS
 517.  Physical: An American Checkup,
James McManus
James McManus link
2005 NFMA
 518.  The Bishop in the Old Neighborhood

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#15)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
2005
 519.  The Book of Ralph
John McNally
John McNally link
2005
 520.  The Logic of a Rose: Chicago Stories
Billy Lombardo
Billy Lombardo link
2005 FSS
 521.  The Weather Man

Screenplay: Steve Conrad

Director: Gore Verbinski

Stars: Nicholas Cage, Hope Davis, Michael Caine

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

A Snap Malek mystery (#1)

Robert Goldsborough
Robert Goldsborough link
2005 FMysSMysLS
 524.  Snap Malek

Snap Malek, Robert Goldsborough, 2005-2011

Robert Goldsborough
Robert Goldsborough link
2005-2011 SMys
 525.  A Theater of Our Own: A History and a Memoir of 1,001 Nights in Chicago
Richard Christiansen
Richard Christiansen link
2006 NFMA
 526.  An Abundance of Katherines
John Green
John Green link
2006 FYA
 527.  An Abundance of Katherines
John Green
John Green link
2006
 528.  Black Writing from Chicago: In the World, Not of It?
Richard Guzman
Richard Guzman link
2006 NFCS
 529.  Fort Dearborn: A Novel
Jerry Crimmins
Jerry Crimmins link
2006 FNovHF
 530.  Frank’s Home

Chicago Premiere: Goodman Theatre

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

Chicago Premiere: Beverly Arts Center

Neil Giuntoli 2006 P
 533.  I Shouldn’t Even Be Doing This: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny
Bob Newhart
Bob Newhart link
2006 NFMA
 534.  Limitations
Scott Turow
Scott Turow link
2006
 535.  Match Me If You Can

(Chicago Stars #5)

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

A Snap Malek mystery (#2)

Robert Goldsborough
Robert Goldsborough link
2006 FMysSMys
 537.  Shattered Sense of Innocence: The Chicago Child Murders of 1955
Richard Lindberg and Gloria Jean Sykes
Richard Lindberg link
2006 NF
 538.  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
 539.  Spare Change

Steppenwolf Theatre

Mia McCullough 2006 P
 540.  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
 541.  Terror Town

An Abe Lieberman mystery (#9)

Stuart Kaminsky
Stuart Kaminsky link
2006 FMysSMys
 542.  The Wright 3
Blue Balliett
Blue Balliett link
2006 FMysYA
 543.  To Love Mercy

Opening novel in Joseph's Chicago trilogy. 

Frank S. Joseph
Frank S. Joseph link
2006 FNovHF
 544.  A Death in Pilsen

A Snap Malek mystery (#3)

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

Chicago Premiere: Northlight Theatre

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

Chicago Premiere: Victory Gardens Theater

Claudia Allen 2007 P
 551.  Lightning and Ashes
John Guzlowski
John Guzlowski link
2007
 552.  Loving Frank
Nancy Horan 2007
 553.  Sin in the Second City
Karen Abbott 2007
 554.  The Bishop at the Lake

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#16)

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

An Abe Lieberman mystery (#10)

Stuart Kaminsky
Stuart Kaminsky link
2007
 557.  The Moments Lost: A Midwest Pilgrim’s Progress
Bruce Olds 2007
 558.  Then We Came To An End
Joshua Ferris 2007
 559.  Michael Kelly
Michael Harvey
Michael Harvey link
2007-2015 FNovMysSMys
 560.  At the City’s Edge
Marcus Sakey 2008
 561.  Chicago
Alaa Al Aswany 2008
 562.  Cubbie Blues: 100 Years of Waiting Till Next Year
Donald G. Evans (Ed.)
Donald G. Evans link
2008 LS
 563.  Drunkard: A Hard Drinking Life
Neil Steinberg
Neil Steinberg link
2008 NFMA
 564.  Every Secret Crime
Doug Cummings 2008 FNovMys
 565.  Gang Leader for a Day
Sudhir Venkatesh
Sudhir Venkatesh link
2008
 566.  Ghosts of Chicago
John McNally
John McNally link
2008 FSS
 567.  Good People
Marcus Sakey 2008
 568.  Old Town

Chicago Premiere: Strawdog Theatre

Brett Neveu 2008 P
 569.  Perfect Chemistry
Simone Elkeles
Simone Elkeles link
2008 FYA
 570.  Sidewalks: Portraits of Chicago (Chicago Lives)
Rick Kogan
Rick Kogan link
2008 NC
 571.  Superior Donuts
Tracy Letts
Tracy Letts link
2008
 572.  Superior Donuts

Steppenwolf Theatre

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

A Father Blackie Ryan mystery (#17)

Andrew Greeley
Father Andrew Greeley link
2008 Mys
 575.  The Calder Game
Blue Balliett
Blue Balliett link
2008 FMysYA
 576.  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
 577.  The Lazarus Project
Aleksandar Hemon
Aleksandar Hemon link
2008
 578.  Trigger City
Sean Chercover 2008
 579.  206 Bones

Inspired by the real-life Leopold and Loeb trial. 

Kathy Reichs 2009 Nov
 580.  A President in Peril

A Snap Malek mystery (#4)

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

An Emily Cabot mystery (#1)

Frances McNamara 2009 FMysSMys
 583.  Dream City
Brendan Short
Brendan Short link
2009
 584.  Generosity: An Enhancement
Richard Powers
Richard Powers link
2009
 585.  Hardball

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#14)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
2009 FMysSMys
 586.  Her Fearful Symmetry
Audrey Niffenegger
Audrey Niffenegger link
2009 FNov
 587.  High Holidays

Chicago Premiere: Goodman Theatre

Alan Gross 2009 P
 588.  Revenge

A Larry Cole mystery (#10)

Hugh Holton
Hugh Holton link
2009 FMysSMys
 589.  Sidewalks II: Reflections on Chicago
Rick Kogan
Rick Kogan link
2009 NC
 590.  The Amateurs
Marcus Sakey 2009
 591.  The Chicago Literary Renaissance
Jan Pinkerton and Randolph H. Hudson (eds) 2009 NFCS
 592.  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
 593.  The Crowd You’re In With

Chicago Premiere: Goodman Theatre

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

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#15)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
2010 FMysSMys
 600.  Clybourne Park
Bruce Norris
Bruce Norris link
2010
 601.  Clybourne Park

Chicago Premiere: Steppenwolf Theatre

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

An Emily Cabot mystery (#2)

Frances McNamara 2010 FMysSMys
 603.  Getting Sassy

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

D.C. Brod 2010 Mys
 604.  Innocent
Scott Turow
Scott Turow link
2010 FNovLT
 605.  Murder for Choir
Joelle Charbonneau
Joelle Charbonneau link
2010 FMysYA
 606.  Portraits of a Few of the People I’ve Made Cry
Christine Sneed
Christine Sneed link
2010 FSS
 607.  Slow Trains Overhead: Chicago Poems and Stories
Reginald Gibbons
Reginald Gibbons link
2010 FSSPt
 608.  The Curse: Cubs Win! Cubs Win! Or Do They?
Andy Van Slyke and Rob Rains 2010 FNovLS
 609.  The Instructions
Adam Levin
Adam Levin link
2010
 610.  The Man With Two Arms
Billy Lombardo
Billy Lombardo link
2010 LS
 611.  The Sixty-Eight Rooms
Marianne Malone
Marianne Malone link
2010 FYA
 612.  The Third Rail

(Michael Kelly #3)

Michael Harvey
Michael Harvey link
2010 FNovMysSMys
 613.  This Train

16th Street Theatre

Tony Fitzpatrick
Tony Fitzpatrick link
2010 P
 614.  Vixen
Jillian Larkin 2010 FYA
 615.  Where I Must Go
Angela Jackson
Angela Jackson link
2010
 616.  Will Grayson
John Green
John Green link
2010 FYA
 617.  Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
G. Neri 2010 FYA
 618.  A Lot Like Love
Julie James
Julie James link
2011 FNovRom
 619.  Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition
Karen Blumenthal 2011 NFYA
 620.  Bye Bye, Baby

A Nathan Heller mystery (#14)

Max Collins 2011 Mys
 621.  Chicago Lightning
Max Allen Collins 2011
 622.  Chicanas of 18th Street: Narratives of a Movement from Latino Chicago
Leonard G. Ramirez
Leonard G. Ramirez link
2011 NFCS
 623.  Death at Pullman

An Emily Cabot mystery (#3)

Frances McNamara 2011 FMysSMys
 624.  Divergent
Veronica Roth
Veronica Roth link
2011 FYASFF
 625.  Do The Hustle

Chicago Premiere: Writers’ Theatre

Brett Neveu 2011 P
 626.  Getting Lucky

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

D.C. Brod 2011
 627.  Life Itself
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert link
2011
 628.  Love and Shame and Love
Peter Orner
Peter Orner link
2011
 629.  Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day

Chicago Premiere: Lookingglass Theatre

John Musial 2011 P
 630.  Remembering Marshall Field’s
Leslie Goddard
Leslie Goddard link
2011 NFCS
 631.  Rodin’s Debutante
Ward Just
Ward Just link
2011
 632.  Rotters
Daniel Kraus
Daniel Kraus link
2011 FYA
 633.  Stealing Magic
Marianne Malone
Marianne Malone link
2011 FMysYA
 634.  Terror at the Fair

A Snap Malek mystery (#5)

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

(YA)

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

Chicago Premiere: Writers’ Theatre

Keith Huff 2011 P
 639.  The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore
Benjamin Hale 2011
 640.  The Great Fire

Chicago Premiere: Lookingglass Theatre

John Musial 2011 P
 641.  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
 642.  The Litigators
John Grisham 2011 FNovLT
 643.  The Litigators
John Grisham 2011
 644.  We All Fall Down

(Michael Kelly #4)

Michael Harvey
Michael Harvey link
2011 FNovMysSMys
 645.  Writers of the Black Chicago Renaissance
Steven C. Tracy 2011 NFCS
 646.  Are You Happy Now?
Richard Babcock
Richard Babcock link
2012
 647.  Bomb
Steve Sheinkin 2012 NFYA
 648.  Breakdown

A V.I. Warshawsk mystery (#16)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
2012 FMysSMys
 649.  Building Stories
Chris Ware
Chris Ware link
2012
 650.  Carry the One
Carol Anshaw 2012
 651.  Chicago Portraits
June Skinner Sawyers
June Sawyers link
2012 NFCS
 652.  City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
Gary Krist 2012 NFCS
 653.  City of the Big Shoulders: An Anthology of Chicago Poetry
Ryan G. Van Cleave (Ed.) 2012 Pt
 654.  Crowns

Chicago Premiere: Goodman Theatre

Regina Taylor 2012 P
 655.  Death at Woods Hole

An Emily Cabot mystery (#4).

Frances McNamara 2012 FMysSMys
 656.  Following Tommy
Bob Hartley
Bob Hartley link
2012 FNov
 657.  Her Mother’s Secret
Barbara Garland Polikoff
Barbara Garland Polikoff link
2012 FYA
 658.  Insurgent
Veronica Roth
Veronica Roth link
2012 FYASFF
 659.  My Kind of Town

Chicago Premiere: Timeline Theatre

John Conroy 2012 P
 660.  Office Girl
Joe Meno
Joe Meno link
2012 FNovRom
 661.  Target Lanser

A Nathan Heller mystery (#16)

Max Collins 2012 Mys
 662.  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
 663.  The Middlesteins
Jami Attenberg 2012
 664.  The Pursuit of Lucy Banning
Olivia Newport 2012 FNovHF
 665.  Time Between Us
Tamara Ireland Stone 2012 FYASFF
 666.  Triple Play

A Nathan Heller mystery (three novellas)

Max Collins 2012 FMys
 667.  Allegiant
Veronica Roth
Veronica Roth link
2013 FYASFF
 668.  Ask Not

A Nathan Heller mystery (#17)

Max Collins 2013 F
 669.  Big Lake Big City

Chicago Premiere: Lookingglass Theatre

Keith Huff 2013 P
 670.  Chasing Shadows
Swati Avasthi 2013 FYA
 671.  Critical Mass

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#17)

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

A Mark Angelotti mystery (#1)

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

Screenplay: Joe Swanberg, 2013

Director: Joe Swanberg

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

Screenplay: Joe Swanberg 2013 SP
 675.  End Me a Tenor
Joelle Charbonneau
Joelle Charbonneau link
2013 FMysYA
 676.  Good Kings Bad Kings
Susan Nussbaum 2013 FYA
 677.  Hold Fast
Blue Balliett
Blue Balliett link
2013 FMysYA
 678.  Identical
Scott Turow
Scott Turow link
2013 FNov
 679.  Jar the Floor

Chicago Premiere: ETA Theater

Cheryl L. West
Cheryl West link
2013 P
 680.  Little Known Facts
Christine Sneed
Christine Sneed link
2013
 681.  Pullman Porter Blues

Chicago Premiere: Goodman Theatre

Cheryl L. West
Cheryl West link
2013 P
 682.  The Cooked Seed
Anchee Min 2013 NFMA
 683.  The Panty Thief of Bridgeport
Ed Wagemann 2013 FNovMys
 684.  The Pirates Coin
Marianne Malone
Marianne Malone link
2013 FMysYA
 685.  The Roy Stories
Barry Gifford
Barry Gifford link
2013 FSS
 686.  The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream
Thomas Dyja
Thomas Dyja link
2013 NFCS
 687.  A Chorus Lineup
Joelle Charbonneau
Joelle Charbonneau link
2014 FMysYA
 688.  Bedrock Faith
Eric Charles May 2014
 689.  Dante’s Poison

A Mark Angelotti mystery (#2)

Lynne Raimondo 2014 Mys
 690.  Death at Chinatown

An Emily Cabot mystery (#5)

Frances McNamara 2014 FMysSMys
 691.  Exit Strategy

Chicago Premiere: Jackalope Theatre Company

Ike Holter 2014 P
 692.  Florence Kelly and the Children: Factory Inspector in 1890s Chicago
Leigh Buchanan Bienen
Leigh B. Bienen link
2014
 693.  Honor Above All
J. Bard-Collins
Joan Bard-Collins link
2014
 694.  Liliana
Neva Squires-Rodriguez 2014 FYA
 695.  Murder Red Ink
Mord McGhee 2014 FNovMys
 696.  Neanderthal Seeks Human: A Smart Romance
Penny Reid 2014 FRom
 697.  O’ Democracy
Kathleen Rooney
Kathleen Rooney link
2014
 698.  Painted Cities
Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski 2014
 699.  Pointe
Brandy Colbert 2014 FNovYA
 700.  Shall We Not Revenge
D.M. Pirrone
D.M. Pirrone link
2014 F
 701.  Some Dead Genius
Lenny Kleinfeld 2014
 702.  Song of My Life
Harry Mark Petrakis
Harry Mark Petrakis link
2014 NFMA
 703.  The Art of Secrets
James Klise 2014 FMysYA
 704.  The Black Hour
Lori Rader-Day
Lori Rader-Day link
2014
 705.  The Hundred-Year House
Rebecca Makkai
Rebecca Makkai link
2014 FNov
 706.  The Midnight City

Steppenwolf Theatre

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

Chicago Premiere: Strawdog Theatre

John Henry Roberts 2014 P
 709.  What the Lady Wants
Renee Rosen 2014
 710.  What We’ve Lost Is Nothing
Rachel Louise Snyder 2014
 711.  When Bad Things Happen to Rich People
Ian Morris 2014
 712.  Wrigley Field: An Oral and Narrative History of the Home of the Chicago Cubs
Ira Berkow
Ira Berkow link
2014 NFLS
 713.  A Good Family
Erik Fassnacht 2015
 714.  A Winsome Murder
James DeVita 2015
 715.  Bats of the Republic
Zachary Thomas Dodson 2015
 716.  Box of Rain
Debra R. Borys 2015
 717.  Brush Back

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#18)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
2015 FMysSMys
 718.  City Creatures: Animal Encounters in the Chicago Wilderness
Ed. Gavin Van Horn and David Aftandilian
Gavin Van Horn link
2015
 719.  Dante’s Dilemma

A Mark Angelotti mystery (#3)

Lynne Raimondo 2015 Mys
 720.  For You Were Strangers

Hanley & Rivka Mysteries #2

D.M. Pirrone
D.M. Pirrone link
2015
 721.  Grant Park
Leonard Pitts Jr. 2015
 722.  I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871

Juvenile historical fiction. New Chicago arrival Oscar Starling finds himself in the midst of the fire.

Lauren Tarshis 2015 HF
 723.  Jillian
Halle Butler
Halle Butler link
2015
 724.  On the Nine
Tony Bowers
Tony Bowers link
2015 FSS
 725.  Pieces and Players
Blue Balliett
Blue Balliett link
2015 FYA
 726.  Pretty Baby
Mary Kubica
Mary Kubica link
2015
 727.  Romantic Violence: Memoirs of an American Skinhead
Christian Picciolini
Christian Piccolini link
2015 NFMA
 728.  Suitcase Charlie

Hank and Marvin #1

John Guzlowski
John Guzlowski link
2015 FMysSMys
 729.  The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Volume One: At the Edge of Empire
Daniel Kraus 2015 FYA
 730.  The Governor’s Wife

(Michael Kelly #4)

Michael Harvey
Michael Harvey link
2015 FNovMysSMys
 731.  The Jazz Palace
Mary Morris
Mary Morris link
2015 FNovMysHF
 732.  The Making of Zombie Wars
Alexsandar Hemon
Aleksandar Hemon link
2015
 733.  White Collar Girl
Renee Rosen 2015
 734.  Wild Hundreds
Nate Marshall
Nate Marshall link
2015 Pt
 735.  Hank and Marvin
John Guzlowski
John Guzlowski link
2015-2017 SMys
 736.  A Girl Like You

A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Book (#1)

Michelle Cox
Michelle Cox link
2016
 737.  And Again
Jessica Chiarella
Jessica Chiarella link
2016
 738.  Beverly
Nick Drnaso
Nick Drnaso link
2016
 739.  Chicago
Brian Doyle 2016
 740.  Dead Man’s Blues
Ray Celestin 2016 FNovMysHF
 741.  Death at the Paris Exposition

Emily Cabot (#6)

Frances McNamara 2016 FMysSMys
 742.  Don’t You Cry
Mary Kubica
Mary Kubica link
2016
 743.  Hey, Liberal!
Shawn Shiflett
Shawn Shiflett link
2016 FNov
 744.  Just Kill Me
Adam Selzer
Adam Selzer link
2016 FYA
 745.  Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge
Paul Krueger 2016 FNovSFF
 746.  The Fugue
Gint Aras
Gint Aras link
2016
 747.  The Reason for Time
Mary Burns 2016
 748.  A People’s History of Chicago
Kevin Coval
Kevin Coval link
2017 Pt
 749.  Afterlife
Marcus Sakey 2017
 750.  Called Out
Floyd Sullivan
Floyd Sullivan link
2017 LS
 751.  Chicago Renaissance: Literature and Art in the Midwest Metropolis
Liesl Olson
Liesl Olson link
2017 NFCS
 752.  City of Grit and Gold
Maud Macrory Powell 2017
 753.  Electric Arches
Eve L. Ewing
Eve L. Ewing link
2017 Pt
 754.  Fallout

V.I. Warshawski (#19)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
2017 FMysSMys
 755.  Gunmetal Blue
Joseph G. Peterson
Joseph G. Peterson link
2017
 756.  I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Erika L. Sánchez
Erika L. Sanchez link
2017 FYA
 757.  Imperfections

Screenplay: David and Jonathan Singer

Director: David Singer

Stars: Virginia Kull, Ed Begley, Jr., Marilu Henner

Screenplay: David and Jonathan Singer 2017 SP
 758.  La Havana Madrid

Goodman Theatre

Sandra Delgado 2017 P
 759.  Little Schoolboys

Hank and Marvin #2

John Guzlowski
John Guzlowski link
2017 FMysSMys
 760.  Midnight Without a Moon
Linda Williams Jackson 2017 FNovYAHF
 761.  My Cubs: A Love Story
Scott Simon
Scott Simon link
2017 NFLSMA
 762.  Neighborhood Girls
Jessie Ann Foley 2017 FYA
 763.  No Small Plans
Gabrielle Lyon
Gabrielle Lyon link
2017 FNovYAGN
 764.  North and Central
Bob Hartley
Bob Hartley link
2017
 765.  Poison Girls
Cheryl Reed
Cheryl Reed link
2017 FNov
 766.  Spoonbenders
Daryl Gregory 2017
 767.  The Black Book
James Patterson 2017
 768.  The Boy Who Really, Really Wanted to Have Sex: The Memoir of a Fat Kid
John McNally
John McNally link
2017 NFMA
 769.  The Cuban Club: Stories
Barry Gifford
Barry Gifford link
2017
 770.  The Finder of the Lucky Devil

Lucky Devil #1

Megan Mackie 2017
 771.  The Hunting Accident: A True Story of Crime and Poetry
David L. Carson and Landis Blair 2017 FNovYAHFGN
 772.  The Lost Journalism of Ring Lardner
Ron Rapoport (Ed.) 2017 NC
 773.  Where My Body Ends and the World Begins
Tony Romano
Tony Romano link
2017
 774.  Windy City Blues
Renee Rosen 2017
 775.  A Few Red Drops
Claire Hartfield
Claire Hartfield link
2018 NFYA
 776.  All the Dreams We’ve Dreamed: A Story of Hoops and Handguns on Chicago’s West Side
Rus Bradburd
Rus Bradburd link
2018 NFLS
 777.  Broken Places

(Cass Raines #1)

Tracy Clark
Tracy Clark link
2018 FNovMysSMys
 778.  Built to Last
Julie Ann Walker 2018
 779.  Chicago
David Mamet
David Mamet link
2018 FNovHF
 780.  Chicago and the Making of American Modernism: Cather, Hemingway, Faulkner, and Fitzgerald in Conflict
Michelle Moore
Michelle Moore link
2018 NFCS
 781.  Death at the Selig Studio

Emily Cabot Mysteries (#7)

Frances McNamara 2018 FMysSMys
 782.  Finding Langston
Lesa Cline-Ransome 2018 FYA
 783.  Ghost Boys
Jewell Parker Rhodes 2018 FNovYA
 784.  Hot Mess
Emily Belden 2018
 785.  Let the People See: The Story of Emmett Till
Elliott J. Gorn
Elliott J. Gorn link
2018 NF
 786.  Love, Hate, and Other Filters
Samira Ahmed 2018 FNovYA
 787.  Low Chicago
Edited by George R.R. Martin and Melinda M. Snodgrass 2018
 788.  Noon in Paris, Eight in Chicago
Douglas Cowie
Douglas Cowie link
2018
 789.  On My Way to Liberation
H. Melt 2018
 790.  On the Way
Cyn Vargas
Cyn Vargas link
2018 FSS
 791.  Sabrina
Nick Drnaso
Nick Drnaso link
2018
 792.  Sacred Smokes
Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. 2018
 793.  Shell Game

A V.I. Warshawski mystery (#20)

Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky link
2018 FMysSMys
 794.  The Lake on Fire
Rosellen Brown
Rosellen Brown link
2018
 795.  The Mortification of Fovea Munson
Mary Wynn Heider
Mary Winn Heider link
2018 FNovYA
 796.  The Nix
Nathan Hill 2018
 797.  The Robot of Gotham
Todd McAulty 2018
 798.  The Saint of Liars

Lucky Devil #2

Megan Mackie 2018
 799.  The Verdun Affair
Nick Dybek
Nick Dybek link
2018 FNovRomHF
 800.  We Ate Wonder Bread: A Memoir of Growing Up on the West Side of Chicago
Nicole Hollander
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2018