Living Chicago Area Authors

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My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #1)
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 25,886 ratings
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The Comedown
The Comedown 3.53 avg rating — 612 ratings
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An Affair of Spies
An Affair of Spies 3.91 avg rating — 2,282 ratings
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Big Girl Small
Big Girl Small 3.34 avg rating — 2,774 ratings
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Eat Only When You're Hungry
Eat Only When You're Hungry 3.23 avg rating — 2,266 ratings
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Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk 3.85 avg rating — 32,382 ratings
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The Great Believers
The Great Believers 4.29 avg rating — 161,731 ratings
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High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing
High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing 4.34 avg rating — 2,042 ratings
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Census
Census 3.42 avg rating — 3,664 ratings
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The Window
The Window 3.77 avg rating — 2,623 ratings
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What Should Be Wild
What Should Be Wild 3.21 avg rating — 4,439 ratings
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My Midnight Years: Surviving Jon Burge's Police Torture Ring and Death Row
My Midnight Years: Surviving Jon Burge's Police Torture Ring and Death Row 4.38 avg rating — 129 ratings
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The Teeth of the Comb & Other Stories
The Teeth of the Comb & Other Stories 3.59 avg rating — 318 ratings
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Poison Girls
Poison Girls 4.24 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Eli's Promise
Eli's Promise 4.12 avg rating — 5,606 ratings
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Whispers in a Phone Booth: A Depression-Era Tale of Danger and Deception
Whispers in a Phone Booth: A Depression-Era Tale of Danger and Deception 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
Remarkably Bright Creatures 4.37 avg rating — 1,048,763 ratings
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Narrow Window, The
Narrow Window, The 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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How to Behave in a Crowd
How to Behave in a Crowd 3.87 avg rating — 3,488 ratings
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Defending Britta Stein (Liam Taggart & Catherine Lockhart, #6)
Defending Britta Stein (Liam Taggart & Catherine Lockhart, #6) 4.27 avg rating — 4,278 ratings
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The First Wolf Pack: A Dog's Fable
The First Wolf Pack: A Dog's Fable 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Kiss an Angel
Kiss an Angel 4.17 avg rating — 68,791 ratings
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The Righteous
The Righteous 3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Houseguest
The Houseguest 3.25 avg rating — 353 ratings
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Open House
Open House 3.70 avg rating — 60,778 ratings
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Long Way Home: A Young Man Lost in the System and the Two Women Who Found Him
Long Way Home: A Young Man Lost in the System and the Two Women Who Found Him 4.23 avg rating — 218 ratings
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Dead Land (V.I. Warshawski #20)
Dead Land (V.I. Warshawski #20) 4.05 avg rating — 5,287 ratings
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A Place to Hide
A Place to Hide 4.12 avg rating — 2,433 ratings
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A Death Along the River Fleet (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #4)
A Death Along the River Fleet (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #4) 3.90 avg rating — 442 ratings
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The Vibrant Years
The Vibrant Years 3.97 avg rating — 21,599 ratings
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No Relation
No Relation 4.46 avg rating — 91 ratings
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The Book of Unknown Americans
The Book of Unknown Americans 3.89 avg rating — 45,526 ratings
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And Again
And Again 3.54 avg rating — 2,338 ratings
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Nocturne
Nocturne 3.24 avg rating — 2,119 ratings
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Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker 3.54 avg rating — 32,349 ratings
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Bone Gap
Bone Gap 3.81 avg rating — 30,240 ratings
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The Lives of Tao (Tao, #1)
The Lives of Tao (Tao, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 9,383 ratings
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Internment
Internment 3.87 avg rating — 20,055 ratings
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A Gentleman's Guide to Graceful Living
A Gentleman's Guide to Graceful Living 3.37 avg rating — 241 ratings
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Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1)
Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 262,730 ratings
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The Testing (The Testing, #1)
The Testing (The Testing, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 81,276 ratings
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The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden
The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden 4.05 avg rating — 215 ratings
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The Ghost and the Goth (The Ghost and the Goth, #1)
The Ghost and the Goth (The Ghost and the Goth, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 19,070 ratings
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The Black Book
The Black Book 4.28 avg rating — 41,800 ratings
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The Carnival at Bray
The Carnival at Bray 3.90 avg rating — 3,009 ratings
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The Murder House
The Murder House 4.07 avg rating — 48,079 ratings
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Let's Get Lost
Let's Get Lost 3.75 avg rating — 13,227 ratings
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My Friend Rabbit: A Picture Book
My Friend Rabbit: A Picture Book 3.90 avg rating — 11,468 ratings
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My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 3,744 ratings
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The Noisy Paint Box
The Noisy Paint Box 4.16 avg rating — 4,441 ratings
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The Woman in the Water (Charles Lenox Mysteries, #0.1)
The Woman in the Water (Charles Lenox Mysteries, #0.1) 4.05 avg rating — 5,479 ratings
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Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks 4.38 avg rating — 1,035 ratings
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I Am Drums
I Am Drums 4.26 avg rating — 356 ratings
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Baby Loves Aerospace Engineering!
Baby Loves Aerospace Engineering! 4.13 avg rating — 490 ratings
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The Thousand
The Thousand 2.97 avg rating — 800 ratings
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Mighty, Mighty Construction Site
Mighty, Mighty Construction Site 4.25 avg rating — 1,768 ratings
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Brighton
Brighton 3.70 avg rating — 3,620 ratings
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The Making of Zombie Wars
The Making of Zombie Wars 3.10 avg rating — 1,059 ratings
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Txtng Mama Txtng Baby
Txtng Mama Txtng Baby 2.44 avg rating — 25 ratings
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After the Dam
After the Dam 3.87 avg rating — 160 ratings
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Grace to the Finish (A Manor House Mystery, #8)
Grace to the Finish (A Manor House Mystery, #8) 4.18 avg rating — 749 ratings
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The Grip of It
The Grip of It
by: Jac Jemc
3.16 avg rating — 14,490 ratings
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Of This Much I'm Sure: A Memoir
Of This Much I'm Sure: A Memoir 4.54 avg rating — 59 ratings
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If You Leave Me
If You Leave Me 3.69 avg rating — 4,784 ratings
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The Art of Secrets
The Art of Secrets 3.46 avg rating — 1,224 ratings
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Ghost Talkers
Ghost Talkers 3.86 avg rating — 4,660 ratings
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The Answers
The Answers 3.29 avg rating — 5,977 ratings
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Every Last Lie
Every Last Lie 3.34 avg rating — 50,703 ratings
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The Ride of Our Lives: Roadside Lessons of an American Family
The Ride of Our Lives: Roadside Lessons of an American Family 3.86 avg rating — 1,125 ratings
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The Exiles
The Exiles 3.11 avg rating — 522 ratings
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Music for Wartime
Music for Wartime 4.04 avg rating — 1,950 ratings
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Best Worst American: Stories
Best Worst American: Stories 4.07 avg rating — 101 ratings
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Heartbreaker
Heartbreaker 3.74 avg rating — 701 ratings
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Black Star Renegades (Black Star Renegades #1)
Black Star Renegades (Black Star Renegades #1) 3.49 avg rating — 851 ratings
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The Miles Between Me
The Miles Between Me 4.07 avg rating — 41 ratings
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From the Ground Up: A Food Grower's Education in Life, Love, and the Movement That's Changing the Nation
From the Ground Up: A Food Grower's Education in Life, Love, and the Movement That's Changing the Nation 4.06 avg rating — 293 ratings
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Chicago Renaissance: Literature and Art in the Midwest Metropolis
Chicago Renaissance: Literature and Art in the Midwest Metropolis 4.18 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Gunmetal Blue
Gunmetal Blue 3.81 avg rating — 43 ratings
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The Day I Died
The Day I Died 3.49 avg rating — 2,555 ratings
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Running in the Dark
Running in the Dark 3.77 avg rating — 411 ratings
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The Knife
The Knife 3.77 avg rating — 356 ratings
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Windy City Blues
Windy City Blues 4.09 avg rating — 1,590 ratings
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Afterlife
Afterlife 3.79 avg rating — 10,292 ratings
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The Mirror Thief
The Mirror Thief 3.01 avg rating — 2,070 ratings
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The Virginity of Famous Men
The Virginity of Famous Men 4.04 avg rating — 292 ratings
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The Wrong Way to Save Your Life: Essays
The Wrong Way to Save Your Life: Essays 4.22 avg rating — 1,559 ratings
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My Sister’s Mother: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Stalin’s Siberia
My Sister’s Mother: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Stalin’s Siberia 4.42 avg rating — 83 ratings
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The House of Broken Angels
The House of Broken Angels 3.88 avg rating — 18,826 ratings
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Masterpieces of Chicago Architecture
Masterpieces of Chicago Architecture 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Giant Squid
Giant Squid 4.29 avg rating — 1,557 ratings
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Things I'll Never Say: Stories About Our Secret Selves
Things I'll Never Say: Stories About Our Secret Selves
by: Ann Angel
3.33 avg rating — 96 ratings
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Threads
Threads 3.82 avg rating — 784 ratings
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The Bully Book
The Bully Book 3.93 avg rating — 1,918 ratings
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Inhuman (Fetch, #1)
Inhuman (Fetch, #1)
by: Kat Falls
4.09 avg rating — 6,644 ratings
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Miles from Nowhere
Miles from Nowhere
by: Nami Mun
3.61 avg rating — 3,223 ratings
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The Space Within: Inside Great Chicago Buildings
The Space Within: Inside Great Chicago Buildings 4.29 avg rating — 28 ratings
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A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 3.67 avg rating — 1,205 ratings
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This Could Hurt
This Could Hurt 3.33 avg rating — 3,472 ratings
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Brilliant Flame! Amiri Baraka: Poems, Plays, Politics for the People
Brilliant Flame! Amiri Baraka: Poems, Plays, Politics for the People really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Love, Hate & Other Filters
Love, Hate & Other Filters 3.74 avg rating — 14,084 ratings
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