The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Chicago

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17120 There Is A World Elsewhere F. Gonzalez-Crussi 1998 American Unknown
16769 The Pound Era Hugh Kenner 1971 Canadian English
17120 List Of Books Frederic Raphael 1981 British Unknown
17120 The Element Of Lavishness William Maxwell 2000 American English
17120 Boggs Lawrence Weschler 1999 British English
17120 The Cliff Dwellers Henry Blake Fuller 1893 American English
17120 The Shadow Knows Diane Johnson 1974 American English
17120 Paper Fish Tina de Rosa 1980 American English
17120 Nature’s Metropolis William Cronon 1991 American English
17120 The Gospel Sound Anthony Heilbut 1971 American English
17120 The Trip To Echo Spring Olivia Laing 2013 British English
17120 Sacred Hoops Spiritual Lessons Of A Hardwood Warrior Phil Jackson 1995 American English
17120 The Informant Kurt Eichenwald 2000 American English
17120 If We Were Villains M. L. Rio 2017 American English
17120 Divergent Veronica Roth 2011 American English
17120 An Abundance Of Katherines John Green 2006 American English
17120 The Collected Poems Of A.K. Ramanujan A.K. Ramanujan 1995 Indian English
17120 The Illuminatus! Trilogy Robert Shea 1975 American English
17120 Eight Men Out Eliot Asinof 1963 American English
17120 Die Trying Lee Child 1998 British English
17120 The Third Reich Michael Burleigh 2000 British English
17120 Agnes Peter Stamm 1998 Swiss German
17120 The Paris Wife Paula McLain 2011 American English
17120 The Way We Never Were Stephanie Countz 1992 Unknown English
17120 The History Of White People Nell Irvin Painter 2010 American English
17120 Fool Moon Jim Butcher 2001 American English
17120 Made In America Bill Bryson 1994 American English
17120 To The Hoop Ira Berkow 1997 American English
17120 $2.00 A Day Kathryn J. Edin 2015 American English
17120 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Book 2 Emil Ferris 2024 American English
17120 Remember The First Ladies Diana B. Carlin, Anita B. McBride, Nancy Kegan Smith 2024 Unknown English
17120 Three Month Fever Gary Indiana 1999 American English
17120 Before The Storm Rick Perlstein 2001 American English
17120 Lincoln's Last Trial Dan Abrams 2018 American English
17120 Deadlock Sara Paretsky 1984 American English
17120 The Cardinal Sins Andrew M. Greeley 1981 American English
17120 Playing For Keeps David Halberstam 1999 American English
17120 Good Talk, Dad Bill Geist, Willie Geist 2014 American English
17120 Hip Hop Is History Questlove 2024 American Unknown
17120 Girls In White Dresses Jennifer Close 2011 American English
17120 Alone With You In The Ether Olivie Blake 2022 Unknown English
17120 The Nix Nathan Hill 2016 American English
17120 Invincible Robert Kirkman 2003 American English
17120 Assassination Vacation Sarah Vowell 2005 American English
17120 Accordion Crimes Annie Proulx 1996 American English
17120 The Gold Bug Variations Richard Powers 1991 American English
17120 The Great American Bus Ride Irma Kurtz 1993 Unknown English
17120 The Ultimate History Of Video Games Steven L. Kent 2001 American English
17120 More Work For Mother Ruth Schwartz Cowan 1983 American English
17120 Angela Davis Angela Davis 1974 American English
17120 Easily Slip Into Another World Henry Threadgill, Brent Hayes Edwards 2023 Unknown English
17120 Abolition Angela Davis 2022 American English
17120 The Rise And Fall Of The Second American Republic Manisha Sinha 2024 Unknown English
17120 Freethinkers Susan Jacoby 2004 American English
17120 America The Beautiful? Blythe Roberson 2023 Unknown English
17114 Malcolm X Malcolm X 1965 American English
17120 The Expressman And The Detective Allan Pinkerton 2004 American English
17120 The Achievements Of Luther Trant William MacHarg, Edwin Balmer 1910 American English
17120 The Summer Game Roger Angell 1972 American English
17120 The Long Season Jim Brosnan 1960 American English
17120 Babe Robert Creamer 1974 American English
17120 Veeck As In Wreck Bill Veeck, Ed Linn 1962 American English
17120 The Unforgettable Season Gordon H. Fleming 1981 Unknown English
17120 The Celebrant Eric Rolfe Greenberg 1983 American English
17120 The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract Bill James 1985 American English
17120 The Baseball Encyclopedia Macmillan 1969 American English
17120 The Glory Of Their Times Lawrence Ritter 1966 American English
17120 The Complete Armchair Book Of Baseball John Thorn 2004 American English
17120 Lords Of The Realm John Helyar 1994 American English
17120 Only The Ball Was White Robert Peterson 1970 Unknown English
17120 The Story Of American Golf Herbert Warren Wind 1975 American English
17120 Farewell To Sport Paul Gallico 1970 American English
17120 Muhammad Ali Thomas Hauser 1991 American English
17120 Road Swing Steve Rushin 1998 American English
17120 No Cheering In The Press Box Jerome Holtzman 1974 American English
17120 The Bingo Long Traveling All Stars And Motor Kings William Brashler 1973 American English
17120 My Bright Abyss Christian Wiman 2013 American English
17120 How The Beatles Destroyed Rock 'N' Roll Elijah Wald 2009 American English
17120 The Fabulous Clipjoint Frederick Brown 1947 American English
17120 The Great Movies Roger Ebert 2003 American English
17120 Dear Church lenny duncan 2019 American English
17120 I Can't Accept Not Trying Michael Jordan 1994 American English
17120 The Oxford Book Of American Short Stories Joyce Carol Oates 1992 American English
17120 The World And All That It Holds Aleksandar Hemon 2023 Bosnian English
17120 Atlas Obscura Joshua Foer 2016 American English
17120 The Simple Path To Wealth J.L. Collins 2016 American English
17120 Ice Amy Brady 2023 Unknown English
17120 King Jonathan Eig 2023 American English
17120 A History Of Fake Things On The Internet Walter Scheirer 2023 Unknown Unknown
17120 American Gun Cameron McWhirter, Zusha Elinson 2023 Unknown English
17120 Betty Friedan Rachel Shteir 2023 Unknown English
17120 24 7 Politics Kathryn Cramer Brownell 2023 Unknown English
17120 Easily Slip Into Another World Henry Threadgill, Brent Hayes Edwards 2023 Unknown English
17120 Paved Paradise Henry Grabar 2023 Unknown English
17120 Milton Friedman Jennifer Burns 2023 Unknown English
16941 Security Analysis Benjamin Graham 1934 American English
17120 Hedge Fund Market Wizards Jack D. Schwager 2012 American English
17120 The Hunting Accident David Carlson 2017 Unknown English
17120 1919 Martin W. Sandler 2019 American English
17120 Saint Joan Of The Stockyards Bertolt Brecht 1931 German German
17120 The New Geography Of Jobs Enrico Moretti 2012 American English
17120 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Emil Ferris 2017 American English