2024 NPL Amazing Book Challenge - hosted by mandurpandur

Set in Chicagoland
Grab an Italian beef and sit down for stories set in the best city around! From the streets
of Wicker Park to the center of suburbia, Chicagoland has inspired generations of
authors to write about the Second City and those who call it home. Pick up a book set in
Chicagoland to explore all the Windy City and its surrounding towns have to offer.
All books added
Everywhere You Don't Belong by Gabriel Bump

Everywhere You Don't Belong

Gabriel Bump

272 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction contemporary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Divergent by Veronica Roth

Divergent

Divergent #1

Veronica Roth

487 pages • paperback • 2011

fiction dystopian romance young adult adventurous tense fast-paced
The Black Girls Left Standing by Juliana Goodman

The Black Girls Left Standing

Juliana Goodman

320 pages • digital • 2022

fiction contemporary young adult emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

The Jungle

Upton Sinclair

276 pages • paperback • 1905

fiction classics literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed

Hollow Fires

Samira Ahmed

404 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction thriller young adult emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

The Westing Game

Ellen Raskin

182 pages • paperback • 1978

fiction middle grade mystery adventurous mysterious fast-paced
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

110 pages • paperback • 1984

fiction literary emotional reflective fast-paced
The Davenports by Krystal Marquis

The Davenports

The Davenports #1

Krystal Marquis

379 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction historical romance young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City's Soul by Scott W. Berg

The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City's Soul

Scott W. Berg

464 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
The Unspoken by Ian K. Smith

The Unspoken

Ashe Cayne #1

Ian K. Smith

295 pages • digital • 2020

fiction mystery thriller mysterious medium-paced