Books set primarily in Illinois
Illinois
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Hello Beautiful: A Novel
by Ann Napolitano
Hardcover: Mar 2023
Paperback: Nov 2024
From the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Edward comes a poignant and engrossing family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole?
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All You Have to Do Is Call
by Kerri Maher
Hardcover: Sep 2023
Paperback: Aug 2024
A dramatic and inspiring novel based on the true story of the Jane Collective and the brave women who fought for our right to choose, from the USA Today bestselling author of The Paris Bookseller.
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Someone Like Us: A Novel
by Dinaw Mengestu
Hardcover: Jul 2024
The son of Ethiopian immigrants seeks to understand a hidden family history and uncovers a past colored by unexpected loss, addiction, and the enduring emotional pull toward home.
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Wellness: A Novel
by Nathan Hill
Hardcover: Sep 2023
Paperback: Jun 2024
The New York Times best-selling author of The Nix is back with a poignant and witty novel about marriage, the often baffling pursuit of health and happiness, and the stories that bind us together. From the gritty '90s Chicago art scene to a suburbia ...
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The Davenports
by Krystal Marquis
Hardcover: Jan 2023
Paperback: Jan 2024
The first in a breathless YA series set in 1910 Chicago, The Davenports offers a glimpse into a period of African American history often overlooked, while delivering a totally escapist, swoon-worthy read
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Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood
by Dawn Turner
Hardcover: Sep 2021
Paperback: Jun 2022
A "beautiful, tragic, and inspiring" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) memoir about three Black girls from the storied Bronzeville section of Chicago that offers a penetrating exploration of race, opportunity, friendship, sisterhood, and the ...
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Other People's Children
by R.J. Hoffmann
Hardcover: Apr 2021
Paperback: Apr 2022
A riveting debut novel about a couple whose dream of adopting a baby is shattered when the teenage mother reclaims her child.
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Becoming
by Michelle Obama
Hardcover: Nov 2018
Paperback: Mar 2021
Winner of the 2019 BookBrowse Nonfiction Award
An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States.
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Curious Toys
by Elizabeth Hand
Hardcover: Oct 2019
Paperback: Sep 2020
An intrepid young woman stalks a murderer through turn-of-the-century Chicago in "this rich, spooky, and atmospheric thriller that will appeal to fans of Henry Darger and Erik Larson alike" (Sarah McCarry).
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An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago
by Alex Kotlowitz
Hardcover: Mar 2019
Paperback: Mar 2020
A richly textured, heartrending portrait of love and death in Chicago's most turbulent neighborhoods.
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Courting Mr. Lincoln
by Louis Bayard
Hardcover: Apr 2019
Paperback: Feb 2020
From the prizewinning author of Mr. Timothy and The Pale Blue Eye comes Courting Mr. Lincoln, the page-turning and surprising story of a young Abraham Lincoln and the two people who loved him best: a sparky, marriageable Mary Todd and Lincoln's best ...
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The Place Between Breaths
by An Na
Hardcover: Mar 2018
Paperback: Mar 2019
From master storyteller and Printz Award–winning author An Na comes a dark, intensely moving story of a girl desperately determined to find a cure for the illness that swept her mother away, and could possibly destroy her own life as well.
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