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Book Recommendations for General Fiction, set in Illinois

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  • Hello Beautiful
    Ann Napolitano
    Paperback: 11/19/2024
     
    From the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Edward comes a poignant and engrossing family story that ...
  • All You Have to Do Is Call
    Kerri Maher
    Paperback: 08/27/2024
     
    A dramatic and inspiring novel based on the true story of the Jane Collective and the brave women who fought ...
  • Someone Like Us
    Dinaw Mengestu
    Hardcover: 07/30/2024
     
    The son of Ethiopian immigrants seeks to understand a hidden family history and uncovers a past colored by ...
  • Wellness
    Wellness: A Novel
    Nathan Hill
    Paperback: 06/25/2024
     
    The New York Times best-selling author of The Nix is back with a poignant and witty novel about marriage, the ...
  • The Davenports
    Krystal Marquis
    Paperback: 01/02/2024
     
    The first in a breathless YA series set in 1910 Chicago, The Davenports offers a glimpse into a period of ...
  • Other People's Children
    R.J. Hoffmann
    Paperback: 04/05/2022
     
    A riveting debut novel about a couple whose dream of adopting a baby is shattered when the teenage mother ...
  • Curious Toys
    Elizabeth Hand
    Paperback: 09/29/2020
     
    An intrepid young woman stalks a murderer through turn-of-the-century Chicago in "this rich, spooky, and ...

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