Chicago on Tap:
A Love Letter to Local Literature
From romance to nonfiction to sci-fi and more, this list is full of recent books written by local Chicago authors.
Click on the titles to place your holds at your nearest Chicago Public Library branch. Cheers to great reads!
Nonfiction
- Energy Never Dies: Afro-Optimism and Creativity in Chicago – Ayana Contreras
- Original Sins – Eve L. Ewing
- Redlined: A Memoir of Race, Change, and Fractured Community in 1960s Chicago – Linda Gartz
- Street Fight: The Chicago Taxi Wars of the 1920s – Anne Morrissy
- Made in Chicago: Stories Behind 30 Great Hometown Bites – Monica Eng
Fiction – Historical
- The Goddess of Warsaw – Lisa Barr
- The Divorcées – Rowan Beaird
- From Dust to Stardust – Kathleen Rooney
Fiction – Mystery and Thriller
- She’s Not Sorry – Mary Kubica
- Death in the Cards – Mia P. Manansala
Fiction – Coming-of-Age
- Hot Springs Drive – Lindsay Hunter
- I’ll Take Everything You Have – James Klise
- The Best That You Can Do – Amina Gautier
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Jeni’s Ice Cream Social
We’re hosting an ice cream social fundraiser at Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at the Southport and Connors Park locations on August 7 from 4 pm to 7pm to celebrate National Book Lovers Day.
25% of all sales during the event will be donated back to us.