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October 2021 Books We're Excited About

Check out this month's recommendations from Chicago Public Library. Visit our Books page for previous lists of recommendations.

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  • 1979

    An Allie Burns Novel

    McDermid, Val,
    Book, 2021New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2021. — FIC MCDERMID
  • The 9.9 Percent

    the New Aristocracy That Is Entrenching Inequality and Warping Our Culture

    Stewart, Matthew, 1963-
    Book, 2021New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021. — HT653.U6S74 2021
  • All of the Marvels

    a Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told

    Wolk, Douglas,
    Book, 2021New York : Penguin Press, 2021. — PN6725.W64 2021
  • Paperback, 2021New York, NY : Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — FIC DADE
  • American Made

    What Happens to People When Work Disappears

    Stockman, Farah,
    Book, 2021New York : Random House, [2021] — HD5708.55.U62I5377 2021
  • Black Food

    Stories, Art, and Recipes From Across the African Diaspora

    Book, 2021California ; New York : 4 Color Books, an imprint of Ten Speed Press, [2021] — GT2853.U5B59 2021
  • Book, 2021New York [New York] : Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021] — FIC HARRISON
  • Book, 2021New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021. — FIC SOLOMON
  • Book, 2021New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021. — FIC TOEWS
  • Gastro Obscura

    a Food Adventurer's Guide

    Wong, Cecily,
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Workman Publishing Co., Inc., [2021] — TX737.W66 2021
  • The Genome Defense

    Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA

    Contreras, Jorge L.,
    Book, 2021Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [2021] — KF228.A8436C66 2021
  • Invisible Child

    Poverty, Survival & Hope in An American City

    Elliott, Andrea,
    Book, 2021New York : Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021] — HV4506.N6E45 2021
  • King of the Blues

    the Rise and Reign of B.B. King

    De Visé, Daniel,
    Book, 2021New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2021. — ML420.K473D43 2021
  • Major Labels

    a History of Popular Music in Seven Genres

    Sanneh, Kelefa,
    Book, 2021New York : Penguin Press, 2021. — ML3470.S25 2021
  • Book, 2021New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021. — FIC JOHNSON
  • Book, 2021New York [New York] : Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021] — FIC STROUT
  • Paperback, 2021New York : Jove, 2021. — FIC HARPER
  • Smile

    the Story of a Face

    Ruhl, Sarah, 1974-
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2021. — PS3618.U48Z46 2021