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Recent Chicago Books (Spring 2024)

Read local with our latest roundup of recent books by authors with a connection to the Chicago area and books about or set in Chicagoland.

Chicago Public Library

50 items

  • The 1906-1910 Cubs Dynasty

    Rowdy Times and Rugged Men in Cutthroat Chicago

    Santella, Gary D.,
    PaperbackCharleston, SC : The History Press, 2024. — GV875.C6S26 2024
  • Beer Hiking Chicago and Beyond

    the Tastiest Way to Discover the Windy City

    Sedgwick, Jessica,
    PaperbackSwitzerland : Helvetiq, 2024. — GV199.42.I32C477 2024
  • Book[Berkeley, California] : Counterpoint, [2024] — FIC GENI
  • Paperback[Missoula, Montana] : Vault Comics, [2024] — PN6727.K73C46 2024
  • Chicago Cubs Firsts

    the Players, Moments, and Records That Were First in Team History

    Yellon, Al,
    PaperbackEssex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2024] — GV875.C6Y44 2024
  • PaperbackCharleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2024] — F548.3.L495 2024
  • Chorus of the Union

    How Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas Set Aside Their Rivalry to Save the Nation

    McClelland, Ted,
    BookNew York : Pegasus Books, 2024. — E468.M33 2024
  • The City Is Up for Grabs

    How Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Led and Lost a City in Crisis

    Pratt, Gregory Royal,
    BookChicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2024] — F548.52.P73 2024
  • Committed

    on Meaning and Madwomen : a Memoir

    Scanlon, Suzanne,
    PaperbackNew York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2024] — RC451.4.W6S33 2024
  • Craft

    Stories I Wrote for the Devil

    Lima, Ananda,
    PaperbackNew York : Tor Publishing Group, 2024. — FIC LIMA
  • The Dead Don't Need Reminding

    in Search of Fugitives, Mississippi, and Black TV Nerd Sh*t

    Randall, Julian,
    BookNew York : Bold Type Books, 2024. — PS3618.A6253Z46 2024
  • PaperbackLondon : Dorling Kindersley Limited, [2024] — F548.18.T67 2024
  • Down Ballot

    How a Local Campaign Became a National Referendum on Abortion

    Wohl, Patrick, 1994-
    PaperbackChampaign, IL : 3 Fields Books, an imprint of the University of Illinois Press, [2024] — JK57931990.W65 2024
  • The French Ingredient

    Making a Life in Paris One Lesson at a Time : a Memoir

    Bertch, Jane,
    BookNew York : Ballantine Books, [2024] — TX649.B47A3 2024
  • Great American City

    Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect

    Sampson, Robert J., 1956-
    PaperbackChicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2024. — F548.3.S26 2024
  • PaperbackChicago, IL : Soberscove Press, [2024] — N8660.H83H45 2024