A couple months ago I tweeted the following:

This had a ton of great responses that I would like to document. In no order the responses were:
American Pharaoh
Fire on the Prairie
Boss
Sin in the Second City
Here’s the Deal, the buying and selling of a great American city
There are no children here
Forever Open, Clear, and Free
Nature’s Metropolis (I love this one)
Studs Terkel – Division Street
High-Rises, Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing
My Kind of Sound, The secret history of Chicago Music
The South Side
Third Coast
Occupied Territory
The Sinking of the Eastland
Gang Leader for a Day
The Social Order of the Slum
The Jungle
They All Fall Down
Brotherhood of Corruption
The battle of Lincoln Park
Sara Paretsky
The Fabulous Clipjoint
Sister Carrie
The time traveler’s wife
Dirty Waters
Crossing California
Rouges, Rebels, and Rubber Stamps
Making a New Deal
Let me know who wants to start a winter book club!