A List of the Most Popular Books by Chicago Authors - 2018
Happy #NationalAuthorsDay! In honor of this day I'm sharing of a list of the best books by Chicago Authors. There's definitely something for everyone on this Chicago Authors list. Use this list to find your next favorite book and support all these amazing Chicago Authors!

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FICTION
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Women Fiction/Popular Fiction/Other
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A Girl’s Guide to Chicago by: Kelly Russell ( Women Fiction) - https://goo.gl/ciCnHQ
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Hot Mess by: Emily Belden (Women Fiction) - https://goo.gl/hFbDf4
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Cicada Summer by: Maureen Lipinski (Womens Fiction) - https://goo.gl/E1kpjn
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Livestock!: A Rock n Roll by: Matt McCarthy (Popular Fiction) - https://goo.gl/A81Bfc
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Nineteen Hundred Days by: Florence Osmund (Popular Fiction) - https://goo.gl/rvyg7H
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A Well-Respected Man by: David W Berner (Popular Fiction) - https://goo.gl/r3qNb3
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Love Me...Please by: Toneal M. Jackson (Popular Fiction) - https://goo.gl/25syq7
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Lines? by: Geralyn Hesslau Magrady (Historical Fiction) - https://goo.gl/5CFtjX
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Herself When Shes Missing by: Sarah Terez Rosenblum (Popular Fiction) - https://goo.gl/3gHgF4
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Face Your Fears by: Bill Mathis - (Popular Fiction) https://goo.gl/QdUFBj
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The Fourteenth of September: A Novel by: Rita Dragonette (Popular Fiction) - https://goo.gl/jjC7uu
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Season of Lies by: Dennis Hetzel (Sports Fiction) - https://goo.gl/FyJS2V
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Humorous Fiction
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Mr. & Mrs. American Pie by: Juliet McDaniel (Humorous Fiction) - https://goo.gl/btpQ3t
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Family & Other Catastrophes by: Alexandra Borowitz (Humorous Fiction) - https://goo.gl/jSDvJF
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Chuckerman Makes a Movie by: Francie Arenson Dickman (Humorous Fiction) - https://goo.gl/cwWkmE
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Thrillers/Mysteries/Crime
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Afterlife by: Marcus Sakey (Thrillers) - https://goo.gl/gYxVei
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Don’t You Cry by: Mary Kubica (Psychological Thrillers)- https://goo.gl/ABWi2L
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The Great Believers by: Rebecca Makkai (Psychological Thrillers)- https://goo.gl/xkz7Tb
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The Heiress in Kent: Kopp Chronicles by: Greg Kopp (Mystery) - https://goo.gl/cVd17j
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A Fine Line (A Sebastian Drake Novel) by: Dan Burns (Mystery) - https://goo.gl/hajo8D
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Extradition by: Sandra M. Colbert (Mystery)- https://goo.gl/oKpuQd
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Killing the Curse by: Dennis Hetzel (Thrillers) - https://goo.gl/5HYFvr
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Dark Money by: John Risvold (Thrillers) - https://goo.gl/AxTos2
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The Apothecarys Curse by: Barbara Barnett (Thrillers) - https://goo.gl/fhio8K
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Shepherd & the Professor by: Dan Klefstad (Crime) - https://goo.gl/JpDh29
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RAZORBACK: gripping crime fiction, full of suspense by: Lou Holly (Polticial Thrillers) - https://goo.gl/ipUHFN
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The Callies Kitchen Cozy Mystery Series Boxed Set: Books 1 - 3 by: Jenny Kales (Mystery) - https://goo.gl/6DQUbi
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The Governors Daughter: The Mysteries of Colonial Cambodia by: Sambath Meas (Mystery)- https://goo.gl/55NNgq
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Trial and Commitment by: J. Gasparich (Thrillers) - https://goo.gl/gCJmNa
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Science Fiction
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The Cube by: Kelly Weiss (Science Fiction) - https://goo.gl/kAXTu5
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Edju by: RW Spryszak (Gothic Fiction) - https://goo.gl/rq1NYf
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Days of Darkness: Awakening (Book 1) by: Angelo Jackson (Science Fiction) - https://goo.gl/pN65JD
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Jupiter Justice by: Donald Hunt (Science Fiction) - https://goo.gl/pEfWsw
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Original Syn by: Beth Kande (Science Fiction) - https://goo.gl/M442TW
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The Swan Prince (The Wilderhark Tales #1) by: Danielle E. Shipley (Fantasty Romance) - https://goo.gl/GuCbJb
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A Glance at My Other by: Bruce Randal Wilkerson (Magical Fiction) - https://goo.gl/3ZEfyL
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The Conversions by: Theodore Richards (Science Fiction) - https://goo.gl/yiUWhC
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Young Adult /Children
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The Window by: Amelia Brunskill (YA) - https://goo.gl/duQkdE
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Zenn Diagram by: Wendy Brant (YA) - https://goo.gl/pHMZka
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The Commons, Book 1: The Journeyman by: Michael Alan Peck (YA) - https://goo.gl/im7mAJ
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Ashers Fault by: Elizabeth Wheeler (YA) - https://goo.gl/UWeG51
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Finnigan the Circus Cat by: Mary T Wagner (Children) - https://goo.gl/3kGiHf
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Christianna by: Ms. Sonja Michelle Crockett (Children)- https://goo.gl/pWLiU4
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On a Summer Night by: Gabriel D Vidrine (YA) - https://goo.gl/Q99n8U
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Deception So Deadly (Volume 1) by: Clara Kensie (YA) - https://goo.gl/v5hBtk
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Another D for DeeDee by: Bibi Belford (Children) - https://goo.gl/CExKT2
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Short Stories/ Poetry
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A Belgian Assortment: Brussels Short Stories by: T D Arkenberg (Short Stories) - https://goo.gl/5SHtCg
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Animals on Buses by: Adam Lawson (Short Stories) - https://goo.gl/1WnLKC
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This Far Isnt Far Enough by: Lynn Sloan (Short Stories) - https://goo.gl/vN1h6J
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Skating on the Vertical: Stories by: Jan English Leary (Short Stories) - https://goo.gl/FRErtv
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when willow weeps by: Tish de la Mora (Poetry) - https://goo.gl/MVLX6r
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Oh, The Places I Have Traveled by: Renee J. Nowlin (Poetry) - https://goo.gl/NJZkc3
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NONFICTION
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Memoirs/Biographies
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Redlined: A Memoir of Race, Change, and Fractured Community in 1960s Chicago by: Linda Gartz (Biograhpies) - https://goo.gl/CMtEpD
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My Sisters Mother: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Stalins Siberia by: Donna Urbikas (Memoir) - https://goo.gl/jWb74u
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Cubsessions by: By: Becky Sarwate and Randy Richardson (Memoir) - https://goo.gl/9M5CQx
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Housing Projects, Mansions & Schools: An Educators Odyssey by: Roger Prosise (Biographies) - https://goo.gl/V6ZbHG
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Mollies War: The Letters of a World War II WAC in Europe by: Mollie Weinstein Schaffer (Biographies) - https://goo.gl/ArSpxZ
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Walk Until Sunrise by: J.J. Maze (Memoirs) - https://goo.gl/qBXv8J
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Girl Seeking Pearls: An Autobiographical Kaleidoscope and Collection of Experiences by: Esperanza Smith (Biographies) - https://goo.gl/L1NVRU
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Doin’ the Cruise: Memories From A Lifetime in Radio and Rock & Roll by: Mitch Michaels with Ken Churilla (Biographies) - https://goo.gl/DSTaVd
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Gypsy Music Street by: Roberta Dietzen (Biographies) - https://goo.gl/zF8aQ4
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Giant Love Song: A Memoir by: Maureen Muldoon (Biographies) - https://goo.gl/DsCpVK
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Force of Nature: George Fell, Founder of the Natural Areas Movement by: Arthur Melville Pearson (Biographies)- https://goo.gl/mE82hM
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Self Help
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Humor, Comedy & Sketch Writing by: Ed Toolis (Self Help) - https://goo.gl/QapBc6
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The Single Christian Womans Guide: Wisdom in Getting to Our God-Ordained Man of Promise by: Russelyn Williams (Self Help) - https://goo.gl/qU1RgC
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Gathering Voices: Creating a Community-Based Poetry Workshop by Marty McConnell (Self Help) - https://goo.gl/1uvVVW
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Could it be Adult ADHD?: A Clinicians Guide to Recognition, Assessment, and Treatment by: Jan Willer (Clinical Psychology)- https://goo.gl/vapccM
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Friend Grief and Anger: When Your Friend Dies and No One Gives A Damn - by: Victoria Noe (Self Help) - https://goo.gl/eiPvoT
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Weddings Unfiltered: The No Bullsh*t Wedding Planning Guide by: Jessica Sclafini (Self Help) - https://goo.gl/rDCQyQ
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The Buddha at My Table: How I Found Peace in Betrayal and Divorce by: Tammy Letherer (Self Help) - https://goo.gl/gCCYe6
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Other
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Chicago Stories: Policing, Pests, and Pestilence by: Peter V. Bella (Short Stories) - https://goo.gl/MKa62j
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Grace Without God: The Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging in a Secular Age by: Katherine Ozment (Religion) - https://goo.gl/6wjvTE
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Pigs, Pork, and Heartland Hogs: From Wild Boar to Baconfest (Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy) by: Cynthia Clampitt (Food History) - https://goo.gl/3p5mb6
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The Real News!: The Never-Before-Told Stories of Donald Trump & Fake News! by: John Bernard Ruane (Political Humor) - https://goo.gl/8VNVmR
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Overland: Remembering Southeast Asia by: Caryn Green (Adventure Travel) - https://goo.gl/Rwh64W
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Manage Your Financial Life: A Thoughtful, Organized Approach for Women by: Nancy Doyle (Personal Finance) - https://goo.gl/jNRBxe
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Zombie Gardening by: Adam Kessel (Graphic Novels) - https://goo.gl/29JwTD