Books Set in Chicago

Saul Bellow's neighborhoods, Sandra Cisneros's Mango Street, Studs Terkel's voices, Erik Larson's White City — the literary Chicago in real geography.

10 novels mapped, with every real-world location, the history of each place, and what's there today.

All 10 maps set in Chicago

• A Nancy Drew Christmas by Carolyn Keene locations map
• Becoming by Michelle Obama locations map
• Divergent by Veronica Roth locations map
• Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro locations map
• Native Son by Richard Wright locations map
• The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson locations map
• The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai locations map
• The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros locations map
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger locations map
• The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin locations map

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