Made in Chicago: Stories Behind 30 Great Hometown Bites
By: Monica Eng
4.32
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
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1. The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero
By: Timothy Egan
4.09
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
From the National Book Award-winning and best-selling author Timothy Egan comes the epic story of o… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
2. Booked
By: Kwame Alexander
3.79
Format: 704 pages, Hardcover
National Book Award Long List New York Times Bestseller Like lightning/you strike/fast and free/le… read more
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3. Kitchens of the Great Midwest
By: J. Ryan Stradal
3.40
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When Lars Thorvald's wife, Cynthia, falls in love with wine--and a dashing sommelier--he's left to … read more
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4. Marple: Twelve New Mysteries
By: Naomi Alderman
3.81
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A brand-new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Mystery’s legendary detective Jane M… read more
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5. Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club
By: J. Ryan Stradal
3.63
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author J. Ryan Stradal, a story of a couple from two very diffe… read more
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- food
"This place is in your blood, but not your heart. Go find a place that is."-J. Ryan Stradal, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club
"People here liked to say they rooted for the underdog, but some of them got real quiet when the underdog was different from them."-J. Ryan Stradal, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club
"Winter was her cathedral, and the snow-decked trees its endless pillars, and although it was quiet, it wasn't empty. The silence coaxed voices into her imagination, voices of the past and future, voi…"-J. Ryan Stradal, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club
6. The Lager Queen of Minnesota
By: J. Ryan Stradal
4.01
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
A novel of family, Midwestern values, hard work, fate and the secrets of making a world-class beer.… read more
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- food
"Young man"-J. Ryan Stradal, The Lager Queen of Minnesota
"Her mother told her once that the nicest thing you can do for someone is be happy to see them,"-J. Ryan Stradal, The Lager Queen of Minnesota
"Money allows people to survive their mistakes, she knew from having observed that phenomenon from a distance, and people like her were fucked."-J. Ryan Stradal, The Lager Queen of Minnesota
"She held the bottle to her lips and tilted, slightly. It tasted the like how she'd imagine dirt would taste if someone burned it on the grill. Nope she said, and handed the bottle back."-J. Ryan Stradal, The Lager Queen of Minnesota
7. The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading
By: Dwight Garner
3.88
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Garner gathers a literary chorus to capture the joys of reading and eating in this comic, personal … read more
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- cooking
- food
- nonfiction
"There's no verb for traveling while hopping from swimming pool to swimming pool. Perhaps "cheevering" would suffice."-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading
"A friend once told her that he had seen graffiti in a restaurant's men's room that read, "Gael Greene uses a thesaurus."-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading
8. Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir
By: Rachel Louise Snyder
3.94
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
For decades, Rachel Louise Snyder has been a fierce advocate reporting on the darkest social issues… read more
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- nonfiction
"I didn't intentionally gravitate towards stories of women. I was interested in human rights, which often boiled down to this question: who was winning and who was losing? And over and over again, cou…"-Rachel Louise Snyder, Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir
9. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
By: Matt Singer
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
10. We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption in an American City
By: Justin Fenton
4.26
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Baltimore, 2015. Riots were erupting across the city as citizens demanded justice for Freddie Gray,… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
11. California Golden
By: Melanie Benjamin
3.57
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Two sisters navigate the turbulent, euphoric early days of California surf culture in this dazzling… read more
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12. A Royal Christmas
By: Melody Carlson
3.82
Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition
Adelaide Smith is too busy for fairy tales. She's been working hard to put herself through law scho… read more
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13. World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music
By: Jeff Tweedy
4.01
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New Yor… read more
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- nonfiction
14. Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood
By: Maureen Ryan
3.88
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
An exposé of patterns of harassment and bias in Hollywood, the grassroots reforms under way, and th… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
15. Clark and Division (Japantown Mystery, #1)
By: Naomi Hirahara
3.63
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
Chicago, 1944: Twenty-year-old Aki Ito and her parents have just been released from Manzanar, where… read more
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16. Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris, #1)
By: Colleen Cambridge
3.64
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Marie Benedict, Nita Prose, and of course, Julia Child, will adore thi… read more
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"If I could fix an airplane engine, I could roast a chicken. It couldn't be that difficult, could it? Yes. Yes, it could."-Colleen Cambridge, Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris, #1)
17. The Faraway World: Stories
By: Patricia Engel
3.89
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
* A New York Times Editors’ Choice * From Patricia Engel, whose novel Infinite Country was a New… read more
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18. High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape
By: Marc Masters
3.98
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The cassette tape was revolutionary. Cheap, portable, and reusable, this small plastic rectangle ch… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
19. Three Girls from Bronzeville
By: Dawn Turner
4.29
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
They were three Black girls. Dawn, tall and studious; her sister, Kim, younger by three years and h… read more
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- nonfiction
20. Boxer
By: Ryan Pinkard
4.46
Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition
We all know the Boxer. The fighter who remembers every glove but still remains. That grisly, bruise… read more
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- nonfiction
21. Lost Restaurants of Chicago (American Palate)
By: Greg Borzo
3.72
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Chicago author, Greg Borzo, recalls the city's celebrated lost restaurants. Many of Chicago's great… read more
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- nonfiction
22. Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith
By: John F. Szwed
4.29
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
“The first comprehensive biography of this hipster magus . . . [John Szwed] allows different sides … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
23. The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy
By: James Crews
4.11
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
An Indie Poetry Bestseller and Nautilus Award Winner! Crews, a fine poet and teacher, appears to h… read more
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- nonfiction
24. Hollywood Pride: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation and Perseverance in Film (Turner Classic Movies)
By: Alonso Duralde
4.58
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
For generations, members of the LGBTQ+ community in Hollywood needed to be “discreet” about their l… read more
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- nonfiction
25. In the Groove: The Vinyl Record and Turntable Revolution
By: Gillian G. Gaar
4.05
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first commercial LP with this authoritative, highly illustrat… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
26. The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia
By: Juliet Grames
3.67
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
One unidentified skeleton. Three missing men. A village full of secrets. The bestselling author of … read more
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27. The Secret History of Christmas Baking: Recipes & Stories from Tomb Offerings to Gingerbread Boys
By: Linda Raedisch
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
Explore the Surprising and Sometimes Dark Origins of Beloved Holiday Bakes Spice up your season … read more
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- food history
- history
- cookbooks
- cooking
- food
- nonfiction
28. The Customer Is Always Wrong: An Unhinged Guide to Everything That Sucks About Work (from an Angry Retail Guy)
By: Scott Seiss
4.13
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Customers want you to magically produce something from the back room. Bosses schedule you on your d… read more
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- nonfiction
"What in the emotional labor is this?"-Scott Seiss, The Customer Is Always Wrong: An Unhinged Guide to Everything That Sucks About Work (from an Angry Retail Guy)
"No need for paternity leave, as I've opted to raise children like a gecko and abandon my babies at birth."-Scott Seiss, The Customer Is Always Wrong: An Unhinged Guide to Everything That Sucks About Work (from an Angry Retail Guy)
29. Made in Chicago: Stories Behind 30 Great Hometown Bites
By: Monica Eng
4.32
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A BookRiot Most Anticipated Travel Book of 2023 Italian beef and hot dogs get the headlines. Cuttin… read more
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- food history
- history
- travel
- cookbooks
- cooking
- food
- nonfiction
30. Malört: The Redemption of a Revered and Reviled Spirit
By: Josh Noel
4.57
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
"As I am someone who has grown to actually like MalÖrt, you may doubt my taste. But Josh Noel's exp… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
31. Guilt and Ginataan (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #5)
By: Mia P. Manansala
3.73
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Autumn is in full swing for the town of Shady Palms—the perfect time for warm drinks, cozy cardigan… read more
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- food
"I promise not to treat you like some damsel I'm trying to save." "That's right. If anyone here is a princess, it's you."-Mia P. Manansala, Guilt and Ginataan (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #5)
"I piled my plate high with deviled eggs topped with caviar, pastry boats full of crab salad, tea sandwiches layered with butter and thin slices of cucumber, and warm dates stuffed with nuts and drizz…"-Mia P. Manansala, Guilt and Ginataan (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #5)
"Lugaw was often accompanied by tokwa't baboy, a spicy tofu and pork dish, but today there was grilled and dried fish. There were also some simple stir-fried greens and chopped tomatoes seasoned with …"-Mia P. Manansala, Guilt and Ginataan (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #5)
"What do you think? I can't tell if the bow tie makes me look fashionable or ridiculous." I read lots of romance novels and always admired the authors' ability to describe the physical attractiveness …"-Mia P. Manansala, Guilt and Ginataan (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #5)
