The Greatest Ever Chicago Book

Many of you likely have an opinion on the subject of the greatest ever Chicago book. Lucky for you, the Chicago Reader has chosen sixteen diverse books, fiction and nonfiction, and is running a NCAA-style tourney. They also chose a handful of excellent judges to determine the winner of each bout and contribute an essay justifying their choice. There are some really great contenders including WorkingNative Son, and The House on Mango Street among others.


The tourney has been going on for a couple months now, but because it's fairly slow moving - one bout a week - there's still time to catch-up with the past winners and find out why they were chosen. In coming weeks, one of these titles will be crowned the greatest ever Chicago book.

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