What to Read After Chicago
Readers who loved Chicago by Nelson Algren keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Chicago is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Chicago
The Coast of Chicago
Chicago poems
City of the Century
Nature's metropolis
The French Connection
City of scoundrels
The man with the golden arm
Sin in the Second City
The Blueprint
There are no children here
Our America
A walk on the wild side
Never Come Morning
The Neon Wilderness
The lifespan of a fact
After Dark, My Sweet
Pulphead
Consider the Lobster
Being there
The gum thief
A hologram for the king
The Autograph Man
Hocus Pocus
Love Is a Mix Tape