2024: Our Year in Books

Here’s every book that inspired a 2024 Read & Run Chicago event.

Historic Chicago Bakeries by Jennifer Billock

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Promises of Gold // Promesas de Oro by Jose Olivarez

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Secret Chicago by Jessica Mlinaric

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The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook edited by Martha Bayne

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Chicago’s West Loop Then & Now by Connie Fairbanks

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The Mystery at Sag Bridge by Pat Camalliere

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A Reason to Run by Mike Magluilo

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The Mystery at Black Partridge Woods by Pat Camalliere

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Becoming by Michelle Obama

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Gaybash by David Jay Collins

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Three Girls From Bronzeville by Dawn Turner

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Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

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The Mystery at Mount Forest Island by Pat Camalliere

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The Girls in 3-B by Valerie Taylor

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Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe

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A Few Red Drops by Claire Hartfield

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The Story of Jane by Laura Kaplan

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Slaughterhouse: Chicago's Union Stock Yard and the World It Made by Dominic A Pacyga

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Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn't Built for Us by Alison Mariella Désir

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Summerdale and Summerdale II by David Jay Collins

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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez

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Conspiracy to Riot: The Life and Times of One of the Chicago 7 by Lee Weiner

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The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafah

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