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A person sits in a beach chair covered with a colorful striped towel, reading a book on a sunny sandy beach. A purple cup and a bag with belongings are beside them, with turquoise sea and boats in the background.

by Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch | July 8, 2026

Booking at the Beach: Chicago Authors with New Novels Explore the City’s Formidable Reading Tastes Four local authors with novels releasing this summer try to define the kind of books our city likes to read while lounging Lake-side.

by Ryan Fazio | September 2, 2024

Conjuring Contemporary Noir: A Review of “Creation Lake” by Rachel Kushner

by Kelly Roark | April 11, 2022

Spoonful of Sugar: A Review of The Candy House

by Naomi Huffman | February 6, 2014

Nonfiction Review: “I’ll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the March Up Freedom’s Highway” by Greg Kot

by Tom Lynch | September 29, 2009

Ghost in the Graveyard: Audrey Niffenegger’s supernatural tale

by Jan Hieggelke | January 1, 2009

Newcity’s Top 5 of Everything 2008: Books

by Jan Hieggelke | January 3, 2008

Newcity’s Top 5 of Everything 2007: Books

by Brian Hieggelke | January 27, 2005

Made in China: Ted C. Fishman sees the future American inferiority complex

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