The last bout of round two features two semiautobiographical story collections by two poets-turned-fiction-writers about growing up in changing Chicago neighborhoods.
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It’s time to vote in round two of the Greatest Chicago Book Tournament
Start voting for the next round in our book tournament!
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The Adventures of Augie March vs. I Sailed with Magellan: Greatest Chicago Book Tournament, round one
In a contest between work by two Chicago masters, our judge decides that one is great while the other is a great cure for insomnia.
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More of the best books I read this year
A Reader writer looks back on a year in reading.
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The Greatest Ever Chicago Book Tournament
Between now and April, the Reader and its readers will be choosing the greatest book ever written about Chicago.
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Is Stuart Dybek one of the greatest-ever Chicago writers?
His new collection, Paper Lantern, makes a pretty good case.