List of fiction set in Chicago
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This is a list of fiction set in Chicago
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[edit] Novels
- Nelson Algren's Man With the Golden Arm ISBN 1-58322-008-9
- Saul Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March ISBN 0-14-018941-6
- Fredric Brown's "The Fabulous Clipjoint"
- Jim Butcher's "The Dresden Files" Series
- Robert Campbell's Jimmy Flannery mystery series
- Paul Carson's "Final Duty" ISBN 0-09-941519-4
- Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street ISBN 0-679-43335-X
- Tom Dowd's Burning Bright ISBN 0-451-45368-9
- Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie ISBN 0-451-52760-7
- James T. Farrell's Studs Lonigan trilogy
- Melvin E. Giles's George Street, Our Street ISBN 0-9656364-0-2
- Aleksandar Hemon's Nowhere Man ISBN 0-375-72702-7
- Nella Larsen's Quicksand ISBN 0-14-118127-3
- Nella Larsen's Passing ISBN 0-14-243727-1
- Jeanette Lee's Mr. Achilles
- Somerset Maugham's The Razor's Edge ISBN 1-4000-3420-5
- Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife ISBN 0-15-602943-X
- Frank Norris's The Pit
- Sara Paretsky's thrillers featuring private eye V.I. Warshawski
- Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson's ''Illuminatus!
- Upton Sinclair's The Jungle ISBN 1-884365-30-2
- Chris Ware's Jimmy Corrigan, the smartest kid on earth (mostly set in Chicago)
- Richard Wright's Native Son ISBN 0-06-092980-4
[edit] Musicals and plays
- Bleacher Bums
- Bugsy Malone
- Chicago (musical)
- Chicago (play)
- The Front Page
- Glengarry Glen Ross
- In the Jungle of Cities
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
- A Raisin in the Sun
- Sexual Perversity in Chicago
[edit] Films
- About Last Night (1986)
- Above the Law (1988)
- Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
- Ali (2001)
- Backdraft (1991)
- Bad Boys (1983)
- Barbershop (2002)
- Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
- Big Shots (1987)
- The Blues Brothers (1980)
- Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
- Brannigan (1975)
- The Break Up (2006)
- Call Northside 777 (1948)
- Candyman (1992) - based on a book originally set in London
- Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004) (partly in Chicago)
- Chain Reaction (1996)
- Cheaper By The Dozen (2003)
- Chicago (1927)
- Chicago (2002)
- Child's Play (1988)
- Child's Play 2 (1990)
- Class (1983)
- Damien: Omen II (1978)
- Danger Lights (1930) (partly in Chicago)
- Derailed (2005)
- Dick Tracy (1990)
- Dragonfly (2001)
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
- Flatliners (1990)
- The Fugitive (1993)
- Go Fish (1994)
- Halloween (1978)
- Hardball (2001)
- Harry and Tonto (1973)
- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) (partly in Chicago)
- High Fidelity (2000) - based on a book originally set in London
- Home Alone (1990)
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) (partly in Chicago)
- The Hunter (1980) (partly in Chicago)
- I Love Trouble (1994)
- I, Robot (2004)
- Judgment Night (1993)
- The Lake House (2006)
- A League of Their Own (1992)
- Little Man (2006)
- Love Jones (1997)
- Mean Girls (2004)
- Medium Cool (1969)
- Mercury Rising (1998)
- Michael (1996) (partly in Chicago)
- Mickey One (1965)
- Midnight Run (1988) (partly in Chicago)
- Miracle on 34th Street (1994) (partly in Chicago)
- Monkey Hustle (1976)
- Music Box (1989)
- My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
- National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) (partly in Chicago)
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
- Natural Born Killers (1994) (partly in Chicago)
- The Negotiator (1998)
- Only the Lonely (1991) -- with John Candy
- On the Line (2001)
- Opportunity Knocks (1990)
- Poltergeist III (1988)
- Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987)
- Primal Fear (1996)
- Proof (2005)
- Raisin in the Sun (1961)
- Random Encounter (1998)
- The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
- Red Heat (1988)
- The Relic (1997)
- Return to Me (2000)
- Risky Business (1983)
- Road to Perdition (2001)
- Roll Bounce (2005)
- Running Scared (1986)
- Save the Last Dance (2001)
- Shall We Dance (2004)
- She's Having a Baby (1988)
- Silver Streak (1976) (partly in Chicago)
- Sleepless In Seattle (1993) (partly in Chicago)
- Slim (1937) (partly in Chicago)
- Some Like It Hot (1959) (partly in Chicago)
- Somewhere In Time (1980) (partly in Chicago)
- Soul Food (1997)
- Spider-Man 2 (2004) (partly in Chicago)
- Stir of Echoes (1999)
- Stolen Summer (2001)
- The Sting (1973)
- Straight Talk (1992)
- Stranger than Fiction(2006)
- Surviving Christmas (2003)
- Thief (1981)
- Tommy Boy (1995) (partly in Chicago)
- Ultraviolet (2006)
- The Untouchables (1987)
- V.I. Warshawski (1991)
- Wayne's World (1992) (partly in Chicago)
- Wayne's World 2 (1993) (partly in Chicago)
- The Weather Man (2005)
- What Women Want (2000)
- When Harry Met Sally (1989) (partly in Chicago)
- While You Were Sleeping (1995)
- Wicker Park (2004)
- Wildcats (1986)
Although not set in the city's limits, the John Hughes films Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, and Weird Science take place in the fictional town of Shermer, IL, which is loosely based on Northbrook, IL.
[edit] TV shows
- According to Jim (2001-present)
- Barbershop: The Series (2005-present)
- Biker Mice from Mars (1993-1995)
- The Bob Newhart Show (1972-1978)
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979-1981; 1st Season, 1979-1980, New Chicago functioned as Earth's capital city)
- Chicago Hope (1994-2000)
- Chicago Sons (1997)
- Coupling (2003, US version only)
- Crime Story (1986-1988)
- Due South (Some filming in Toronto, Canada) (1994-1996, 1997-1999)
- Early Edition (1996-2000)
- E/R (1984-1985)
- ER (1994-present)
- Exosquad (1993-1995; Chicago, renamed to Phaeton City, was one of the central locations of the show)
- Family Matters (1989-1998)
- Good Times (1974-1979)
- The Jenny Jones Show (1991-2003)
- The Jerry Springer Show (1991-present)
- Judge Mathis (1999-present)
- Kenan & Kel (1995-2000)
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974-1975)
- The Loop (2006-present)
- Married... with Children (1987-1997)
- Modern Men (2006)
- MTV Chicago(present)
- My Block Chicago(present)
- My Boys (2006-present)
- The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986-present)
- Pepper Dennis (2006)
- Perfect Strangers (1986-1993)
- Prison Break (partly set in Chicago; 2005-present)
- Punky Brewster (1984-1986) on NBC, it continued in first-run syndication until 1988.
- The Real World (2001-2002 season)
- Soul Food: The Series (2000-2004)
- Starting Over (2003-2004 season)
- The Steve Harvey Show (1996-2002)
- Still Standing (2002-2006)
- The Untouchables (1959-1963)
- Webster (1983-1987) on ABC, it continued in first-run syndication until 1989.
- Wild Card (2003 to present)
Many considered Hill Street Blues, which never made explicit what city it was in, to be set in Chicago.
[edit] Others (Comics, Manga, Cartoons)
- Cage, volume 1 (April 1992-November 1993) - ongoing series by Marvel Comics featuring the superhero Luke Cage; 20 issues were published
- Gunsmith Cats
