2023: Our Year in Books

Here are all of the books that inspired Read & Run Chicago’s 2023 events. During our third year, we repeated some of our favorite events and added in new ones.

Chicago Scavenger by Jessica Mlinaric

The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafaa

Three Girls from Bronzeville by Dawn Turner

Historic Chicago Bakeries by Jennifer Billock

Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara

The Chicago River: a Natural and Unnatural History by Libby Hill

The Girls in 3-B by Valerie Taylor

The Lost Book of Adana Moreau by Michael Zapata

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

Las Carreras de mi vida by Edna Jackeline Vazquez Nunez

Gaybash by David Jay Collins

The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo

Chicago's Fabulous Fountains by Greg Borzo

A Few Red Drops by Claire Hartfield

From Boom to Bubble: How Finance Built the New Chicago by Rachel Weber

Summerdale and Summerdale II by David Jay Collins

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai