List of fiction set in Chicago
This is a List of fiction set in Chicago
Novels set in Chicago
- Upton Sinclair's The Jungle ISBN 1884365302
- Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie ISBN 0451527607
- James T. Farrell's Studs Lonigan trilogy
- Nella Larsen's Quicksand ISBN 0141181273
- Nella Larsen's Passing ISBN 0142437271
- Sara Paretsky's thrillers featuring private eye V.I. Warshawski
- Erik Larsen's Devil in the White City ISBN 0375725601
- Somerset Maugham's The Razor's Edge ISBN 1400034205
- Nelson Algren's Man With the Golden Arm ISBN 1583220089
- Saul Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March ISBN 0140189416
- Chris Ware's Jimmy Corrigan, the smartest kid on earth (mostly set in Chicago)
- Tom Dowd's Burning Bright ISBN 0451453689
Musicals and plays set in Chicago
Movies set in Chicago
- About Last Night (1986)
- Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
- Ali (2001)
- Backdraft (1991)
- Barbershop (2002)
- The Blues Brothers (1980)
- Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
- Chain Reaction (1996)
- Chicago (1927)
- Chicago (2002)
- Danger Lights (1930) (partly in Chicago)
- Design (2001)
- Dragonfly (2001)
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
- Flatliners (1990)
- The Fugitive (1993)
- Hard Ball (2001) -- with Keeanu Reeves
- Harry and Tonto (1973)
- High Fidelity (2000)
- How the West was Won (1963)
- I Love Trouble (1994)
- I, Robot (2004)
- In the Heat of the Night (1967)
- Mean Girls (2004)
- Medium Cool (1969)
- Mercury Rising (1998)
- Mickey One (1965)
- My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
- North By Northwest (1959)
- Only the Lonely (1991) -- with John Candy
- On the Line (2001)
- Poltergeist III (1988)
- Raisin in the Sun (1961)
- The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
- The Relic (1997)
- Risky Business (1983)
- Road to Perdition (2001)
- Save the Last Dance (2001)
- Slim (1937) (partly in Chicago)
- Soul Food (1997)
- Stolen Summer (2001)
- The Sting (1973)
- The Untouchables (1987)
- What Women Want (2000)
- While You Were Sleeping (1995)
- Wildcats (1986)
TV shows set in Chicago
- Biker Mice from Mars (1993-1995)
- The Bob Newhart Show (1972-1978)
- Chicago Hope (1994-2000)
- Due South (Some filming in Toronto, Canada) (1994-1996, 1997-1999)
- Early Edition (1996-2000)
- E/R (1984-1985)
- ER (1994-present)
- Family Matters (1989-1998)
- Good Times (1974-1979)
- The Jerry Springer Show (1991-present)
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974-1975)
- Married... with Children (1987-1997)
- The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986-present)
- Perfect Strangers (1986-1993)
- Punky Brewster (1984-1986) on NBC, it continued in first-run syndication until 1988.
- The Real World (2001-2002)
- The Untouchables (1959-1963)
- Webster (1983-1987) on ABC, it continued in first-run syndication until 1989.
- Wild Card (2003 to present)
While not set in the city's limits, the TV show Roseanne takes place in a fictional suburb of Chicago. In addition, many considered Hill Street Blues, which never made explicit what city it was in, to be set in Chicago.