List of fiction set in Chicago

This is a list of fiction set in or near the city of Chicago.

1933 postcard showing the corner of State and Madison in downtown Chicago
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Novels

  • Nelson Algren, The Man With the Golden Arm
  • Sherwood Anderson, Windy McPherson's Son
  • Blue Balliett, Chasing Vermeer and The Wright 3
  • Saul Bellow, The Adventures of Augie March
  • Saul Bellow, Dangling Man[1]
  • Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift
  • Saul Bellow, Ravelstein[2]
  • Charles Blackstone, The Week You Weren't Here
  • Fredric Brown, The Fabulous Clipjoint
  • Jim Butcher, The Dresden Files series
  • Robert Wright Campbell, Jimmy Flannery mystery series
  • Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark
  • Peter Cheyney, Dark Hero
  • Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street ISBN 0-679-43335-X
  • Doug Cummings, Deader by the Lake
  • Doug Cummings, Every Secret Crime
  • Don de Grazia, "American Skin"
  • Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie ISBN 0-451-52760-7 on Modern Library's 100 Best Novels
  • Theodore Dreiser, The Titan
  • Stuart Dybek, The Coast of Chicago ISBN 0-312-42425-6
  • James T. Farrell, Studs Lonigan trilogy
  • Edna Ferber, So Big
  • Joshua Ferris, Then We Came to the End ISBN 978-0-316-01638-4
  • John M. Ford, The Last Hot Time ISBN 0-312-87578-9
  • Robert Goldsborough, A Death in Pilsen
  • Robert Goldsborough, President in Peril ISBN 978-1-59080-616-6
  • Robert Goldsborough, Shadow of the Bomb
  • Robert Goldsborough, Terror at the Fair ISBN 978-1-59080-672-2
  • Robert Goldsborough, Three Strikes You're Dead
  • John Grisham, The Litigators (a #1 New York Times Best Seller in 2011)
  • Bob Hartley, Following Tommy ISBN 978-0983104186
  • Bob Hartley, North and Central ISBN 978-0986092282
  • Aleksandar Hemon, Nowhere Man ISBN 0-375-72702-7
  • Jerry Ahern, The Survivalist Series - The early books of the series feature Chicago frequently as the Soviets build their HQ in Chicago, with Varakov setting up his HQ in the Museum of Natural History.
  • Ward Just, An Unfinished Season
  • Harry Stephen Keeler, The Riddle of the Traveling Skull ISBN 1-932416-26-9
  • Paul Krueger, Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge ISBN 978-1594747595
  • Adam Langer, Crossing California
  • Adam Langer, The Washington Story
  • Nella Larsen, Passing ISBN 0-14-243727-1
  • Nella Larsen, Quicksand ISBN 0-14-118127-3
  • Jennette Lee, Mr. Achilles
  • John Malcolm, Mortal Ruin ISBN 0-684-18958-5
  • Graham Masterton, Headlines[3]
  • Somerset Maugham, The Razor's Edge ISBN 1-4000-3420-5
  • Mord McGhee, Murder Red Ink
  • Joe Meno, Hairstyles of the Damned[4]
  • Chloe Neill, Chicagoland Vampires
  • Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife ISBN 0-15-602943-X
  • Frank Norris, The Pit: A Chicago Story
  • Bayo Ojikutu, 47th Street Black, ISBN 0-7394-3326-1
  • Achy Obejas, Memory Mambo
  • Sara Paretsky, thrillers featuring private eye V.I. Warshawski
  • Richard Peck, Fair Weather
  • Joseph G. Peterson, Beautiful Piece
  • Daniel Pinkwater, The Education of Robert Nifkin Snarkout Boys and The Avocado of Death, Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror. Recognizably Chicago, even if never explicitly stated.
  • Leonard Pitts, Jr., Grant Park
  • Philip Roth, Letting Go
  • Veronica Roth, Divergent - #1 on the Children's Paperback list in 2012
  • Veronica Roth, Insurgent
  • Veronica Roth, Allegiant
  • Adam Selzer, Just Kill Me
  • Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, Illuminatus!
  • Shawn Shift, "Hey Liberal"
  • Upton Sinclair, The Jungle ISBN 1-884365-30-2[5]
  • Terrance L. Smith, The Thief Who Came to Dinner
  • Scott Spencer, Endless Love
  • Ed Wagemann, "The Panty Thief of Bridgeport"
  • Chris Ware, Building Stories (2012)
  • Chris Ware, Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth
  • Richard Wright, Native Son #20 on Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

Short stories

  • "Deadly City," March, 1953 issue of If magazine under the pseudonym Ivar Jorgensen (later made into the motion picture Target Earth; the story was about an alien invasion and evacuation of Chicago)
  • Chicago Stories: 40 Dramatic Fictions by Michael Czyzniejewski, Jacob S Knabb and Rob Funderburk, 2012
  • The Coast of Chicago: Stories by Stuart Dybek, 2004
  • Chicago Style Novella by R. Felini 2013

Plays and musicals

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Although not set in the city's limits, the John Hughes films Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink (1986) (#1 film in U.S.), and Weird Science take place in the fictional town of Shermer, Illinois, which is based on Northbrook, Illinois.

In The Matrix (1999), the subway sets were based on the CTA. One of the trains is clearly a Brown Line train, which in reality, barring construction, never goes underground.

Chicago destroyed, damaged in film, TV Show

  • In Old Chicago (1938) - destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire
  • Independence Day (1996) - mentioned
  • Chain Reaction (1996) - parts of the city destroyed by an explosion caused by a hydrogen reactor
  • The Incredibles (2004) - Chicago is attacked by The Incredibles, Omnidroid, and Syndrome.
  • Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004) - destroyed by a series of tornadoes and a category 6 hurricane over the Great Lakes
  • Batman Begins (2005) - Chicago as Gotham is Damaged by Scarecrows's fear gas as in result in the ensuing Final Battle between Batman, Scarecrow, and Ra's Al Gul.
  • Gears of War (2006) - Chicago is Raided by Aliens.
  • The Dark Knight (film) (2008) - Chicago Returns as Gotham and parts of the city are Destroyed by the Joker eventually, Two-Face and the Joker Team up to destroy the city, with luck Batman arrives to defend it from the pair.
  • Gears of War 2 (2008) - Chicago once again fights Alien Invaders.
  • Transformers: War for Cybertron (2010) - Chicago a city on the planet cybertron is caught in a civil war by robots.
  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) - seriously damaged by the Decepticons' assault on the city as well as the final battle between the Autobots and Decepticons with Optimus Prime, Sentinel Prime, and Megatron.(#1 film in U.S.)
  • Killzone 3 (2011) - Chicago is attacked by helgast.
  • Gears of War 3 (2011) - Chicago is burned by the Locust aliens.
  • I Am Alive (2011) - Chicago Struck by the Madrid Faultline.
  • Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (2012) - Chicago inside Cybertron is Destroyed.
  • Halo 4 (2012) - Chicago is attacked by the covenant army.
  • Killzone: Shadow Fall
  • Divergent (2014) - a worn and broken Chicago breaks away front the rest of the U.S.A. creating a fence to border from the rest of society.
  • Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (2014) - The city is attacked by Lockdown's forces.
  • Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) - the city was rebuilt five years later, where it was used for KSI, later lockdown's ship emerges over the city's airspace, leading to a air battle between the autobots and lockdown forces, during the climax the city was used in the final battle between Cade, Bumblebee, Optimum Prime and Lockdown.(#1 in U.S.)
  • Jupiter Ascending (2015) - Chicago is attack by Balem's aliens causing damage to most the city.
  • The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015) - Chicago Struggles Between the Societies of its people, when the evil Erudite leader Jeanine uses Tris to undergo a series if trials having the city of Chicago going against her as in experiment.
  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) - Chicago as Gotham is attacked by Doomsday.
  • Suicide Squad (film) (2016) - Chicago as Gotham is Damaged By Enchantress.
  • The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016) - After the Previous installment Tris, Four, and group of survivors escape Chicago, later tris and the group realize that Chicago itself has a become experiment to the Allegiants and David, as in result a Memory Gas attacks the city causing Chicago to tare itself apart, tris is able to destroy the Isolation Valve controlling the gas and having to save Chicago.
  • The Lego Batman Movie (2017) - Chicago as Gotham is attack by the Joker and his evil army, a final battle ensues's through the city, making the bombs go off causing the plates to split the city, later Batman and his army save it with the help of the Joker.
  • Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) - Chicago is destroyed, but a small battle occurs between Autobots, TRF, and Decepticons. Later, it was used for the final battle between Autobots, Decepticons and Quintessa.
  • Blame! (2017) - A Futuristic Chicago is completely destroyed, when two cyborg's Killy and Sanaka fight over Humanity's Extinction.
  • Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018) - Chicago as Gotham Hostes the Worlds Fair, But was caught on fire by a fight between Batman, Catwoman , and Jack The Ripper (James Gordan).
  • Rampage (2018) - Chicago gets destroyed by George(The Gorilla), Ralph (The Wolf), and Lizzie (The Crocodile).
  • The Incredibles 2 (2018) - Chicago once again returns for the sequel and is attacked by Screenslaver and The Incredibles.
  • How It Ends (2018) - Chicago is Damaged by a EMP.
  • Next Gen (2018) - Chicago in the distant Future gets Damaged by a fight by Mai, 7723, and Justin Pin/Ares.
  • Bumblebee (2018) - Chicago is destroyed by Autobots and Decepticons on the planet Cybertron, while Bumblebee makes his escape towards earth.

Chicago set in Medieval Times, and Description

Description

Medieval times was challenging for the State of Illinois as well its dark secrets, and hidden features. In the setting for the role, Illinois was set mostly for its woods, rivers, cabins, hills, little mountain peaks, and hidden castles. Illinois structure of design for this category is received the same amount of role time as behind of los Angeles and New York.

Chicago set in the Future

  • Exosquad (1995) - Chicago renamed Phaeton City is attacked by the Exosquad and Neosapians.
  • Perfect Dark (2000) - Chicago in 2023 is Raided by Terrorists.
  • Treasure Planet (2002) - Treasure Planet is Destroyed, while Jim, The Hawkins Family, and The Pirates try to get to the portal that leads to the future city of Chicago.
  • Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge (2003) - Chicago in the alternate 1930's future is set as the lost city.
  • I, Robot (2004) - Chicago in 2035 is caught in a war between robots and human's survival.
  • Halo 2 (2004) - Chicago serves as abandoned Factory.
  • Killzone (2004) - In a War were humankind is on the brink, Humans stand at a wasted leveled city to prepare for war.
  • Gears of War (2006) - Chicago in the distant future battles for human survival.
  • Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (2008) - Illinois serves for a factory in Star Wars.
  • Gears of War 2 (2008) - Chicago struggles to battle against the invaders.
  • Killzone 2 (2009) - In the sequel, Chicago in the war for humankind.
  • Transformers: War for Cybertron (2010) - Chicago serves as Cybertron homeward to the Transformers.
  • Tron: Evolution (2010) - Chicago is the setting for the game grid, eventually System Monitor, Anon and Quorra try to save the system When Clu and Abraxas Virus team up to destroy it or to make it better.
  • Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (2010) - Chicago set for the capital city of Kamino.
  • Killzone 3 (2011) - The capital of Vekta (Chicago) is wasteland to battle the Helghast.
  • Gears of War 3 (2011) - Chicago is burned to the ground by aliens.
  • Hunted: The Demon's Forge (2011) - Chicago in the alternate world of monsters investigates demons across the land.
  • Batman: Arkham City (2011) - In the near future of Chicago as Gotham, Batman struggles to fight crime.
  • Halo 4 (2012) - Chicago is attacked by Didac's Ship, eventually Master Chief and Cortanna try to stop him.
  • Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (2012) - Chicago serves for as the planet of a dying Cybertron.
  • Batman: Arkham Origins (2013) Chicago returns for Gotham in a younger version of Batman.
  • Killzone: Shadow Fall (2013) - Chicago in the year 2370 is caught and divided by a war between the Vekta and the Helgast, when Lucas Mckellen and Echo tries to prevent the Fallout.
  • Watch Dogs (2014) - Chicago in the year 2012, Aiden Pearce and Clara try using the city against CTOS Network and Aiden's old partner Damien Branks, Later other gangs like the fixers try to use CTOS to cripple the city.
  • Dying Light (2015) - In 2024 Chicago as the fictional city of Harran is attacked by a virus, zombies, and terrorists.
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops III (2015) - In 2065, Chicago is caught in a third cold war, in result becomes tangled between the Winslow Accord, The NRC, The 54 immortals, and The CDP. In Campaign, Chicago stood for as for training, hospital and the final battle additional to as the frozen forest.
  • Halo 5: Guardians (2015) - Chicago in the distant future is attacked by A.I constructs by a reborn Cortanna.
  • Gears of War 4 (2016) - Chicago in the future is attacked by aliens and Windflares.
  • Titanfall 2 (2016) - Chicago is attacked by robots and terrorists.
  • Mass Effect: Andromeda (2017) - Chicago set in the distant future battles Aliens from other worlds.
  • Blame! (2017) - Chicago in the Apocalyptic distance Future of the 29 century, Killy Cibo, Zuru, and the rest of mankind fight for survival as the Safeguard lead by representative cyborg Sanakan try to destroy them.
  • Next Gen (2018) - Chicago in the distant Future, Mai finds a secret lab and awakens a powerful robot named 7723. The two form a unlikely bond in World full of robots when a Dark threat awaits to destroy the city.
  • My Eyes On You (2019) - In My Eyes On You, In a Neon Noir Chicago, FBI Analyst Jordan Adalien investigates the serial killer named Carnival Man and into facing his demons.
  • Gears of War 5 (2019) - Chicago returns in search for aliens.
  • Biomutant (2019) - In a fictional Chicago, a biomutant seeks a journey monsters loom in darkness.
  • Code Vein (2019) - In a Apocalyptic Chicago, Beings and Vampires fight for survival.
  • Halo Infinite (2020) - Chicago returns for sequel, for Master Chef to search for Cortanna.

TV shows

Many considered Hill Street Blues, which never made explicit what city it was in, to be set in Chicago.

Reality TV

Video games

This is a list of video games in which a major part of the action takes place in Chicago, Illinois. This list does not count sports games or flight simulators, save for Pilotwings 64 and Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.

Cartoon Shows

Anime Shows and its Description

  • Candy Candy (1977) - Chicago serves as the city with Midwestern culture for Candy and Terry.
  • Riding Bean (1989) - Chicago cops Bean Bandit and Rally Vincent track down a mysterious robber named Semmerling who plans to leave the city with framing the heroes.
  • Gunsmith Cats (1995) - Chicago is back at crime when a mafia and terrorist plan to damage the city.
  • Code Geass (2006) - Chicago serves as the Holy Britannia Empire as a Civil War erupts damaging both parties lelouch and the black knights, and Suzaku of Britannia causing big damage to the city.
  • Psychic Detective Yakumo (2010) - In the city of Chicago, Dectective Yakumo searches for clues regarding to peoples way on demons
  • Terra Formars (2014) - Chicago is attacked by roaches.
  • Young Black Jack (2015) - A Surgeon in Chicago tries to save as many people as possible.
  • 91 Days (2016) - the city of Chicago is caught in a war of gang members.
  • Sengoku Night Blood (2017) - A fictional Chicago is ruled by greatly under werewolves and vampire clans.
  • Kado: The Right Answer (2017) - In a near future Chicago an alien human being questions mankind existence
  • Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation (2017) - In Chicago, Sakurako searches for an unknown killer with bones.
  • Blame! (2017) - In a futuristic Destroyed Chicago, two cyborg's Killy and Sanakan fight over Humanities Extinction.
  • Sword Gai (2018) - Chicago once again fights off powerful demons.

Comics, Marvel Universe

References

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