Anyone else from Chicagoland or Illinois here? Well I am and I'm very interested in reading books with familar settings.
Here are some books set in my home state:

Modern Paranormal Chicagoland
Dark Elite and Chicagoland Vampires series are set in Chicago and by an author from Chicago


Set in Chicago. Sara Jane find out that her family is part of the Italian Mob.

Set in Illinois, with vampires:

Set in Chicago and the north shore, vampires.

Sequel to Banished

Also there a book called the Seven Rays which is set in suburb, at least the first half is...

Illuminate is set in a hotel in Chicago. And there's angels!


Realistic Normal Chicagoland Now


Chicago in the Future
The Dragon Diaries books, set in 2025. The 2nd and 3rd books are in Chicago.

Set in the future, in Chicago, when girls get a XIV tattoo at 16 that means they can have sex.

Set in a futurist Chicago where there are factions.




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Insurgent in less you mean Divergent and Insurgent

Series are implied. Yes, Insurgent, Truth (XVI's sequel), Hexbound & Charmfall (sequels to Firespell)

Did a little research for you and here's what I found:

Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1) by Simone Elkeles
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by David Levithan and John Green

Another book set in Chicago (in a hotel, and it's about angels!)
Illuminate by Aimee Agresti

My list of YA Illinois books
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i absolutely ADORE Divergent! Is Illuminate any good? I might read it.

I haven't read Illuminate yet, but it sounds awesome. I got a copy back in april.