This is a List of fiction set in Chicago

Poster for the Film Musical 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)

Musicals and plays set in Chicago

• Chicago (musical)
• Bugsy Malone
• A Raisin in the Sun
• Bleacher Bums
• In the Jungle of Cities

Movies set in Chicago

• About Last Night (1986)
• Ali (2001)
• Backdraft (1991)
• Barbershop (2002)
• The Blues Brothers (1980)
• Chicago (1927)
• Chicago (2002)
• Design (2001)
• Dragonfly (2001)
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
• The Fugitive (1993)
• Harry and Tonto (1973)
• High Fidelity (2000)
• How the West was Won (1963)
• I, Robot (2004)
• In the Heat of the Night (1967)
• Mean Girls (2004)
• Medium Cool (1969)
• Mickey One (1965)
• My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
• North By Northwest (1959)
• Ocean's Eleven (2001)
• On the Line (2001)
• Raisin in the Sun (1961)
• The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
• Risky Business (1983)
• Road to Perdition (2001)
• Save the Last Dance (2001)
• 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)
• Married... with Children (1987-1997)
• The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986-present)
• Perfect Strangers (1986-1993)
• The Real World (2001-2002)
• Scrubs (2002-present)

While not set in the city's limits, the TV show Roseanne takes place in a fictional suburb of Chicago.