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1 - 10 | 11 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 50 LIT 50 Who really books in Chicago Introduction So the twentieth century came to a close, the world didn’t melt down, and Oprah’s still the reigning queen of consumer book-buying habits. Everything old is new again. Scott Turow returned with a bestselling thriller that trolled Chicago’s own scandalous legal-system past, Sara Paretsky revisited her populist roots and brought back V.I. Warshawski, Bill Zehme got lost in the funhouse with the late great Andy Kaufman, and books about Sue the T.Rex and an old fossil named Richard J. Daley captured national attention. But if there’s one thing we’re truly thankful for, it’s that Studs Terkel is still around, being, well, Studs. Still, it wasn’t all status quo… a handful of cartoonists illustrated exciting and intelligent sophistication, the revolving doors were spinning furiously at local university presses, and it became pretty clear that encyclopedias are rapidly becoming dinosaurs themselves. Tremors are still being felt from the Trib-Times Mirror merger, and even Oprah shook things up a bit, adding a golden goose-egg to her empire. Among the shelf stars to look forward to: a new genre-bending novel from E. Lynn Harris, heaping helpings of Charlie Trotter, and a closely-guarded secret endeavor by wordsmith documentarian Alex Kotlowitz. Oh, and don’t be surprised if Michael Jordan makes a return to Lit 50 in 2001: It was just announced this week that he’s agreed to cooperate for a new bio on his struggle to revive the faded franchise of the Washington Wizards. Rewind to the future Tribbing up? Graphic images At your service Recipe for success
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