The City Is Up for Grabs
The City Is Up for Grabs by Gregory Royal Pratt is one of 2026's most credible books, appearing on 1 of the year's most respected lists, including Bloomberg, for a Consensus Score of 12 out of 100.
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Our take
AI-draftedPratt covered Lori Lightfoot's single term as Chicago mayor for the Tribune from the start, and that proximity is the book's chief asset: a granular, insider chronicle of how a reform-minded outsider who ran on breaking the city's culture of corruption ended up alienating nearly every ally she needed. His account credits her toughness for the initial upset win while tracing how the same combativeness curdled into the isolation that made her a one-term mayor. Reviewers have called it probably the fullest record of Chicago politics from 2016 to 2023 that will get written, though some note the day-to-day blow-by-blow of City Hall feuds can bury the larger throughline.
How the Consensus Score is calculated
Our Consensus Score is our own transparent editorial metric — not a user rating. It weighs each list by the credibility of its source, how recent the listing is, and any award status. Here is the full breakdown.
| Source | Authority | Recency | Award | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomberg | 0.80 | 0.70 | 1.00× | 0.56 |
| Weighted sum → Score | 0.56 → 12 | |||
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Frequently asked
What lists is The City Is Up for Grabs on?
The City Is Up for Grabs appears on 1 list in our 2026 corpus, including Bloomberg.
What is its Consensus Score?
The City Is Up for Grabs has a Consensus Score of 12 out of 100, our transparent editorial measure of how many credible lists agree on it.