"hot doug's: the book", a midway nonfiction title by doug sohn, the owner and proprietor of the eponymous chicago "encased meat emporium," was named one of the "best books of 2013 (so far)" by the a.v. club. in his writeup, eric thurm calls it "the rare successful book that makes you want to put it down: in this case, to catch a plane/train/walk to hot doug's."