Urban Fiction

Description
Fiction that has a prominent urban setting.
1
Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
26,608 members
628 reviews
4.1
3 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
2
Tales of the City
by Armistead Maupin
5,393 members
113 reviews
3.9
3 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith: San Francisco - 1970s
3
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
23,506 members
508 reviews
3.9
3 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
hipdeep: New Orleans
4
Another Country
by James Baldwin
3,475 members
52 reviews
4.1
2 Members
aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 20th century
5
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
11,379 members
443 reviews
3.8
2 Members
ahef1963, crookedcat
6
The Alienist
by Caleb Carr
10,417 members
262 reviews
4
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - historical
7
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
41,891 members
492 reviews
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: London and Paris - historical
8
Dancer from the Dance
by Andrew Holleran
1,157 members
13 reviews
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 1970s
9
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
15,234 members
426 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
ahef1963, crookedcat
Explanations
ahef1963: Gaborone, Botswana, 1990s.
10
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
19,650 members
367 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: Edinburgh - 19th century
11
Murder Must Advertise
by Dorothy L. Sayers
4,117 members
111 reviews
4.2
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: London - ca. 1930
12
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
by Michael Chabon
20,348 members
428 reviews
4.2
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - speculative
13
Push
by Sapphire
4,112 members
172 reviews
3.8
2 Members
ahef1963, crookedcat
14
The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
18,223 members
867 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
15
Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
10,583 members
194 reviews
4
2 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963
Explanations
hipdeep: Johannesburg - 1940/
16
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
6,886 members
134 reviews
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 20th century
17
44 Scotland Street
by Alexander McCall Smith
3,658 members
129 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: Edinburgh - 1980s?
18
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E. L. Konigsburg
19,518 members
300 reviews
4.2
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
19
Cities in Flight
by James Blish
1,958 members
39 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - speculative
20
Memories of a Butterfly
by Ivan Vlasov
8 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
exvano
21
The Plague
by Albert Camus
21,014 members
282 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
22
Rubyfruit Jungle
by Rita Mae Brown
3,591 members
72 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 1970s
23
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
18,359 members
230 reviews
4
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 20th century
24
The Water Knife
by Paolo Bacigalupi
2,130 members
104 reviews
3.8
Member
hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Phoenix - near future
25
The Android's Dream
by John Scalzi
2,630 members
108 reviews
3.8
Member
hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Washington, DC - speculative fiction
26
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
76,940 members
1,195 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
27
Dhalgren
by Samuel R. Delany
4,181 members
80 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: A highly speculative view of Delany's life in New York City in the 1960s and 70s
28
Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go
by George P. Pelecanos
301 members
5 reviews
3.8
Member
hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Washington, DC
29
The hearse you came in on
by Tim Cockey
342 members
5 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Baltimore
30
Stand on Zanzibar
by John Brunner
3,560 members
61 reviews
3.9
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - speculative
31
Firmin
by Sam Savage
1,903 members
127 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
32
City of Night
by John Rechy
1,134 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
33
Perdido Street Station
by China Miéville
10,253 members
337 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
34
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell
6,522 members
331 reviews
4.1
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Nagasaki - historical
35
The Unconsoled
by Kazuo Ishiguro
3,973 members
88 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
36
Rosemary's Baby
by Ira Levin
5,390 members
157 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
37
Shanghai Girls
by Lisa See
5,034 members
323 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Shanghai and San Francisco - historical
38
Duplicate Keys
by Jane Smiley
768 members
17 reviews
3.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
39
The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
11,464 members
314 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
40
Brightness Falls
by Jay McInerney
822 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
41
The Saturdays
by Elizabeth Enright
2,061 members
37 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 1950s
42
The Good Life
by Jay McInerney
727 members
19 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
43
The Gods of Gotham
by Lyndsay Faye
1,454 members
127 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
44
Slaves of New York
by Tama Janowitz
770 members
7 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
45
Dubliners
by James Joyce
22,049 members
261 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Dublin, early 1900s.
46
River of Gods
by Ian McDonald
1,727 members
47 reviews
3.9
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Varanasi, India - speculative
47
Palimpsest
by Catherynne Valente
1,412 members
73 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
48
The Windup Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi
6,926 members
322 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Bangkok - speculative
49
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz
14,421 members
519 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1950s.
50
The New York Trilogy
by Paul Auster
10,805 members
174 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
51
334
by Thomas M. Disch
753 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - speculative
52
A Fine Balance
by Rohinton Mistry
9,969 members
272 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Mumbai, India, 1970s - 1980s.
53
The City, Not Long After
by Pat Murphy
540 members
22 reviews
3.9
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: San Francisco - speculative
54
North and South
by Elizabeth Gaskell
8,613 members
262 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: 19th century Manchester
55
Forty Signs of Rain
by Kim Stanley Robinson
1,513 members
50 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Washington, DC
56
The Night Watch
by Sarah Waters
4,656 members
157 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: World War II London
57
Roman Blood
by Steven Saylor
1,649 members
42 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Rome - historical fiction
58
The Redbreast
by Jo Nesbø
4,910 members
167 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Oslo, Norway, 2000s.
59
London
by Edward Rutherfurd
4,965 members
86 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
60
Bride of the Rat God
by Barbara Hambly
569 members
20 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Los Angeles - historical speculative fiction
61
Palace Walk
by Naguib Mahfouz
3,085 members
65 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Cairo, Egypt, circa the First World War.
62
Boulevard
by Jim Grimsley
176 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New Orleans - 1970s
63
Jar City
by Arnaldur Indriðason
3,157 members
145 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Reykjavik, Iceland, 1990s.
64
A Free Man of Color
by Barbara Hambly
1,003 members
41 reviews
3.9
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New Orleans - historical fiction
65
The Winter Queen
by Boris Akunin
2,473 members
85 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: 19th century Moscow.
66
Fellow Travelers: A Novel
by Thomas Mallon
415 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Washington, DC - 1050s
67
The Man from Beijing
by Henning Mankell
2,632 members
118 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Beijing, 1990s.
68
The Bat
by Jo Nesbø
4,498 members
207 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Sydney, Australia, 1990s.
69
If Beale Street Could Talk
by James Baldwin
3,052 members
68 reviews
4.1
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 20th century
70
Life Before Man
by Margaret Atwood
2,108 members
30 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1980s.
71
Tea with the Black Dragon
by R. A. MacAvoy
1,596 members
43 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: San Francisco, 1980s.
72
The Devotion of Suspect X
by Keigo Higashino
2,275 members
269 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Tokyo, 1990s.
73
419
by Will Ferguson
665 members
51 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Lagos, Nigeria, present-day.
74
The Book of Secrets
by M. G. Vassanji
389 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 1913-1914.