Urban Fiction

Description
Fiction that has a prominent urban setting.
1
Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
26,663 members
632 reviews
4.1
3 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
2
Tales of the City
by Armistead Maupin
5,403 members
113 reviews
3.9
3 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith: San Francisco - 1970s
3
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
23,575 members
510 reviews
3.9
3 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
hipdeep: New Orleans
4
Another Country
by James Baldwin
3,497 members
52 reviews
4.2
2 Members
aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 20th century
5
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
11,212 members
446 reviews
3.8
2 Members
ahef1963, crookedcat
6
The Alienist
by Caleb Carr
10,470 members
262 reviews
4
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - historical
7
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
42,105 members
491 reviews
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: London and Paris - historical
8
Dancer from the Dance
by Andrew Holleran
1,161 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
15,279 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
19,682 members
364 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: Edinburgh - 19th century
11
Murder Must Advertise
by Dorothy L. Sayers
4,127 members
112 reviews
4.2
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: London - ca. 1930
12
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
by Michael Chabon
20,415 members
429 reviews
4.2
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - speculative
13
Push
by Sapphire
4,129 members
172 reviews
3.8
2 Members
ahef1963, crookedcat
14
The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
18,391 members
868 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
15
Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
10,591 members
193 reviews
4
2 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963
Explanations
hipdeep: Johannesburg - 1940/
16
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
6,926 members
134 reviews
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 20th century
17
44 Scotland Street
by Alexander McCall Smith
3,676 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
19,598 members
301 reviews
4.2
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
19
Cities in Flight
by James Blish
1,965 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
21,136 members
281 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
22
Rubyfruit Jungle
by Rita Mae Brown
3,584 members
72 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 1970s
23
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
18,430 members
231 reviews
4
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 20th century
24
The Water Knife
by Paolo Bacigalupi
2,140 members
103 reviews
3.8
Member
hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Phoenix - near future
25
The Android's Dream
by John Scalzi
2,634 members
108 reviews
3.8
Member
hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Washington, DC - speculative fiction
26
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
77,217 members
1,197 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
27
Dhalgren
by Samuel R. Delany
4,197 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
303 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
3,571 members
60 reviews
3.9
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - speculative
31
Firmin
by Sam Savage
1,908 members
128 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
32
City of Night
by John Rechy
1,133 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
33
Perdido Street Station
by China Miéville
10,291 members
338 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
34
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell
6,544 members
332 reviews
4.1
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Nagasaki - historical
35
The Unconsoled
by Kazuo Ishiguro
3,988 members
88 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
36
Rosemary's Baby
by Ira Levin
5,332 members
157 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
37
Shanghai Girls
by Lisa See
5,047 members
323 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Shanghai and San Francisco - historical
38
Duplicate Keys
by Jane Smiley
770 members
17 reviews
3.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
39
The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
11,535 members
315 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
40
Brightness Falls
by Jay McInerney
824 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
41
The Saturdays
by Elizabeth Enright
2,071 members
37 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 1950s
42
The Good Life
by Jay McInerney
730 members
19 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
43
The Gods of Gotham
by Lyndsay Faye
1,458 members
127 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
44
Slaves of New York
by Tama Janowitz
772 members
7 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
45
Dubliners
by James Joyce
22,137 members
265 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Dublin, early 1900s.
46
River of Gods
by Ian McDonald
1,729 members
47 reviews
3.9
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Varanasi, India - speculative
47
Palimpsest
by Catherynne Valente
1,413 members
73 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
48
The Windup Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi
6,955 members
324 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Bangkok - speculative
49
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz
14,401 members
519 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1950s.
50
The New York Trilogy
by Paul Auster
10,866 members
174 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
51
334
by Thomas M. Disch
752 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - speculative
52
A Fine Balance
by Rohinton Mistry
10,023 members
271 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
8,656 members
262 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: 19th century Manchester
55
Forty Signs of Rain
by Kim Stanley Robinson
1,516 members
50 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Washington, DC
56
The Night Watch
by Sarah Waters
4,650 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
4,919 members
167 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Oslo, Norway, 2000s.
59
London
by Edward Rutherfurd
4,967 members
88 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
3,078 members
65 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Cairo, Egypt, circa the First World War.
62
Boulevard
by Jim Grimsley
175 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New Orleans - 1970s
63
Jar City
by Arnaldur Indriðason
3,155 members
145 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Reykjavik, Iceland, 1990s.
64
A Free Man of Color
by Barbara Hambly
1,005 members
41 reviews
3.9
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New Orleans - historical fiction
65
The Winter Queen
by Boris Akunin
2,479 members
85 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: 19th century Moscow.
66
Fellow Travelers: A Novel
by Thomas Mallon
418 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Washington, DC - 1050s
67
The Man from Beijing
by Henning Mankell
2,640 members
119 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Beijing, 1990s.
68
The Bat
by Jo Nesbo
4,438 members
206 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Sydney, Australia, 1990s.
69
If Beale Street Could Talk
by James Baldwin
3,086 members
68 reviews
4.1
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 20th century
70
Life Before Man
by Margaret Atwood
2,114 members
30 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1980s.
71
Tea with the Black Dragon
by R. A. MacAvoy
1,601 members
43 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: San Francisco, 1980s.
72
The Devotion of Suspect X
by Keigo Higashino
2,306 members
268 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Tokyo, 1990s.
73
419
by Will Ferguson
669 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.