Urban Fiction

Description
Fiction that has a prominent urban setting.
1
Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
24,969 members
580 reviews
4.1
3 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
2
Tales of the City
by Armistead Maupin
4,988 members
108 reviews
3.9
3 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith: San Francisco - 1970s
3
Another Country
by James Baldwin
2,939 members
41 reviews
4.1
2 Members
aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 20th century
4
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
10,393 members
421 reviews
3.8
2 Members
ahef1963, crookedcat
5
The Alienist
by Caleb Carr
9,505 members
250 reviews
4
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - historical
6
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
21,413 members
476 reviews
3.9
2 Members
hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
hipdeep: New Orleans
7
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
36,761 members
456 reviews
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: London and Paris - historical
8
Dancer from the Dance
by Andrew Holleran
1,015 members
11 reviews
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 1970s
9
The No. 1 LadiesĘĽ Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
14,140 members
401 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
17,167 members
315 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: Edinburgh - 19th century
11
Murder Must Advertise
by Dorothy L. Sayers
3,788 members
106 reviews
4.2
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: London - ca. 1930
12
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
by Michael Chabon
18,827 members
415 reviews
4.2
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - speculative
13
The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
14,943 members
803 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
14
44 Scotland Street
by Alexander McCall Smith
3,413 members
123 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: Edinburgh - 1980s?
15
Cities in Flight
by James Blish
1,775 members
36 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - speculative
16
Memories of a Butterfly
by Ivan Vlasov
7 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
exvano
17
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
16,214 members
212 reviews
4
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 20th century
18
The Water Knife
by Paolo Bacigalupi
1,810 members
95 reviews
3.8
Member
hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Phoenix - near future
19
Push
by Sapphire
3,665 members
161 reviews
3.8
Member
crookedcat
20
The Android's Dream
by John Scalzi
2,366 members
103 reviews
3.8
Member
hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Washington, DC - speculative fiction
21
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
69,661 members
1,081 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
22
Dhalgren
by Samuel R. Delany
3,742 members
74 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: A highly speculative view of Delany's life in New York City in the 1960s and 70s
23
Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go
by George P. Pelecanos
284 members
5 reviews
3.9
Member
hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Washington, DC
24
Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
9,400 members
183 reviews
4
Member
hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Johannesburg - 1940/
25
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
5,770 members
112 reviews
3.9
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 20th century
26
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E. L. Konigsburg
16,275 members
279 reviews
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
27
The hearse you came in on
by Tim Cockey
329 members
6 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Baltimore
28
Stand on Zanzibar
by John Brunner
3,213 members
52 reviews
3.9
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - speculative
29
Firmin
by Sam Savage
1,799 members
120 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
30
City of Night
by John Rechy
1,022 members
9 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
31
Perdido Street Station
by China Miéville
9,407 members
314 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
32
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell
5,922 members
316 reviews
4.1
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Nagasaki - historical
33
The Unconsoled
by Kazuo Ishiguro
3,569 members
82 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
34
Shanghai Girls
by Lisa See
4,636 members
302 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Shanghai and San Francisco - historical
35
Rosemary's Baby
by Ira Levin
4,635 members
139 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
36
Duplicate Keys
by Jane Smiley
724 members
17 reviews
3.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
37
The Plague
by Albert Camus
18,529 members
249 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
38
Rubyfruit Jungle
by Rita Mae Brown
3,243 members
59 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 1970s
39
The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
10,310 members
284 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
40
Brightness Falls
by Jay McInerney
749 members
12 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
41
The Saturdays
by Elizabeth Enright
1,761 members
30 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 1950s
42
The Good Life
by Jay McInerney
677 members
19 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
43
The Gods of Gotham
by Lyndsay Faye
1,338 members
121 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
44
Slaves of New York
by Tama Janowitz
726 members
6 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
45
Dubliners
by James Joyce
19,721 members
226 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Dublin, early 1900s.
46
River of Gods
by Ian McDonald
1,637 members
46 reviews
3.9
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Varanasi, India - speculative
47
Palimpsest
by Catherynne Valente
1,303 members
72 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
48
The Windup Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi
6,237 members
304 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Bangkok - speculative
49
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot DĂ­az
13,107 members
488 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1950s.
50
The New York Trilogy
by Paul Auster
9,849 members
155 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
51
334
by Thomas M. Disch
693 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - speculative
52
A Fine Balance
by Rohinton Mistry
9,175 members
255 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Mumbai, India, 1970s - 1980s.
53
The City, Not Long After
by Pat Murphy
492 members
21 reviews
3.9
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: San Francisco - speculative
54
North and South
by Elizabeth Gaskell
7,436 members
245 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: 19th century Manchester
55
Forty Signs of Rain
by Kim Stanley Robinson
1,423 members
47 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Washington, DC
56
The Night Watch
by Sarah Waters
4,397 members
153 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: World War II London
57
Roman Blood
by Steven Saylor
1,531 members
42 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Rome - historical fiction
58
The Redbreast
by Jo Nesbø
4,459 members
158 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Oslo, Norway, 2000s.
59
London
by Edward Rutherfurd
4,534 members
76 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
60
Bride of the Rat God
by Barbara Hambly
530 members
19 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Los Angeles - historical speculative fiction
61
Palace Walk
by Naguib Mahfouz
2,798 members
60 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Cairo, Egypt, circa the First World War.
62
Boulevard
by Jim Grimsley
169 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New Orleans - 1970s
63
Jar City
by Arnaldur Indridason
2,957 members
139 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Reykjavik, Iceland, 1990s.
64
A Free Man of Color
by Barbara Hambly
916 members
38 reviews
4
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New Orleans - historical fiction
65
The Winter Queen
by Boris Akunin
2,318 members
80 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: 19th century Moscow.
66
Fellow Travelers: A Novel
by Thomas Mallon
295 members
10 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Washington, DC - 1050s
67
The Man from Beijing
by Henning Mankell
2,448 members
116 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Beijing, 1990s.
68
The Bat
by Jo Nesbø
3,826 members
187 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Sydney, Australia, 1990s.
69
If Beale Street Could Talk
by James Baldwin
2,127 members
60 reviews
4.1
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 20th century
70
Life Before Man
by Margaret Atwood
1,956 members
28 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1980s.
71
Tea with the Black Dragon
by R. A. MacAvoy
1,480 members
37 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: San Francisco, 1980s.
72
The Devotion of Suspect X
by Keigo Higashino
1,848 members
240 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Tokyo, 1990s.
73
419
by Will Ferguson
603 members
50 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Lagos, Nigeria, present-day.
74
The Book of Secrets
by M. G. Vassanji
360 members
10 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 1913-1914.