CITY · NETHERLANDSBooks set in Amsterdam
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17 books · 15 authors · 1947–2025
17 books here
Most-set authors
Harry Mulisch (2) · Jente Posthuma (2) · Ian McEwan (1) · Victoria Redel (1) · Maria van Lieshout (1) · Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1)
Genres
literary fiction (6) · thriller & suspense (3) · historical fiction (2) · romance (1)
Books set here
Set in Amsterdam (12)
I Am You
Victoria Redel
Maria's painting studio
Song of a Blackbird
Maria van Lieshout
Dutch Resistance, 1943 & 2011
The Coffee Trader
David Liss
Portuguese Jewish merchant quarter
The Dinner
Herman Koch
upscale restaurant dinner
The Discovery of Heaven
Harry Mulisch
Onno political career home
The Fault in Our Stars
John Green
primary Amsterdam setting
The Ministry of Pain
Dubravka Ugrešić
Yugoslav exile community in Amsterdam, language and identity loss
What I Would Rather Not Think About
Jente Posthuma
Amsterdam, where twin siblings live on opposite sides of a park
What I’d Rather Not Think About
Jente Posthuma
Amsterdam, where twin siblings live on opposite sides of a park
The Miniaturist
Jessie Burton
17th-century Amsterdam town hall on the Dam where Johannes is jailed and tried
Diary of Anne Frank
Anne Frank
The Evenings
Gerard Reve
Frits's post-war Amsterdam home
Notable locations in Amsterdam
Anne Frank House2Amsterdam Stadhuis1Diamantbuurt1Herengracht1Kalverstraat1Rijksmuseum1
Nearby books
The Ministry of Pain
Dubravka Ugrešić
0 km · Amsterdam
The Miniaturist
Jessie Burton
1 km · Kalverstraat
Diary of Anne Frank
Anne Frank
2 km · Anne Frank House
The Fault in Our Stars
John Green
2 km · Anne Frank House
The Evenings
Gerard Reve
3 km · Diamantbuurt
The Assault
Harry Mulisch
18 km · Haarlem
Blood on Her Tongue
Johanna van Veen
26 km · Netherlands
I Am You
Victoria Redel
34 km · Utrecht