CITY · UNITED STATESBooks set in Boston
42.360, -71.059
12 books · 9 authors · 1850–2025
12 books here
Most-set authors
Dennis Lehane (4) · V.E. Schwab (1) · David Baldacci (1) · Jhumpa Lahiri (1) · Sylvia Plath (1) · Matthew Pearl (1)
Genres
literary fiction (3) · mystery & crime (3) · thriller & suspense (2)
Books set here
Set in Boston (10)
Dark Harbor
David Baldacci
Legal thriller, Boston Harbor crime
Interpreter of Maladies
Jhumpa Lahiri
diaspora stories Boston suburb
The Dante Club
Matthew Pearl
primary 1865 setting
The Given Day
Dennis Lehane
1918-1919 police strike setting
The Running Man
Stephen King
main chase city
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Puritan colony setting
The First Witch of Boston
Andrea Catalano
primary colonial setting
Gone, Baby, Gone
Dennis Lehane
working-class Boston neighborhood
Mystic River
Dennis Lehane
fictional Boston working-class neighborhood
Small Mercies
Dennis Lehane
1974 busing crisis Southie
Nearby books
Dark Harbor
David Baldacci
2 km · Charlestown, Boston
The First Witch of Boston
Andrea Catalano
2 km · Charlestown, Boston
Small Mercies
Dennis Lehane
3 km · South Boston
Mystic River
Dennis Lehane
4 km · East Buckingham
The Dante Club
Matthew Pearl
4 km · Cambridge
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
4 km · Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Namesake
Jhumpa Lahiri
4 km · Cambridge, Massachusetts
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
4 km · Cambridge