CITY · UNITED STATESBooks set in Cambridge
42.374, -71.110
10 books · 10 authors · 1970–2025
10 books here
Most-set authors
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio (1) · Erich Segal (1) · Sue Miller (1) · Zadie Smith (1) · Celeste Ng (1) · Matthew Pearl (1)
Genres
literary fiction (4) · romance (1) · thriller & suspense (1) · mystery & crime (1)
Books set here
Set in Cambridge (8)
Catalina
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Harvard, Catalina's campus
Love Story
Erich Segal
Harvard and Radcliffe
Monogamy
Sue Miller
Annie and Graham's home; Harvard Square bookshop; 30-year marriage under scrutiny
On Beauty
Zadie Smith
fictional Wellington, near Boston
Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng
Cambridge, Massachusetts in a near-future dystopian United States, where 12-year-old Bird lives with his father while se
The Missing Pages
Alyson Richman
Widener Library Harvard
The Paper Chase
John Jay Osborn Jr
Harvard Law School, Langdell Hall — where Hart studies contracts
Writers and Lovers
Lily King
Summer 1997 Cambridge MA: Casey Peabody, a 31-year-old waitress and aspiring novelist
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