CITY · INDONESIABooks set in Jakarta
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11 books · 8 authors · 1978–2018
11 books here
Most-set authors
Intan Paramaditha (2) · Pramoedya Ananta Toer (2) · Leila S. Chudori (2) · Laksmi Pamuntjak (1) · Leila Chudori (1) · Ayu Utami (1)
Genres
literary fiction (4) · historical fiction (4) · horror (1) · romance (1)
Books set here
Set in Jakarta (9)
Apple and Knife
Intan Paramaditha
contemporary Indonesia, urban horror
Aruna and Her Palate
Laksmi Pamuntjak
story start, food journey hub
Footsteps
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Minke studies medicine in Batavia
Home
Leila S. Chudori
political exile origin city
House of Glass
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
colonial capital surveillance narrative
Supernova
Dee Lestari
Jakarta metropolis, main setting
The Sea Speaks His Name
Leila S. Chudori
Jakarta in the final years of Suharto's regime; student activist Biru Laut is disappeared by the security forces
The Wandering
Intan Paramaditha
protagonist start, departure point
The Year of Living Dangerously
Christopher Koch
1965 coup Jakarta, foreign press corps
