CITY · PORTUGALBooks set in Lisbon
38.717, -9.139
12 books · 9 authors · 1979–2025
12 books here
Most-set authors
José Saramago (3) · Antonio Tabucchi (2) · Pascal Mercier (1) · Vincenzo Latronico (1) · António Lobo Antunes (1) · Fernando Pessoa (1)
Genres
literary fiction (2)
Books set here
Set in Lisbon (9)

Baltasar and Blimunda
José Saramago
primary city setting
History of the Siege of Lisbon
José Saramago
Proofreader’s contemporary Lisbon

Night Train to Lisbon
Pascal Mercier
main setting, Prado pursuit
Pereira Maintains
Antonio Tabucchi
journalist Pereira navigates Lisbon

Requiem
Antonio Tabucchi
surreal one-day Lisbon wandering
The Book of Disquiet
Fernando Pessoa
Soares’ Lisbon office life

The White Book
Han Kang
narrative setting

The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
José Saramago
Ricardo Reis returns to Lisbon
The Last Cabalist of Lisbon
Richard Zimler
Jewish quarter, 1506 massacre

