CITY · PORTUGALBooks set in Lisbon
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24 books · 15 authors · 1888–2025
24 books here
Most-set authors
José Saramago (5) · Antonio Tabucchi (3) · António Lobo Antunes (3) · Richard Zimler (2) · Robert Wilson (1) · Pascal Mercier (1)
Genres
literary fiction (9) · historical fiction (3)
Books set here
Set in Lisbon (20)
A Small Death in Lisbon
Robert Wilson
Dual-era thriller in Lisbon
All the Names
José Saramago
Primary setting — General Civil Registry Office
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
Pereira Proves
Antonio Tabucchi
Lisbon 1938 — journalist under Salazar dictatorship
Requiem
Antonio Tabucchi
surreal one-day Lisbon wandering
The Book of Disquiet
Fernando Pessoa
Soares’ Lisbon office life
The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon
Richard Zimler
Set in 1506 Lisbon
The Maias
Eça de Queirós
Novel set in Lisbon
The Piano Cemetery
José Luís Peixoto
Benfica district, Lisbon
The Return of the Caravels
António Lobo Antunes
Lisbon 1970s; decolonization-era city where the ghosts of Portuguese explorers return with disillusioned retornados from
The Stone Raft
José Saramago
Iberian Peninsula drifts to sea
The White Book
Han Kang
narrative setting
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
José Saramago
Ricardo Reis returns to Lisbon
Two Nights in Lisbon
Chris Pavone
Summer thriller set in Lisbon
Winter in Lisbon
Antonio Muñoz Molina
Lisbon; jazz pianist Santiago Biralbo's obsessional love affair and noir intrigue in rain-soaked Lisbon
Your Steps on the Stairs
Antonio Munoz Molina
Portuguese capital — the man arrives first to prepare their new home, reveling in a calm old neighborhood
The Last Cabalist of Lisbon
Richard Zimler
Jewish quarter, 1506 massacre
Also featuring Lisbon (4)
Perfection
Vincenzo Latronico
secondary relocation near novel's end
South of Nowhere
António Lobo Antunes
Frame narrative bar setting
The Land at the End of the World
António Lobo Antunes
Lisbon bar where the recently returned veteran pours out his Angolan memories to a woman
The Time in Between
María Dueñas
wartime espionage posting
Notable locations in Lisbon
Alfama1Alfama, Lisbon1Mafra1Miradouro da Senhora do Monte1Rossio Square1São Vicente de Fora1Tagus River, Lisbon1