CITY · MEXICOBooks set in Mexico City
19.433, -99.133
12 books · 10 authors · 1958–2023
12 books here
Most-set authors
Carlos Fuentes (3) · Valeria Luiselli (1) · Andrew Sean Greer (1) · Katie Gutierrez (1) · Chloe Aridjis (1) · Guadalupe Nettel (1)
Genres
literary fiction (5) · historical fiction (1)
Books set here
Set in Mexico City (8)
Faces in the Crowd
Valeria Luiselli
narrator mother's present-day home
Still Born
Guadalupe Nettel
Contemporary Mexico City — two women navigating motherhood and choice
The Death of Artemio Cruz
Carlos Fuentes
Cruz deathbed, primary frame
The Savage Detectives
Roberto Bolaño
visceral realist poets hub
Velvet Was the Night
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
1971 Mexico City, Corpus Christi Massacre, Los Halcones
Where the Air Is Clear
Carlos Fuentes
city as protagonist 1950s
You Dreamed of Empires
Álvaro Enrigue
Tenochtitlan, 1519
Aura
Carlos Fuentes
Donceles street mansion
Also featuring Mexico City (4)
Less
Andrew Sean Greer
world tour stop
More Than You'll Ever Know
Katie Gutierrez
Mexico City — secret second marriage and international banking life
Sea Monsters
Chloe Aridjis
Where 17-year-old Luisa lives before running away to the Oaxacan coast
The Man Who Loved Dogs
Leonardo Padura
Trotsky exile and assassination
Notable locations in Mexico City
Historic Center of Mexico City1
