CITY · UNITED STATESBooks set in Philadelphia
39.953, -75.165
12 books · 11 authors · 1900–2025
12 books here
Most-set authors
Marie-Helene Bertino (2) · Emma Copley Eisenberg (1) · Jessie Redmon Fauset (1) · Caren Beilin (1) · Kiley Reid (1) · Jonathan Franzen (1)
Genres
literary fiction (4) · thriller & suspense (2) · young adult (1)
Books set here
Set in Philadelphia (10)
2 A.M. at the Cat's Pajamas
Marie-Helene Bertino
Christmas Eve in Philadelphia: jazz-loving girl, her teacher, and a jazz club owner over 24 hours
Beautyland
Marie-Helene Bertino
Northeast Philadelphia, working-class Italian American neighborhood
Housemates
Emma Copley Eisenberg
West Philadelphia queer group house, photography and writing
Plum Bun
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Angela's Black middle-class childhood neighborhood
Sea, Poison
Caren Beilin
city of hospitals
Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid
Philadelphia where young Black babysitter Emira Tucker is racially profiled in an upscale grocery store with her white c
The School for Good Mothers
Jessamine Chan
Frida's home, school for mothers
Truth Is
Hannah V. Sawyerr
citywide slam poetry team
With a Vengeance
Riley Sager
train departure city
Long Bright River
Liz Moore
Kensington, Philadelphia; opioid crisis and murder mystery
Notable locations in Philadelphia
Kensington, Philadelphia1
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