CITY · UNITED STATESBooks set in Queens
40.728, -73.795
11 books · 11 authors · 1925–2024
11 books here
Most-set authors
Daphne Palasi Andreades (1) · Karla Cornejo Villavicencio (1) · Chang-rae Lee (1) · Mary L. Trump (1) · Taylor Jenkins Reid (1) · Edward Schmit (1)
Genres
literary fiction (3) · romance (1)
Books set here
Set in Queens (7)
Brown Girls
Daphne Palasi Andreades
Boulevard of Death neighbourhood; multicultural immigrant girls coming of age
Native Speaker
Chang-rae Lee
John Kwang political headquarters
Too Much and Never Enough
Mary L. Trump
Trump family home in Jamaica Estates; formative scenes of Donald's upbringing
The Open Era
Edward Schmit
US Open tennis: first openly gay man to compete in a Grand Slam — two electric weeks at the USTA Billie Jean King Nation
Preparation for the Next Life
Atticus Lish
Immigrant enclave in Queens where the novel's love story unfolds
How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi
Kendi born and raised here, formative setting for memoir
Free Food for Millionaires
Min Jin Lee
Korean immigrant family home
Also featuring Queens (4)
Catalina
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
childhood with grandparents
Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid
US Open venue; climactic tournament in Carrie's 1994 comeback season
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
industrial wasteland between West Egg and NYC
An Obedient Father
Akhil Sharma
immigrant family, new life in America
Notable locations in Queens
Flushing Meadows2Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens1Flushing Meadows, New York1Flushing, Queens1Queens borough New York1Queens, New York1Queens, New York City1
Nearby books
An Obedient Father
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How to Be an Antiracist
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0 km · Queens borough New York
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
5 km · Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens
The Open Era
Edward Schmit
5 km · Flushing Meadows, New York
Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid
5 km · Flushing Meadows
Preparation for the Next Life
Atticus Lish
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The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
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