CITY · CHINABooks set in Shanghai
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21 books · 17 authors · 1872–2025
21 books here
Most-set authors
Qiu Xiaolong (3) · Lisa See (2) · Wang Anyi (2) · Jules Verne (1) · Kevin Kwan (1) · Yu Hua (1)
Genres
literary fiction (10) · historical fiction (5) · mystery & crime (3) · adventure (1)
Books set here
Set in Shanghai (18)
A Loyal Character Dancer
Qiu Xiaolong
Inspector Chen investigation
Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne
China Rich Girlfriend
Kevin Kwan
Rachel meets mainland family
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant
Yu Hua
blood-selling journey
Death of a Red Heroine
Qiu Xiaolong
1990s police procedural
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
Madeleine Thien
Shanghai Conservatory cultural revolution
Dreams of Joy
Lisa See
Great Leap Forward story
Empire of the Sun
J.G. Ballard
wartime occupied city
Five Star Billionaire
Tash Aw
Malaysian expats in boom Shanghai
Homeseeking
Karissa Chen
childhood & wartime origins
Red Azalea
Anchee Min
Cultural Revolution childhood
River East, River West
Aube Rey Lescure
Alva's 2000s life
Shanghai Blues
Wang Anyi
Shanghai longtang and neighborhoods
Shanghai Girls
Lisa See
1930s Shanghai sisters departure
The Diamond Age
Neal Stephenson
nanotechnology-era phyle city
The Last Rose of Shanghai
Weina Dai Randel
Japanese-occupied Shanghai 1940s; jazz nightclub setting of a forbidden love between a Chinese heiress and a Jewish refu
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow
Wang Anyi
Shanghai longtang life 1940s-1980s
When Red Is Black
Qiu Xiaolong
post-Cultural Revolution murder
Notable locations in Shanghai
Chongming Island1Lunghua Civilian Assembly Centre1