CITY · UNITED STATESBooks set in The Bronx
40.807, -73.928
8 books · 8 authors · 1987–2024
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Most-set authors
Colum McCann (1) · Don DeLillo (1) · E.L. Doctorow (1) · Lorrie Moore (1) · Kellye Garrett (1) · Andrew Boryga (1)
Genres
literary fiction (6) · historical fiction (1) · mystery & crime (1)
Books set here
Set in The Bronx (5)
I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
Lorrie Moore
Present-day Bronx — Finn visits his dying brother at a hospice on the eve of the 2016 election
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Like a Sister
Kellye Garrett
The Bronx, New York City, where reality TV star Desiree Pierce is found dead on a playground and her estranged sister Le
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Victim
Andrew Boryga
Javi's Puerto Rican family home; starting point of his hustle from the Bronx into the literary world
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Notable locations in The Bronx
South Bronx1
Nearby books
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Quick answers
What books are set in The Bronx?
The Dogear maps 8 books set in The Bronx, including The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe, Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore, Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann and Billy Bathgate by E.L. Doctorow.