CITY · POLANDBooks set in Warsaw
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10 books · 10 authors · 1937–2024
10 books here
Most-set authors
Vilmos Kondor (1) · Witold Gombrowicz (1) · Leon Uris (1) · Antonio Muñoz Molina (1) · Tomasz Jedrowski (1) · Jim Shepard (1)
Genres
literary fiction (4) · mystery & crime (1)
Books set here
Set in Warsaw (7)
Budapest Noir
Vilmos Kondor
19th-century Warsaw society
Ferdydurke
Witold Gombrowicz
1930s Warsaw bourgeois milieu
Mila 18
Leon Uris
Warsaw Ghetto, 1940–43; Jewish resistance headquarters at Mila 18 leads the 1943 Ghetto Uprising against Nazi occupation
Swimming in the Dark
Tomasz Jedrowski
Ludwik and Janusz's life under communism; 1980 Solidarity strikes backdrop
The Book of Aron
Jim Shepard
Warsaw Ghetto where Aron and other Jewish children are trapped under Nazi occupation
The Keeper of Hidden Books
Madeline Martin
WWII Nazi-occupied Warsaw: Zofia and Janina run a secret book club with banned texts; based on real Warsaw librarians
The White Book
Han Kang
writer residency winter wandering
Notable locations in Warsaw
Warsaw Ghetto1