The most popular big city books

Big city books thrive on crowds, noise and possibility. New York, London, Tokyo and cities like them offer anonymity, ambition and chance encounters on every corner. Romance, crime, literary fiction and urban fantasy all find a home among the lights and the late trains.

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Open Water
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Open Water

Caleb Azumah Nelson, 凯莱布·阿祖马·纳尔逊

Published 2021

145 pages

Skin Game
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Skin Game

Jim Butcher

Published 2014

464 pages

Magic Strikes
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Magic Strikes

Ilona Andrews

Published 2009

310 pages

The Kept Woman
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The Kept Woman

Karin Slaughter

2016 · 2017 edition

480 pages

Breasts and Eggs
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Breasts and Eggs

Mieko Kawakami, 川上未映子

2008 · 2021 edition

430 pages

Passing
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Passing

Nella Larsen

1971 · 2025 edition

128 pages

Harlem Shuffle
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Harlem Shuffle

Colson Whitehead, 新华书店北美网

2021 · 2022 edition

337 pages

Tweet Cute
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Tweet Cute

Emma Lord

2020 · 2022 edition

368 pages

Ghost Story
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Ghost Story

Peter Straub

1979 · 2011 edition

496 pages

Whisper Network
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Whisper Network

Chandler Baker

2019 · 2021 edition

496 pages

Release Me
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Release Me

J. Kenner

2012 · 2013 edition

343 pages

Dandelion Wine
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Dandelion Wine

Ray Bradbury, 雷·布拉德伯里

1972 · 2015 edition

288 pages

Table For Two
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Table For Two

Amor Towles

2024 · 2025 edition

464 pages