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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Fortune's Rocks
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Fortune's Rocks

Anita Shreve

1999 · 2013 edition

453 pages

The Ex
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The Ex

Alafair Burke

Published 2016

288 pages

Again, Rachel
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Again, Rachel

Marian Keyes

Published 2022

472 pages

Yerba Buena
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Yerba Buena

Nina LaCour

Published 2022

304 pages

Ghost Wall
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Ghost Wall

Sarah Moss

2018 · 2024 edition

160 pages

Drink Deep
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Drink Deep

Chloe Neill

Published 2011

321 pages

Blurred Lines
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Blurred Lines

Lauren Layne

Published 2015

238 pages

Straight Man
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Straight Man

Richard Russo

1997 · 1998 edition

391 pages

Metro 2034
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Metro 2034

Dmitry Glukhovsky

2009 · 2014 edition

311 pages

Paradise
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Paradise

Toni Morrison

1988 · 2024 edition

318 pages

Asymmetry
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Asymmetry

Lisa Halliday

Published 2018

275 pages

Vinegar Hill
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Vinegar Hill

A. Manette Ansay

1980 · 2006 edition

240 pages

206 Bones
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206 Bones

Kathy Reichs

2009 · 2016 edition

309 pages

On the Prowl
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On the Prowl

Karen Chance

Published 2007

341 pages

Minding Frankie
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Minding Frankie

Maeve Binchy

2010 · 2011 edition

464 pages

Five
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Five

Ilona Bannister

Published 2026

304 pages