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The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerLess Than Zero by Bret Easton EllisWhite Oleander by Janet FitchThe Day of the Locust by Nathanael WestThe Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
Los Angeles (fiction and nonfiction)
322 books — 289 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Gods Are Not to Blame by Ola RotimiAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka
Books Set in Nigeria
198 books — 109 voters

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffCannery Row by John SteinbeckAnd to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street by Dr. SeussThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosThe Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith
City Streets
871 books — 103 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasA Passage to India by E.M. ForsterA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Books With Place Names in the Title
1,006 books — 95 voters

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesThe Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather MorrisBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
ATY 2020 - Place in the Title
746 books — 83 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Punk-Rock Queen of the Jews by Chef RossiBrooklyn by Colm TóibínAnother Brooklyn by Jacqueline WoodsonMad Dog House by Mark Rubinstein
Brooklyn, New York (fiction and nonfiction)
60 books — 49 voters

Invisible Cities by Italo CalvinoThe Flaneur by Edmund WhiteLondon by Peter AckroydThe Old Ways by Robert MacfarlaneGuy Debord and the Situationist International by Tom McDonough
Psychogeography
210 books — 39 voters
Out of the Silence by Marie TheodoreHeidi by Johanna SpyriThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverCold Mountain by Charles FrazierAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Strong Sense of Place
199 books — 32 voters

Wood, Talc And Mr. J by Chris RoseMagic America by C.E. MedfordFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithComing up for Air by George Orwell
Fictional Novels About Nostalgia
26 books — 29 voters
Notre-Dame by Ken FollettMurder in the Cathedral by T.S. EliotThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha PhilyawBanished by Lauren DrainPost-Traumatic Church Syndrome by Reba Riley
Houses of Worship
369 books — 26 voters

School Monitor by Alex DunnThe Weipa Crocodile - Murders in The Outback by Victoria ReibyTwins by Caroline B. CooneySeven Minutes in Heaven by Sara ShepardThe Originals by Cat Patrick
Trading Places: YA
56 books — 25 voters
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingSpecials by Scott WesterfeldThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienLife, the Universe and Everything by Douglas AdamsThe Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
And, the third place goes to……..
294 books — 22 voters

30 Years Behind Bars by Karen GedneyHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Complete Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Books That Have Inspired a Literary Destination
22 books — 21 voters
Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope FarmerDo You Realize? by Kevin A. KuhnTime for Andrew by Mary Downing HahnMirror Mirror by Hilary BellSwitching Well by Peni R. Griffin
Time Switch
21 books — 19 voters

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggRubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae BrownImagining Reality (Special Edition) by Lynn GalliThe Magic of White Oak Lake by Robin AlexanderThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Lesbian fiction set in the American South
64 books — 14 voters
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienSacrifice by Helyn Dunn
Settings to Savor - Books That Transport You to Another Place or Time
86 books — 12 voters

A Year in Provence by Peter MayleWest with the Night by Beryl MarkhamThe Man Who Loved China by Simon WinchesterThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Books About Place
73 books — 11 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienVagabonds in France by Michael A. BarryHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsGrowing up Wired by David Wallace Fleming
Most Interesting Settings
73 books — 10 voters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithA Year in Provence by Peter MayleThe Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferSeven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer
Books with a Location in the Title: Villages, Towns, Cities, Countries
298 books — 9 voters
The Poetics of Space by Gaston BachelardLife Takes Place by David SeamonThe Fate of Place by Edward S. CaseyBeing Together in Place by Soren C. LarsenHeidegger and the Thinking of Place by Jeff E. Malpas
Best Books on Philosophy of Place
99 books — 8 voters

Daring to Drive by Manal Al-SharifDesert Royal by Jean SassonIn the Land of Invisible Women by Qanta A. AhmedKingdom of the Unjust by Medea BenjaminCrossing the Kingdom by Loring M. Danforth
Inside the Kingdom: Nonfiction about Saudi Arabia
13 books — 6 voters
The Great Neighborhood Book by Jay WalljasperWalkable City by Jeff SpeckA Pattern Language by Christopher W. AlexanderLatino Placemaking and Planning by Jesus J. LaraStrong Towns by Charles L. Marohn Jr.
Best Placemaking Books
79 books — 6 voters

Race & Place by David P. LeongFrom Nature to Creation by Norman WirzbaJourney to the Common Good by Walter BrueggemannTheology for the Community of God by Stanley J. GrenzPlacemaking and the Arts by Jennifer Allen Craft
Best Theology of Place Books
66 books — 5 voters
Catopia by Caroline RepchukEcotopia by Ernest CallenbachDinotopia by James GurneyZ-Topia by Suzanne Robbe-topia by William J. Mitchell
Topias
61 books — 5 voters

Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. SeussThe Best Place to Live Is the Ceiling by Barbara WersbaA Place Of Our Own by Andrew WieseSites of Popular Music Heritage by Sara CohenIn High Places by Arthur Hailey
'Place' in title
142 books — 5 voters
Being Together in Place by Soren C. LarsenWhere the Lightning Strikes by Peter NabokovThe Fate of Place by Edward S. CaseyThe Intelligence of Place by Jeff E. MalpasWisdom Sits in Places by Keith H. Basso
Philosophy of Place
21 books — 3 voters

Albany by Karen SorensenStories of Albany by Catherine J. WebbAlbany, California by Albany Chamber of Commerce
Albany, California
3 books — 1 voter
Fairyopolis by Glen BirdAmelia Fang and the Unicorns of Glitteropolis by Laura Ellen AndersonAngelopolis by Danielle TrussoniChristianopolis by Johann Valentin AndreaeRobot Odyssey I by Fred D'Ignazio
Poleis
28 books — 1 voter

Acquired for Development By... by Gary BuddenThe Lowlife by Alexander BaronThe Hackney Horror by William MeikleThe Hurtle of Hell by Simon EdgeHackney, That Rose-Red Empire by Iain Sinclair
Books About/Set In Hackney, London
8 books — 1 voter
Of Times and Places by Steve Patton
Books That Take You Back To Childhood
1 book — 1 voter

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