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Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules VerneNeverwhere by Neil GaimanThe City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrauThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsWool Omnibus by Hugh Howey
Best Books with Underground Setting
234 books — 86 voters
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrauThe Silver Chair by C.S. LewisTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneNeverwhere by Neil GaimanThe Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin
Underground Cities
253 books — 53 voters

The Frank Book by Jim WoodringThe Cage by Martin Vaughn-JamesKagopedia by Shintaro KagoI Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! by Fletcher HanksNew Engineering by Yuichi Yokoyama
Weird Comics
120 books — 26 voters
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichNomadland by Jessica BruderDown and Out in Paris and London by George OrwellThe Girl's Guide to Homelessness by Brianna KarpThe Hitchhiker Man by Matt Fox
Drifters, Transients, and Homeless
143 books — 24 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceZ213 by Dimitris LyacosPOENA DAMNI by Dimitris LyacosTHE FIRST DEATH by Dimitris LyacosWith the People from the Bridge by Dimitris Lyacos
Alternative and Experimental Literature
44 books — 22 voters
De Rerum Natura by David HillstromSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky AlbertalliLost Boi by Sassafras PatterdaleRedemption by Regina M. JosephUnder the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
28th Lambda Literary Awards | Finalists & Winners
105 books — 21 voters

Without Empathy by Mk RaghavendraMondo Macabro by Pete TombsI Was a Teenage Movie Maker by Donald F. GlutMen, Women, and Chain Saws by Carol J. CloverNightmare USA by Stephen Thrower
Film-Acres Delinquent Movie Ranch
278 books — 21 voters
Ruthless. Heartless! Loveless. by Holly StarWoody Notes, and Heat Sneaking up Fast by Danny WinterAnxiety by Danny WinterSourdough by Diane Lee MoomeyNo Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay
Best Underground-ish Poetry
21 books — 20 voters

When Secrets Bloom by Patricia FurstenbergThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPeter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Scattered Flowers
24 books — 19 voters
Fist of the Spider Woman by Amber DawnEven This Page Is White by Vivek ShrayaLost Boi by Sassafras PatterdaleDirty River by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samara...How Poetry Saved My Life by Amber Dawn
Arsenal Pulp Press
187 books — 17 voters

AfterTastes and Tales from Russia by Jake DanishevskyInherent Vice by Thomas PynchonMidnight At The Palace by Pam TentThe Albino Album by Chavisa WoodsRotten by John Lydon
Radical Reading for 2013
48 books — 16 voters
Rampant by Joshua WernerDead by Morning by Kayla KrantzFeast of the Dead by Source Point PressCabello by Grea AlexanderThe Pack by Grea Alexander
Underground Horror on the Rise
33 books — 15 voters

The Shelter Trap by James L. SummersThe Children of Ashgaroth by Richard FordFallout Shelter by Steven SchindlerThe Fort by Gordon KormanCountdown by Deborah Wiles
Fiction Set in Fallout and Bomb Shelters
54 books — 12 voters
Helter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Dharma Bums by Jack KerouacOn the Road by Jack KerouacUnexpected Bride in the Promised Land by Iris KeltzThe 1960's Social Movements - Pathways to the Final Apostasy by Philip Alajajian
Nonfiction Books about the 1960's and 70's
148 books — 10 voters

The Grim Grotto by Lemony SnicketThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainMandragora by David McRobbieThe River of Adventure by Enid BlytonThe secret of the hidden cave by Bettilu D Davies
Children's/Juvenile/YA: Caves with Water
124 books — 10 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingConflict of Intrigues by ML YostThe Secret of Platform 13 by Eva IbbotsonThe Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas AdamsExit Five from Charing Cross by Valerie Keogh
London Train and Tube Stations - Setting
25 books — 9 voters

Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony HawksOpened Ground by Seamus HeaneyThe Sea Around Us by Rachel CarsonLuxury for Export by Pedro Moura CarvalhoThe Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg
"Round"
293 books — 9 voters
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumCoraline by Neil GaimanAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleNight Gate by Isobelle Carmody
Girls Underground Books
21 books — 8 voters

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerThe Railway Children by E. NesbitA Dog So Small by Philippa PearceRaising Steam by Terry PratchettLocomotive by Brian Floca
Trains in Juvenile Fiction & Non-Fiction
197 books — 8 voters
Underground Airlines by Ben H. WintersThe Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny NordbergNotes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor DostoevskyHaunted London Underground by David BrandonMurder Underground by Mavis Doriel Hay
Underground Books
61 books — 7 voters

King Solomon's Carpet by Barbara VineUnderground Tales For London by Ann BissellAmazing & Extraordinary London Underground Facts by Stephen HallidayA Good Parcel of English Soil by Richard MabeyThe London Underground by Vicki Pipe
books about the tube
90 books — 5 voters
Journey To The Centre Of The Earth By Jules Verne by Jules VerneThe Descent by Jeff LongBlind Descent by Nevada BarrPandemonium by Warren FahyMidnight's Lair by Richard Laymon
Subterranean Adventures Gone Wrong
21 books — 5 voters

Murder Underground by Mavis Doriel HayForeign Sailors on Socotra by Ingo StrauchEtidoprha by John Uri LloydLiving Underground by David KempeCave Post Offices by Thomas M. Lera
Way Down In The Holes
95 books — 4 voters
A Hole is to Dig by Ruth KraussThe Magic School Bus at the Waterworks by Joanna ColeDanny and the Dinosaur by Syd HoffJourney to the Center of the Earth The Fiery Foe - A Big Lit... by Paul S. NewmanThe Street Beneath My Feet by Charlotte Guillain
Journey to the Centre of the Earth? Picture Books about Under the Ground
77 books — 3 voters

Whispers Under Ground by Ben AaronovitchLes Misérables by Victor HugoIt by Stephen KingMeet You in the Sewer by Martyn GodfreyThe Sewer Sleuth by Julia Jarman
Sewer Scene
24 books — 3 voters
I Am the Messenger by Markus ZusakGrasshopper Jungle by Andrew SmithVitality Issue 1 by Jaylee JamesSpit and Passion by Cristy C. RoadKing Dork by Frank Portman
Underrated YA Lit
16 books — 2 voters

The Forger of Zurich by Stephen MogridgeThe Secret of the Old Mill by Franklin W. DixonThe Children of the Forge by Tom McCaughrenThe High Window by Raymond ChandlerThe Case of the Counterfeit Cash by Angela Elwell Hunt
Counterfeit, Forged Money
15 books — 2 voters
Under Wildwood by Colin Meloy
Books Set Underground
1 book — 1 voter

Kings in Disguise by James VanceCadillacs and Dinosaurs by Mark SchultzHey Look by Harvey KurtzmanThe Christmas Spirit by Will EisnerHawks of the Seas by Will Eisner
Comics Publishers: Kitchen Sink Press
77 books — 1 voter
Disney Strange World Little Golden Book by Erin FalligantDisney Strange World by Walt Disney CompanyMeet the Clades (Disney Strange World) by Walt Disney CompanyDisney Strange World by Walt Disney CompanyAdventure Awaits! (Disney Strange World) by Natasha Bouchard
Disney Strange World books
17 books — 1 voter

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