Best Novel set in DC

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I read it years ago, but enjoyed it:
No Way To Treat a First Lady by Christopher Buckley, son of William Buckley

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heartburn!

Came here to say this!

Also Thank You for Smoking and a lot of other novels by the same author are very DC politico insider. Often funny and irreverent.

Same author that I just posted about: Christopher Buckley

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The Washingtonienne

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If they like kind of trashy fun thrillers, The Golden Couple!!!

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Thomas Mallon's _Watergate_ is outstanding and very funny. Spot on for DC in the period.

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American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld

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Anonymous wrote:The entire George Pelecanos catalog (The Sweet Forever is my favorite) and Edward P. Jones's collection of short stories Lost in the City.

100%

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Anonymous wrote:I really enjoy political thriller books set in DC such as Dan Brown The Lost Symbol and Brad Meltzer books.

Same!

You just have to get over things like when they say the yellow line has a stop at Franconia. No idea why they get things wrong like that, but I distinctly recall something like that in the Lost Symbol (but otherwise I loved the book!).

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Anonymous wrote:American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld

Great book! My favorite Curtis Sittenfeld book.

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Easy to read, humerous books:

Ladies of the House by Lauren Edmondson
Rachel to the Rescue by Elinor Lipman

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Anonymous wrote:The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu

+1! Amazing novel that shows DC in a way I haven’t seen in other books.

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Anonymous wrote:The House of Eve is partially set here, but it's not modern.

Loved this one.

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Short War by Lily Meyer. It just came out, lots of modern DC references. I really enjoyed it.

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The Exorcist! The novel is really good and lots of good Georgetown descriptions.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heartburn!

Came here to say this!

Also Thank You for Smoking and a lot of other novels by the same author are very DC politico insider. Often funny and irreverent.

Same author that I just posted about: Christopher Buckley

I really enjoyed "Thank You for Smoking". Think about it almost every time someone mentions lobbyists.