Best Novel set in DC
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Sending a friend who lives in another country a book as a gift, she is an avid reader and I would love to send a novel set in DC because I am trying to get her to visit.
She reads everything, I think! Ideas? |
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| Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders springs to mind. It's historical fiction, of course, so if you're looking for something about modern-day DC it won't work. |
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Echo House by Ward Just
The Last of the Southern Girls by Willie Morris Fellow Travelers by Thomas Mallon |
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The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
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The beautiful things that heaven beats
All aunt Hagar's children (short stories) |
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| The House of Eve is partially set here, but it's not modern. |
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| I really enjoy political thriller books set in DC such as Dan Brown The Lost Symbol and Brad Meltzer books. |
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| Heartburn! |
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+1 for this |
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The entire George Pelecanos catalog (The Sweet Forever is my favorite) and Edward P. Jones's collection of short stories Lost in the City.
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| Something by Gore Vidal? |
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| Horse by Geraldine Brooks is mostly a historical fiction novel but one of its plot lines is present day and set in DC. |
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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. |
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| As a teen I loved the Margaret Truman mysteries, but I suspect I’d be underwhelmed by them as an adult. |