Read-alikes and related books

Books like Kings County

24 titles for readers of Kings County by David Goodwillie, selected for shared themes: Urban & Street Lit, City Life, and Literary.

Urban & Street Lit City Life Literary Fiction

Top related books to Kings County

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Kings County.

The Short Fiction of Nella Larsen — Nella Larsen

The Short Fiction of Nella Larsen

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

The Big Crowd — Kevin Baker

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

These Women A Novel — Ivy Pochoda

These Women A Novel

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

The Walls of Jericho — Rudolph Fisher

The Walls of Jericho

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

Mrs Dalloway — Virginia Woolf

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

Christodora — Tim Murphy

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

One Dead Doctor — Tony Lindsay

One Dead Doctor

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

Champagne and Cocaine A Novel — Richard Vetere

Champagne and Cocaine A Novel

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

Chango’s Fire — Ernesto Quinonez

Chango’s Fire

Ernesto Quinonez

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

Quicksand and Passing — Nella Larsen

Quicksand and Passing

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

The Book of Echoes — Rosanna Amaka

The Book of Echoes

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

The Fuck Up — Arthur Nersesian

Arthur Nersesian

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

Why We Came to the City — Kristopher Jansma

Why We Came to the City

Kristopher Jansma

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

Lila Says — Anonymous

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

Stories from the Tenants Downstairs — Sidik Fofana

Stories from the Tenants Downstairs

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

Fin & Lady A Novel — Cathleen Schine

Fin & Lady A Novel

Cathleen Schine

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

A Deeper Love Inside The Porsche Santiaga Story — Sister Souljah

A Deeper Love Inside The Porsche Santiaga Story

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

Oliver Twist — Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

Innocents and Others — Dana Spiotta

Innocents and Others

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

A Little Life — Hanya Yanagihara

Hanya Yanagihara

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

Evenings and Weekends — Oisín McKenna

Evenings and Weekends

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

My Year of Rest and Relaxation — Ottessa Moshfegh

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Ottessa Moshfegh

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

I Am Pilgrim — Terry Hayes

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

Tinderbox A Novel — Lisa Gornick

Tinderbox A Novel

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • City Life • Literary

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Urban & Street Lit, City Life, Literary — the same threads that run through Kings County by David Goodwillie. Among the authors featured: Nella Larsen, Kevin Baker, Ivy Pochoda, Rudolph Fisher, and others.

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