Everything's Up to Date in Kansas City 🎶
Books either set in KC, about KC, or written by KC local authors. Feel free to suggest more books that youb know of that would fit :)
created by seventysixtrombones
last updated September, 2026
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-The Kansas City Public Library has a staff created recommendations list titled “Novels set in Kansas City!”
-paulfinchauthor.com has a recommendations list titled “20 best books on kansas city – 2023 reading list & recommendations”
-made in kc has a list of book recommendations titled after their site name
-the greatest books has one called “The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Kansas City”
-legacy & lore via bookshop.org has a list titled Kansas City
Good luck on your search! I love Adib Khorram’s books so much and believe his Love on the Vine series is also set in KC
I started out with books that I’m real familiar with and I had looked at the KCPL list briefly after that but then I went back to working on homework. I did not know that there were so many recommendation lists out there centred around KC, wow! Thank you! That makes sense that the Love on the Vine series takes place in KC, the title makes me think of 18th and Vin in KC.
