The Alienist
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The Alienist
| Author | Caleb Carr |
|---|---|
| Published | 1994 |
| Pages | 588 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Caleb Carr’s 1896 New York murder investigation, run by a psychologist — an “alienist” in the language of the day — alongside a newspaperman and a young Theodore Roosevelt as police commissioner. The draw is the reconstructed city: tenements, the early forensic professions, and a police department being rebuilt from the inside. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @moseskagan — an answer when he asked “What historical fiction should I read next? (Bonus points for something involving building or trade, rather than violence)” in his thread, April 2025. The full list of answers is on What historical fiction should I… (tweet).
Connections
- What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- City Building — 1890s New York is the real subject.
What links here
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