Reuben is a novel by the American writer John Edgar Wideman set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the 1980s.

Reuben

First edition
Author	John Edgar Wideman
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Henry Holt
Publication date	1987
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	215
ISBN	0-395-85730-9
OCLC	39045168

The novel tells the story of Reuben, an aging African-American man who lives in an abandoned trailer, but is a lawyer and go-between on behalf of poor blacks in Homewood, a neighborhood of the East End.