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Books Set in New York City

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The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

72,042 members

1,165 reviews

3.8

11 Members: hipdeep, smcwl, roby72, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, dylan555, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: sturlington: Long Island

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The Age of Innocence

by Edith Wharton

13,904 members

300 reviews

4

9 Members: smcwl, AnnaClaire, roby72, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, petalsnthorns, ladyand24

3

The Catcher in the Rye

by J. D. Salinger

69,481 members

1,078 reviews

3.8

10 Members: KimarieBee, smcwl, roby72, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, dylan555, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,hipdeep ,cej1027 ,

4

The House of Mirth

by Edith Wharton

9,694 members

201 reviews

4

7 Members: smcwl, roby72, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

5

6,600 members

93 reviews

4.1

6 Members: dara85, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, petalsnthorns

6

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

by Michael Chabon

18,770 members

412 reviews

4.2

6 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, sturlington, alex68, dylan555, ahef1963

7

Franny and Zooey

by J. D. Salinger

14,811 members

169 reviews

4

5 Members: smcwl, roby72, alex68, petalsnthorns, ManWithAnAgenda

8

Rosemary's Baby

4,616 members

138 reviews

3.8

6 Members: KimarieBee, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: sturlington: Manhattan

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Breakfast at Tiffany's

by Truman Capote

2,771 members

81 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: smcwl, roby72, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

16,503 members

442 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: dara85, merrystar, thecoroner, ahef1963, ladyand24

11

by Sylvia Plath

28,058 members

499 reviews

4

6 Members: roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

12

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

by E. L. Konigsburg

16,141 members

278 reviews

4.2

5 Members: merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

13

by Ralph Ellison

16,357 members

212 reviews

4

5 Members: roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, dylan555

14

Bright Lights, Big City

by Jay McInerney

2,982 members

47 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: smcwl, sturlington, alex68, dylan555, ManWithAnAgenda

15

by Kay Thompson

1,763 members

42 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027

16

Washington Square

4,396 members

88 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: AnnaClaire, roby72, thecoroner, alex68

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4,115 members

140 reviews

3.9

4 Members: merrystar, sturlington, lindapanzo, ahef1963

18

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

by Bette Bao Lord

2,999 members

23 reviews

3.8

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

19

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

by Jonathan Safran Foer

16,418 members

468 reviews

4.1

5 Members: roby72, sturlington, alex68, dylan555, ahef1963

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Go Tell It on the Mountain

by James Baldwin

5,747 members

112 reviews

3.9

4 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, alex68, ahef1963

21

All-of-a-Kind Family

by Sydney Taylor

3,216 members

59 reviews

4.2

4 Members: dara85, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Elizabeth Enright

1,742 members

30 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, merrystar, cej1027

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The New York Trilogy

9,806 members

155 reviews

3.9

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

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9,469 members

250 reviews

4

4 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963

25

My Name Is Asher Lev

4,384 members

76 reviews

4.2

4 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68

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by Michael Cunningham

12,696 members

232 reviews

3.9

4 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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7,952 members

85 reviews

3.9

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

28

The Bonfire of the Vanities

8,935 members

132 reviews

3.8

5 Members: smcwl, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68,merrystar

29

Summer Crossing

by Truman Capote

1,031 members

36 reviews

½ 3.4

4 Members: smcwl, roby72, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

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14,850 members

799 reviews

3.9

4 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

31

Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes

15,764 members

381 reviews

4.1

4 Members: dara85, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963,merrystar

32

Three Beds in Manhattan

by Georges Simenon

553 members

14 reviews

½ 3.4

4 Members: smcwl, roby72, thecoroner, alex68

33

American Psycho

by Bret Easton Ellis

13,859 members

289 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: roby72, sturlington, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

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14,833 members

146 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

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by Dashiell Hammett

4,263 members

143 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68

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19,131 members

493 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: sturlington, dylan555, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,cej1027

37

The City and the Pillar {original}

193 members

1 review

½ 3.6

2 Members: aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda

38

Sophie's Choice

by William Styron

5,997 members

87 reviews

4.1

3 Members: roby72, sturlington, thecoroner

39

The Woman in the Window

by Daniel Mallory

6,079 members

336 reviews

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

40

Dancer from the Dance

by Andrew Holleran

1,001 members

11 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda

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10,963 members

185 reviews

4.2

3 Members: roby72, sturlington, thecoroner

42

by P. G. Wodehouse

2,136 members

108 reviews

3.8

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963

43

Rules of Civility

5,161 members

309 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, lindapanzo

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A Visit from the Goon Squad

by Jennifer Egan

8,598 members

512 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963
Explanations: sturlington: DNF

45

The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition

by Stephen King

19,796 members

366 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

46

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

by Judith Rossner

875 members

16 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

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by Frank McCourt

21,840 members

337 reviews

4

2 Members: dara85, alex68

48

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

by Oscar Hijuelos

1,955 members

31 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: dylan555, ahef1963

49

Rubyfruit Jungle

by Rita Mae Brown

3,239 members

59 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963

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by Theodore Dreiser

4,038 members

60 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: dara85, alex68

51

Tepper Isn't Going Out: A Novel

by Calvin Trillin

500 members

25 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: smcwl, sturlington

52

China Mountain Zhang

by Maureen F. McHugh

1,366 members

43 reviews

4

2 Members: aulsmith, sturlington

53

Manhattan Transfer

by John Dos Passos

2,153 members

28 reviews

3.8

2 Members: roby72, alex68

54

The Custom of the Country

by Edith Wharton

2,387 members

67 reviews

4

Member: AmourFou

55

Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

2,055 members

24 reviews

4.1

Member: hipdeep

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by Anzia Yezierska

1,224 members

25 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: knotbox
Explanations: knotbox: Set entirely in the boroughs, except for her college years, which are set in the near suburbs.

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by David Benioff

660 members

16 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, dylan555

58

2,476 members

43 reviews

3.1

2 Members: roby72, alex68

59

Chinese Takeout: A Novel

by Arthur Nersesian

178 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: sturlington, dylan555

60

Motherless Brooklyn

by Jonathan Lethem

4,914 members

110 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, dylan555

61

Manhattan Loverboy

by Arthur Nersesian

120 members

1 review

3.2

2 Members: sturlington, dylan555

62

by Jonathan Lethem

1,444 members

57 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: sturlington, dylan555

63

Death of a Salesman

by Arthur Miller

12,181 members

116 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: alex68, ahef1963

64

The Stories of John Cheever

by John Cheever

3,371 members

34 reviews

4.2

2 Members: alex68, ahef1963

65

The Other Black Girl

by Zakiya Dalila Harris

1,242 members

65 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

66

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

11,384 members

173 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

67

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

by Anthony Bourdain

10,084 members

272 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

68

The Devil Wears Prada

by Lauren Weisberger

11,698 members

227 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: alex68, ahef1963

69

A Good Marriage

by Kimberly McCreight

737 members

42 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, dylan555

70

The Price of Salt

by Patricia Highsmith

2,943 members

109 reviews

3.8

2 Members: sturlington, alex68

71

The Recognitions

by William Gaddis

2,212 members

36 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: alex68

72

Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

1,446 members

32 reviews

4

Member: hipdeep

73

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

by Kathleen Rooney

1,197 members

85 reviews

3.9

Member: lindapanzo

74

Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd Century America

by Robert Charles Wilson

756 members

29 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: aulsmith

75

893 members

58 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: lindapanzo

76

by Kim van Alkemade

632 members

46 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

77

Honor Thy Father

440 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: hipdeep

78

5,479 members

238 reviews

4.1

Member: hipdeep

79

by Kim Stanley Robinson

1,353 members

69 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: hipdeep

80

Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots

by Deborah Feldman

1,230 members

57 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

81

by Colm Tóibín

5,231 members

294 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: aulsmith

82

by Matt Wallace

252 members

21 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: hipdeep

83

by Jay McInerney

677 members

19 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

84

2,356 members

14 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: alex68

85

Cities in Flight

1,768 members

36 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: aulsmith

86

The Grimm Legacy

by Polly Shulman

1,642 members

97 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

87

Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer

by Steven Millhauser

1,669 members

57 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ahef1963

88

by Thomas M. Disch

691 members

18 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: aulsmith

89

Jill the Reckless

by P. G. Wodehouse

395 members

16 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

90

Let the Great World Spin

by Colum McCann

5,959 members

314 reviews

4

Member: dylan555

91

Slaves of New York

by Tama Janowitz

723 members

6 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

92

Knickerbocker Holiday: A Musical Comedy in Two Acts

11 members

1 review

4

Member: aulsmith

93

The Wife Between Us

by Greer Hendricks

2,875 members

232 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dylan555

94

2,102 members

40 reviews

3.9

Member: alex68

95

by Nicole Krauss

1,965 members

125 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: dylan555

96

Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef

by Gabrielle Hamilton

1,744 members

114 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dylan555

97

862 members

15 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: roby72

98

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? A Memoir

1,639 members

119 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: dylan555

99

502 members

4 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: roby72

100

1,474 members

62 reviews

4.1

Member: dylan555

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