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Books Set in New York City

Description: Vote for or add the best books set in New York City.

Members: 18 participating members (show all)

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1
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
60,616 members, 1,003 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: sturlington, merrystar, ahef1963, roby72, thecoroner, smcwl, hipdeep, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

Explanations:

sturlington (1): Long Island

3
Rosemary's Baby
by Ira Levin
3,704 members, 103 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee, sturlington, ahef1963, roby72, thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda

Explanations:

sturlington (3): Manhattan

5
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
24,020 members, 419 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, roby72, ManWithAnAgenda

7
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
by Truman Capote
2,246 members, 58 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: smcwl, roby72, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963

9
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
13,852 members, 389 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: ladyand24, merrystar, ahef1963, thecoroner

10
Franny and Zooey
by J. D. Salinger
13,437 members, 158 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: smcwl, petalsnthorns, roby72, ManWithAnAgenda

11
The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
11,235 members, 686 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963, thecoroner

12
The House of Mirth
by Edith Wharton
8,491 members, 183 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: merrystar, thecoroner, roby72, smcwl

13
Time and Again
by Jack Finney
3,659 members, 126 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: lindapanzo, sturlington, merrystar, ahef1963

15
Eloise
by Kay Thompson
1,426 members, 37 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: cej1027, hipdeep, sturlington, merrystar

16
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
13,754 members, 172 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: merrystar, thecoroner, roby72

17
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis
11,894 members, 249 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington, roby72

18
The Hours
by Michael Cunningham
11,575 members, 207 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963, sturlington

19
Stuart Little
by E B White
11,133 members, 124 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: sturlington, merrystar, ahef1963

20
The New York Trilogy
by Paul Auster
8,779 members, 147 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: ahef1963, roby72, thecoroner

21
The Alienist
by Caleb Carr
8,337 members, 226 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ahef1963, aulsmith, smcwl

22
The Chosen
by Chaim Potok
6,122 members, 87 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: petalsnthorns, ahef1963, thecoroner

23
My Name Is Asher Lev
by Chaim Potok
3,823 members, 73 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, merrystar, aulsmith

24
Washington Square
by Henry James
3,791 members, 78 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: AnnaClaire, thecoroner, roby72

25
The Thin Man
by Dashiell Hammett
3,705 members, 121 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: sturlington, merrystar, thecoroner

26
The Woman in the Window
by A. J. Finn
3,676 members, 255 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington, ahef1963

27
My Man Jeeves
by P. G. Wodehouse
1,751 members, 84 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: sturlington, merrystar, ahef1963

28
The Saturdays
by Elizabeth Enright
1,310 members, 26 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, merrystar, smcwl

29
Summer Crossing
by Truman Capote
888 members, 34 reviews
3.43 stars (3.43 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda, roby72, smcwl

30
Three Beds in Manhattan
by Georges Simenon
474 members, 12 reviews
3.43 stars (3.43 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner, smcwl

31
Watchmen
by Alan Moore
16,793 members, 468 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington, ahef1963

Thumbs down: cej1027

32
Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes
12,976 members, 341 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: cej1027, sturlington, ahef1963

Thumbs down: merrystar

33
The Godfather
by Mario Puzo
9,282 members, 153 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, roby72

34
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe
7,974 members, 116 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: smcwl, thecoroner, roby72

Thumbs down: merrystar

35
Underworld
by Don DeLillo
7,117 members, 75 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, roby72

36
Sophie's Choice
by William Styron
5,299 members, 81 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner

37
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
4,630 members, 97 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, smcwl

38
Rules of Civility
by Amor Towles
3,730 members, 252 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: lindapanzo, sturlington

39
Rubyfruit Jungle
by Rita Mae Brown
2,803 members, 43 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, ahef1963

40
Bright Lights, Big City
by Jay McInerney
2,690 members, 43 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda, smcwl

41
All-of-a-Kind Family
by Sydney Taylor
2,362 members, 50 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda, merrystar

42
China Mountain Zhang
by Maureen F. McHugh
1,197 members, 37 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, sturlington

43
Dancer from the Dance
by Andrew Holleran
828 members, 9 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda, aulsmith

44
Tepper Isn't Going Out: A Novel
by Calvin Trillin
463 members, 22 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: smcwl, sturlington

45
The City and the Pillar
by Gore Vidal
121 members, 1 review
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda, aulsmith

46
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer
14,885 members, 447 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: ahef1963, roby72

Thumbs down: sturlington

48
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
by Judy Blume
8,542 members, 160 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: sturlington

49
Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously
by Julie Powell
5,289 members, 254 reviews
3.47 stars (3.47 stars)

Lists: sturlington

50
Motherless Brooklyn
by Jonathan Lethem
4,458 members, 96 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: sturlington

51
Brooklyn
by Colm Tóibín
4,412 members, 265 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: aulsmith

52
Just Kids
by Patti Smith
4,383 members, 206 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: hipdeep

54
The Starless Sea
by Erin Morgenstern
2,316 members, 120 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: sturlington

55
Woman on the Edge of Time
by Marge Piercy
2,225 members, 44 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: sturlington

56
Cosmopolis
by Don DeLillo
2,205 members, 42 reviews
3.09 stars (3.09 stars)

Lists: roby72

57
The Custom of the Country
by Edith Wharton
2,005 members, 54 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: AmourFou

58
Specimen Days
by Michael Cunningham
1,823 members, 41 reviews
3.44 stars (3.44 stars)

Lists: sturlington

59
Manhattan Transfer
by John Dos Passos
1,808 members, 22 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: roby72

60
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
by Oscar Hijuelos
1,751 members, 26 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

61
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
by Legs McNeil
1,724 members, 20 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: hipdeep

62
Dept. of Speculation
by Jenny Offill
1,570 members, 123 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: sturlington

Explanations:

sturlington (23): Brooklyn

63
Cities in Flight
by James Blish
1,557 members, 35 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: aulsmith

64
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
by Steven Millhauser
1,486 members, 51 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

65
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
by Carmen Maria Machado
1,480 members, 82 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: sturlington

66
The City of Mirrors
by Justin Cronin
1,369 members, 70 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: sturlington

67
Make Room! Make Room!
by Harry Harrison
1,344 members, 44 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: sturlington

68
The Grimm Legacy
by Polly Shulman
1,339 members, 92 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: merrystar

69
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh
1,311 members, 63 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: sturlington

70
Chronic City
by Jonathan Lethem
1,301 members, 56 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: sturlington

71
Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
1,258 members, 29 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: hipdeep

72
Bread Givers
by Anzia Yezierska
1,080 members, 24 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: knotbox

Explanations:

knotbox (1): Set entirely in the boroughs, except for her college years, which are set in the near suburbs.

73
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
by Salman Rushdie
1,028 members, 66 reviews
3.49 stars (3.49 stars)

Lists: sturlington

74
The Ballad of Black Tom
by Victor LaValle
959 members, 47 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: sturlington

75
New York 2140
by Kim Stanley Robinson
900 members, 52 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: hipdeep

76
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
by Kathleen Rooney
887 members, 71 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: lindapanzo

77
The Grand Complication
by Allen Kurzweil
847 members, 27 reviews
3.36 stars (3.36 stars)

Lists: sturlington

78
The Changeling
by Victor LaValle
801 members, 59 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: sturlington

79
The Victim
by Saul Bellow
771 members, 14 reviews
3.39 stars (3.39 stars)

Lists: roby72

81
Kissing in Manhattan
by David Schickler
671 members, 19 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: sturlington

82
Slaves of New York
by Tama Janowitz
656 members, 7 reviews
3.29 stars (3.29 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda

83
The Dollhouse
by Fiona Davis
654 members, 48 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: lindapanzo

84
The Good Life
by Jay McInerney
634 members, 20 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda

85
Story of My Life
by Jay McInerney
633 members, 15 reviews
3.38 stars (3.38 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda

86
New Amsterdam
by Elizabeth Bear
623 members, 30 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: sturlington

87
The 25th Hour
by David Benioff
592 members, 13 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: sturlington

88
334
by Thomas M. Disch
589 members, 14 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: aulsmith

89
Love Invents Us
by Amy Bloom
551 members, 5 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Lists: sturlington

90
Andrew's Brain
by E. L. Doctorow
534 members, 97 reviews
3.2 stars (3.2 stars)

Lists: sturlington

91
A Changed Man
by Francine Prose
493 members, 9 reviews
3.47 stars (3.47 stars)

Lists: sturlington

92
The Devil in Silver
by Victor LaValle
476 members, 57 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: sturlington

93
Laura
by Vera Caspary
468 members, 20 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: sturlington

94
Players
by Don DeLillo
448 members, 4 reviews
3.28 stars (3.28 stars)

Lists: roby72

95
Honor Thy Father
by Gay Talese
364 members, 4 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

Lists: hipdeep

96
About the Author
by John Colapinto
358 members, 16 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: sturlington

97
Jill the Reckless
by P. G. Wodehouse
354 members, 15 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: merrystar

98
Social Creature
by Tara Isabella Burton
294 members, 29 reviews
3.27 stars (3.27 stars)

Lists: sturlington

99
The Hook
by Donald E. Westlake
268 members, 8 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: sturlington

100
Bedbugs
by Ben H. Winters
256 members, 51 reviews
3.45 stars (3.45 stars)

Lists: sturlington

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Started by: sturlington (August 2013)

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