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Books Set in New York City

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1

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

70,332 members

1,139 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

13,550 members

297 reviews

4

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

3

The Catcher in the Rye

by J. D. Salinger

68,189 members

1,065 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

9,501 members

197 reviews

4

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

5

6,534 members

93 reviews

4.1

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

6

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

by Michael Chabon

18,543 members

409 reviews

4.2

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

7

Franny and Zooey

by J. D. Salinger

14,590 members

168 reviews

4

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

8

Rosemary's Baby

4,477 members

134 reviews

3.8

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

9

Breakfast at Tiffany's

by Truman Capote

2,695 members

79 reviews

½ 3.7

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

10

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

16,143 members

431 reviews

½ 4.3

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

11

by Sylvia Plath

27,439 members

486 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

15,750 members

273 reviews

4.2

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

13

by Ralph Ellison

15,900 members

203 reviews

4

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

14

Bright Lights, Big City

by Jay McInerney

3,014 members

47 reviews

½ 3.6

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

15

by Kay Thompson

1,706 members

41 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027

16

Washington Square

4,307 members

87 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: AnnaClaire, roby72, thecoroner, alex68

17

4,057 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

2,901 members

21 reviews

3.9

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

19

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

by Jonathan Safran Foer

16,343 members

465 reviews

4.1

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

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Go Tell It on the Mountain

by James Baldwin

5,552 members

108 reviews

3.9

4 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, alex68, ahef1963

21

All-of-a-Kind Family

by Sydney Taylor

3,120 members

57 reviews

4.2

4 Members: dara85, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

22

by Elizabeth Enright

1,675 members

30 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, merrystar, cej1027

23

The New York Trilogy

9,649 members

154 reviews

3.9

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

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9,309 members

246 reviews

4

4 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963

25

My Name Is Asher Lev

4,305 members

76 reviews

4.2

4 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68

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by Michael Cunningham

12,571 members

227 reviews

3.9

4 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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7,845 members

85 reviews

3.9

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

28

The Bonfire of the Vanities

8,802 members

130 reviews

3.8

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

29

Summer Crossing

by Truman Capote

1,014 members

36 reviews

½ 3.4

4 Members: smcwl, roby72, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

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14,286 members

774 reviews

3.9

4 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

31

Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes

15,301 members

372 reviews

4.1

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

32

Three Beds in Manhattan

by Georges Simenon

540 members

14 reviews

½ 3.4

4 Members: smcwl, roby72, thecoroner, alex68

33

American Psycho

by Bret Easton Ellis

13,610 members

282 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: roby72, sturlington, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

34

14,381 members

140 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

35

by Dashiell Hammett

4,181 members

141 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68

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18,777 members

482 reviews

½ 4.3

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

37

The City and the Pillar {original}

193 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda

38

Sophie's Choice

by William Styron

5,882 members

86 reviews

4.1

3 Members: roby72, sturlington, thecoroner

39

The Woman in the Window

by Daniel Mallory

5,719 members

329 reviews

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

40

Dancer from the Dance

by Andrew Holleran

980 members

12 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda

41

10,703 members

181 reviews

4.2

3 Members: roby72, sturlington, thecoroner

42

by P. G. Wodehouse

2,083 members

105 reviews

3.8

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963

43

Rules of Civility

4,959 members

297 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, lindapanzo

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A Visit from the Goon Squad

by Jennifer Egan

8,386 members

507 reviews

½ 3.7

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

45

The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition

by Stephen King

19,538 members

364 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

46

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

by Judith Rossner

858 members

16 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

47

by Frank McCourt

21,597 members

335 reviews

4

2 Members: dara85, alex68

48

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

by Oscar Hijuelos

1,934 members

31 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: dylan555, ahef1963

49

Rubyfruit Jungle

by Rita Mae Brown

3,161 members

57 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963

50

by Theodore Dreiser

3,981 members

59 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: dara85, alex68

51

Tepper Isn't Going Out: A Novel

by Calvin Trillin

495 members

24 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: smcwl, sturlington

52

China Mountain Zhang

by Maureen F. McHugh

1,344 members

43 reviews

4

2 Members: aulsmith, sturlington

53

Manhattan Transfer

by John Dos Passos

2,105 members

28 reviews

3.8

2 Members: roby72, alex68

54

The Custom of the Country

by Edith Wharton

2,312 members

67 reviews

4

Member: AmourFou

55

Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

2,003 members

24 reviews

4.1

Member: hipdeep

56

by Anzia Yezierska

1,204 members

24 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

647 members

15 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, dylan555

58

2,440 members

43 reviews

3.1

2 Members: roby72, alex68

59

Chinese Takeout: A Novel

by Arthur Nersesian

174 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: sturlington, dylan555

60

Motherless Brooklyn

by Jonathan Lethem

4,841 members

105 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, dylan555

61

Manhattan Loverboy

by Arthur Nersesian

118 members

1 review

3.2

2 Members: sturlington, dylan555

62

by Jonathan Lethem

1,417 members

56 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: sturlington, dylan555

63

Death of a Salesman

by Arthur Miller

11,865 members

114 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: alex68, ahef1963

64

The Stories of John Cheever

by John Cheever

3,307 members

34 reviews

4.2

2 Members: alex68, ahef1963

65

The Other Black Girl

by Zakiya Dalila Harris

1,136 members

59 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

66

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

11,039 members

169 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

67

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

by Anthony Bourdain

9,861 members

268 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

68

The Devil Wears Prada

by Lauren Weisberger

11,559 members

225 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: alex68, ahef1963

69

A Good Marriage

by Kimberly McCreight

672 members

36 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, dylan555

70

The Price of Salt

by Patricia Highsmith

2,832 members

103 reviews

3.8

2 Members: sturlington, alex68

71

The Recognitions

by William Gaddis

2,156 members

35 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: alex68

72

Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

1,406 members

32 reviews

3.9

Member: hipdeep

73

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

by Kathleen Rooney

1,146 members

83 reviews

3.9

Member: lindapanzo

74

Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd Century America

by Robert Charles Wilson

746 members

29 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: aulsmith

75

859 members

57 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: lindapanzo

76

by Kim van Alkemade

614 members

46 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

77

Honor Thy Father

428 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: hipdeep

78

5,301 members

233 reviews

4.1

Member: hipdeep

79

by Kim Stanley Robinson

1,284 members

65 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: hipdeep

80

Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots

by Deborah Feldman

1,180 members

56 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

81

by Colm Tóibín

5,076 members

289 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: aulsmith

82

by Matt Wallace

246 members

20 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: hipdeep

83

by Jay McInerney

674 members

20 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

84

2,303 members

14 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: alex68

85

Cities in Flight

1,741 members

36 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: aulsmith

86

The Grimm Legacy

by Polly Shulman

1,596 members

97 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

87

Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer

by Steven Millhauser

1,634 members

55 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ahef1963

88

by Thomas M. Disch

675 members

18 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: aulsmith

89

Jill the Reckless

by P. G. Wodehouse

391 members

16 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

90

Let the Great World Spin

by Colum McCann

5,834 members

308 reviews

4

Member: dylan555

91

Slaves of New York

by Tama Janowitz

716 members

7 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

2,777 members

224 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dylan555

94

2,054 members

39 reviews

3.9

Member: alex68

95

by Nicole Krauss

1,942 members

125 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: dylan555

96

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

by Gabrielle Hamilton

1,708 members

112 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dylan555

97

851 members

15 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: roby72

98

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

1,593 members

117 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: dylan555

99

498 members

4 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: roby72

100

1,406 members

59 reviews

4.1

Member: dylan555

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