Books Set in New York State

1
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
83,085 members
1,306 reviews
3.8
7 Members
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2
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
77,316 members
1,199 reviews
3.8
5 Members
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3
Rip van Winkle [short story]
by Washington Irving
1,572 members
26 reviews
½ 3.6
5 Members
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4
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton
15,855 members
336 reviews
4
4 Members
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5
The Last of the Mohicans
by James Fenimore Cooper
15,305 members
145 reviews
½ 3.5
4 Members
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6
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
by Michael Chabon
20,430 members
429 reviews
4.2
3 Members
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7
Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
18,860 members
578 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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8
Time and Again
by Jack Finney
4,432 members
154 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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9
Breakfast at Tiffany's
by Truman Capote
4,191 members
101 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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10
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
18,484 members
482 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
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11
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer
17,815 members
492 reviews
4
2 Members
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12
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe
9,742 members
142 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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13
Leave the World Behind
by Rumaan Alam
3,298 members
161 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
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14
A Home at the End of the World
by Michael Cunningham
2,813 members
49 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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Explanations
aulsmith: New York City and Woodstock
15
Ironweed
by William Kennedy
2,660 members
52 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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16
Freddy the Detective
by Walter R. Brooks
690 members
9 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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17
A Little Life
by Hanya Yanagihara
12,183 members
398 reviews
4.1
Member
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18
The Magicians
by Lev Grossman
11,839 members
717 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
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19
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
6,934 members
134 reviews
3.9
Member
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20
Just Kids
by Patti Smith
6,658 members
268 reviews
4.1
Member
hipdeep
21
Let the Great World Spin
by Colum McCann
6,584 members
328 reviews
4
Member
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22
Brooklyn
by Colm Tóibín
6,394 members
337 reviews
½ 3.7
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23
Jazz
by Toni Morrison
5,698 members
73 reviews
½ 3.7
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24
Motherless Brooklyn
by Jonathan Lethem
5,283 members
113 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
25
The God of the Woods
by Liz Moore
4,740 members
162 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
26
Little, Big
by John Crowley
4,593 members
124 reviews
4
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aulsmith
27
Fates and Furies
by Lauren Groff
4,366 members
226 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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28
So You Want to be a Wizard
by Diane Duane
3,595 members
69 reviews
3.9
Member
aulsmith
29
The Interestings
by Meg Wolitzer
3,421 members
214 reviews
½ 3.6
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Manhattan Beach
by Jennifer Egan
3,215 members
146 reviews
½ 3.6
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31
If Beale Street Could Talk
by James Baldwin
3,095 members
68 reviews
4.1
Member
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32
Behold the Dreamers
by Imbolo Mbue
2,394 members
117 reviews
3.9
Member
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33
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
by Legs McNeil
2,329 members
30 reviews
4.1
Member
hipdeep
34
Open City
by Teju Cole
1,914 members
96 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
steller0707
35
The Sweet Hereafter
by Russell Banks
1,786 members
37 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
36
Red at the Bone
by Jacqueline Woodson
1,735 members
90 reviews
3.9
Member
steller0707
37
In the Bleak Midwinter
by Julia Spencer-Fleming
1,695 members
139 reviews
3.9
Member
inge87
38
We Are Not Ourselves
by Matthew Thomas
1,632 members
115 reviews
3.8
Member
steller0707
39
Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
1,607 members
35 reviews
4
Member
hipdeep
40
Native Speaker
by Chang-Rae Lee
1,580 members
19 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
steller0707
41
The Fisherman
by John Langan
1,418 members
51 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
42
Cackle
by Rachel Harrison
1,170 members
42 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
43
World Made By Hand
by James Howard Kunstler
1,053 members
56 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Union Grove
44
The Church of Dead Girls
by Stephen Dobyns
1,026 members
27 reviews
½ 3.5
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sturlington
45
Rooms
by Lauren Oliver
872 members
50 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
46
Out of the Deep I Cry
by Julia Spencer-Fleming
859 members
49 reviews
4.1
Member
inge87
47
Vladimir
by Julia May Jonas
772 members
40 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
48
Burnt Offerings
by Robert Marasco
701 members
32 reviews
½ 3.6
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sturlington
49
The Return
by Rachel Harrison
692 members
31 reviews
½ 3.5
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sturlington
50
Long Island Compromise
by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
601 members
22 reviews
½ 3.7
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sturlington
51
Davy
by Edgar Pangborn
543 members
15 reviews
½ 3.5
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aulsmith
52
Quinn's Book
by William Kennedy
423 members
5 reviews
½ 3.7
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aulsmith
53
The Shadow Year
by Jeffrey Ford
397 members
35 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
54
I've a Feeling We're Not in Kansas Anymore
by Ethan Mordden
309 members
3 reviews
4
Member
aulsmith
55
House of Echoes
by Brendan Duffy
302 members
48 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
56
Mailman
by J. Robert Lennon
299 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Nestor
57
Death Trick
by Richard Stevenson
286 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
58
Seneca Falls Inheritance
by Miriam Grace Monfredo
284 members
7 reviews
½ 3.7
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aulsmith
59
The Widow's House
by Carol Goodman
259 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
60
Little Chapel on the River: A Pub, a Town and the Search for What Matters Most
by Gwendolyn Bounds
239 members
7 reviews
3.9
Member
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61
Once Were Cops
by Ken Bruen
192 members
12 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
hipdeep
62
The Happiest People in the World
by Brock Clarke
166 members
57 reviews
3.2
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Broomeville
63
Missing Sisters
by Gregory Maguire
137 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
64
Gone to Amerikay
by Derek McCulloch
68 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
hipdeep
65
The Woodstock Murders: (or Happiness is a Naked Policeman)
by Jonathan Arthur
33 members
1 review
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith