Books Set in New York State

1
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
82,648 members
1,301 reviews
3.8
7 Members
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2
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
76,957 members
1,195 reviews
3.8
5 Members
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3
Rip van Winkle [short story]
by Washington Irving
1,563 members
25 reviews
½ 3.6
5 Members
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4
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton
15,942 members
334 reviews
4
4 Members
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5
The Last of the Mohicans
by James Fenimore Cooper
15,253 members
145 reviews
½ 3.5
4 Members
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6
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
by Michael Chabon
20,348 members
428 reviews
4.2
3 Members
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7
Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
18,769 members
577 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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8
Time and Again
by Jack Finney
4,420 members
154 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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9
Breakfast at Tiffany's
by Truman Capote
4,179 members
100 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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10
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
18,489 members
481 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
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11
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer
17,745 members
490 reviews
4
2 Members
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12
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe
9,695 members
145 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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13
Leave the World Behind
by Rumaan Alam
3,254 members
161 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
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14
A Home at the End of the World
by Michael Cunningham
2,809 members
49 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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Explanations
aulsmith: New York City and Woodstock
15
Ironweed
by William Kennedy
2,650 members
52 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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16
Freddy the Detective
by Walter R. Brooks
687 members
9 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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17
A Little Life
by Hanya Yanagihara
11,933 members
397 reviews
4.1
Member
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18
The Magicians
by Lev Grossman
11,749 members
713 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
aulsmith
19
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
6,887 members
134 reviews
3.9
Member
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20
Just Kids
by Patti Smith
6,610 members
268 reviews
4.1
Member
hipdeep
21
Let the Great World Spin
by Colum McCann
6,555 members
327 reviews
4
Member
steller0707
22
Brooklyn
by Colm Tóibín
6,335 members
335 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
steller0707
23
Jazz
by Toni Morrison
5,662 members
73 reviews
½ 3.7
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24
Motherless Brooklyn
by Jonathan Lethem
5,273 members
113 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
25
Little, Big
by John Crowley
4,576 members
124 reviews
4
Member
aulsmith
26
Fates and Furies
by Lauren Groff
4,348 members
226 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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27
So You Want to be a Wizard
by Diane Duane
3,592 members
69 reviews
3.9
Member
aulsmith
28
The Interestings
by Meg Wolitzer
3,411 members
214 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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29
Manhattan Beach
by Jennifer Egan
3,225 members
146 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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30
If Beale Street Could Talk
by James Baldwin
3,052 members
68 reviews
4.1
Member
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31
Behold the Dreamers
by Imbolo Mbue
2,379 members
115 reviews
3.9
Member
steller0707
32
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
by Legs McNeil
2,326 members
30 reviews
4.1
Member
hipdeep
33
Open City
by Teju Cole
1,905 members
96 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
steller0707
34
The Sweet Hereafter
by Russell Banks
1,781 members
37 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
35
Red at the Bone
by Jacqueline Woodson
1,731 members
89 reviews
3.9
Member
steller0707
36
In the Bleak Midwinter
by Julia Spencer-Fleming
1,694 members
139 reviews
3.9
Member
inge87
37
We Are Not Ourselves
by Matthew Thomas
1,622 members
114 reviews
3.8
Member
steller0707
38
Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
1,597 members
35 reviews
4
Member
hipdeep
39
Native Speaker
by Chang-Rae Lee
1,572 members
19 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
steller0707
40
The Fisherman
by John Langan
1,392 members
50 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
41
Cackle
by Rachel Harrison
1,147 members
42 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
42
World Made By Hand
by James Howard Kunstler
1,053 members
56 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Union Grove
43
The Church of Dead Girls
by Stephen Dobyns
1,022 members
27 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
44
Rooms
by Lauren Oliver
870 members
49 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
45
Out of the Deep I Cry
by Julia Spencer-Fleming
865 members
49 reviews
4.1
Member
inge87
46
Vladimir
by Julia May Jonas
758 members
40 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
47
Burnt Offerings
by Robert Marasco
693 members
31 reviews
½ 3.6
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sturlington
48
The Return
by Rachel Harrison
684 members
31 reviews
½ 3.5
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sturlington
49
Long Island Compromise
by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
587 members
22 reviews
½ 3.7
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sturlington
50
Davy
by Edgar Pangborn
541 members
15 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
aulsmith
51
Quinn's Book
by William Kennedy
418 members
5 reviews
½ 3.7
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aulsmith
52
The Shadow Year
by Jeffrey Ford
395 members
35 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
53
I've a Feeling We're Not in Kansas Anymore
by Ethan Mordden
308 members
3 reviews
4
Member
aulsmith
54
House of Echoes
by Brendan Duffy
301 members
48 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
55
Mailman
by J. Robert Lennon
299 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Nestor
56
Death Trick
by Richard Stevenson
286 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
57
Seneca Falls Inheritance
by Miriam Grace Monfredo
284 members
7 reviews
½ 3.7
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aulsmith
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The Widow's House
by Carol Goodman
257 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
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sturlington
59
Little Chapel on the River: A Pub, a Town and the Search for What Matters Most
by Gwendolyn Bounds
237 members
7 reviews
3.9
Member
jayceebee
60
Once Were Cops
by Ken Bruen
191 members
12 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
hipdeep
61
The Happiest People in the World
by Brock Clarke
165 members
57 reviews
3.2
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Broomeville
62
Missing Sisters
by Gregory Maguire
136 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
63
Gone to Amerikay
by Derek McCulloch
66 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
hipdeep
64
The Woodstock Murders: (or Happiness is a Naked Policeman)
by Jonathan Arthur
33 members
1 review
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith