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Tales of New York City
Fiction and non-fiction books that take place in New York City
Tags: america, city, location, new-york, newyork, nyc, and setting

1
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith 30 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2944
vote
2
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger 28 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2728
vote
3
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
by Michael Chabon 25 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2407
vote
4
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton 22 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2114
vote
5
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer 20 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1924
vote
5
The Alienist
The Alienist
by Caleb Carr 20 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1924
vote
7
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's
by Truman Capote 18 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1749
vote
8
The Chosen
The Chosen
by Chaim Potok 16 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1513
vote
9
Winter's Tale
Winter's Tale
by Mark Helprin 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1280
vote
10
American Psycho
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1237
vote
11
Ragtime: A Novel
Ragtime: A Novel
by E.L. Doctorow 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1099
vote
12
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1051
vote
13
The Devil Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada
by Lauren Weisberger 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 969
vote
14
Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary's Baby
by Ira Levin 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 964
vote
15
The Godfather
The Godfather
by Mario Puzo 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 926
vote
16
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 812
vote
17
The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 801
vote
18
Forever
Forever
by Pete Hamill 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 792
vote
19
Here is New York
Here is New York
by E.B. White 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 768
vote
20
Motherless Brooklyn
Motherless Brooklyn
by Jonathan Lethem 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 645
vote
21
The Fortress of Solitude
The Fortress of Solitude
by Jonathan Lethem 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 587
vote
22
Invisible Man
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 585
vote
23
Teacher Man: A Memoir
Teacher Man: A Memoir
by Frank McCourt 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 581
vote
24
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of ...
by Robert A. Caro 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 578
vote
25
Washington Square
Washington Square
by Henry James 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 575
vote
26
West Side Story
West Side Story
by Irving Shulman 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 548
vote
27
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 545
vote
28
Requiem for a Dream
Requiem for a Dream
by Hubert Selby Jr. 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 537
vote
29
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth
by Edith Wharton 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 530
vote
30
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic...
by Russell Shorto 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 507
vote
31
The Angel of Darkness
The Angel of Darkness
by Caleb Carr 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 486
vote
32
Bright Lights, Big City
Bright Lights, Big City
by Jay McInerney 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 470
vote
33
The History of Love
The History of Love
by Nicole Krauss 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 389
vote
33
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Buildin...
by David McCullough 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 389
vote
35
Oracle Night
Oracle Night
by Paul Auster 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 388
vote
36
Miss Lonelyhearts
Miss Lonelyhearts
by Nathanael West 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 385
vote
37
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
by Edwin G. Burrows, Mike Wallace 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 380
vote
38
Fury
Fury
by Salman Rushdie 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 368
vote
38
'Tis
'Tis
by Frank McCourt 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 368
vote
38
Falling Man: A Novel
Falling Man: A Novel
by Don DeLillo 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 368
vote
41
The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld
The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of t...
by Herbert Asbury 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 284
vote
42
Dreamland
Dreamland
by Kevin Baker 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 282
vote
43
The New York Trilogy
The New York Trilogy
by Paul Auster 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 278
vote
44
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
by David von Drehle 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 276
vote
45
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 275
vote
46
New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan
New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspir...
by Jill Lepore 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 271
vote
47
Miracle on 34th Street: [Facsimile Edition]
Miracle on 34th Street: [Facsimile Edition]
by Valentine Davies 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 268
vote
48
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Last Exit to Brooklyn
by Hubert Selby Jr. 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 267
vote
49
The Waterworks: A Novel
The Waterworks: A Novel
by E.L. Doctorow 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 263
vote
50
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
by Steven Millhauser 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 249
vote
51
The Dive From Clausen's Pier: A Novel
The Dive From Clausen's Pier: A Novel
by Ann Packer 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 245
vote
52
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 197...
by Jonathan Mahler 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 238
vote
53
Nights in the Gardens of Brooklyn
Nights in the Gardens of Brooklyn
by Harvey Swados 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 236
vote
54
Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum
Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat Gener...
by Edward T. O'Donnell 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 234
vote
55
Waterfront: A Walk Around Manhattan
Waterfront: A Walk Around Manhattan
by Phillip Lopate 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 233
vote
56
NYC Go-Go
NYC Go-Go
by Bruce Benderson, Slava Mogutin 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 229
vote
57
The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh
by Eugene O'Neill 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 228
vote
58
The Nanny Diaries
The Nanny Diaries
by Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 222
vote
59
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
by James Weldon Johnson 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 221
vote
60
The Recognitions
The Recognitions
by William Gaddis 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 200
vote
60
The Fuck-Up
The Fuck-Up
by Arthur Nersesian 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 200
vote
60
Netherland
Netherland
by Joseph O'Neill 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 200
vote
63
All-of-a-Kind Family
All-of-a-Kind Family
by Sydney Taylor 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 193
vote
64
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankwe...
by E.L. Konigsburg 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 192
vote
65
Solos
Solos
by Kitty Burns Florey 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 191
vote
66
Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940
Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Ma...
by George Chauncey 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 185
vote
67
Inside the Apple: A Streetwise History of New York City
Inside the Apple: A Streetwise History of New Y...
by Michelle Nevius (Goodreads author), James Nevius (Goodreads author) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 184
vote
68
The Good People of New York
The Good People of New York
by Thisbe Nissen 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 183
vote
69
The New Yorkers: A Novel
The New Yorkers: A Novel
by Cathleen Schine 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 181
vote
70
Call It Sleep
Call It Sleep
by Henry Roth 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 179
vote
71
Keys to the City: Tales of a New York City Locksmith
Keys to the City: Tales of a New York City Lock...
by Joel Kostman 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 178
vote
72
Manhattan
Manhattan
by Woody Allen 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 175
vote
73
The Subway Chronicles: Scenes from Life in New York
The Subway Chronicles: Scenes from Life in New ...
by Jacquelin Cangro 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 173
vote
74
Kaaterskill Falls
Kaaterskill Falls
by Allegra Goodman 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 167
vote
75
Let the Great World Spin: A Novel
Let the Great World Spin: A Novel
by Colum McCann (Goodreads author) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 166
vote
76
A Monk Swimming: A Memoir
A Monk Swimming: A Memoir
by Malachy McCourt 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 165
vote
77
The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time
by James Baldwin 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 162
vote
78
City of God
City of God
by E.L. Doctorow 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 160
vote
79
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to Hi...
by James McBride 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 156
vote
80
The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides
by Pat Conroy 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 152
vote
81
Four Films of Woody Allen: Annie Hall/Interiors/Manhattan/Stardust Memories
Four Films of Woody Allen: Annie Hall/Interiors...
by Woody Allen 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 150
vote
82
Brooklyn: A Novel
Brooklyn: A Novel
by Colm Tóibín 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 141
vote
83
Smoke & Blue in the Face
Smoke & Blue in the Face
by Paul Auster 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 133
vote
84
The Zero: A Novel
The Zero: A Novel
by Jess Walter 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 131
vote
85
Brookland: A Novel
Brookland: A Novel
by Emily Barton 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 130
vote
85
Doings of Gotham: As described in a series of letters to the editors of the Columbia spy, together with various editorial comments and criticisms by Poe, ... address of the carriers of the Columbia spy"
Doings of Gotham: As described in a series of l...
by Edgar Allan Poe 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 130
vote
87
In the Shadow of No Towers
In the Shadow of No Towers
by Art Spiegelman 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 126
vote
88
Kafka Was the Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir
Kafka Was the Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir
by Anatole Broyard 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 125
vote
89
Guys and Dolls and Other Writings
Guys and Dolls and Other Writings
by Damon Runyon, Daniel R. Schwarz 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 124
vote
90
Jazz
Jazz
by Toni Morrison 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 122
vote
91
A Time to Be Born
A Time to Be Born
by Dawn Powell 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 121
vote
92
The Four Million
The Four Million
by O. Henry 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 110
vote
93
A Year and a Day
A Year and a Day
by Sara M. Harvey 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
93
The Collected Stories of Richard Yates
The Collected Stories of Richard Yates
by Richard Yates 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
93
Brightness Falls
Brightness Falls
by Jay McInerney 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
93
World's Fair
World's Fair
by E.L. Doctorow 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
97
In the Drink: A Novel
In the Drink: A Novel
by Kate Christensen 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
97
Unto a Good Land
Unto a Good Land
by Vilhelm Moberg 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
97
Gramercy Park
Gramercy Park
by Paula Cohen 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
97
The Beautiful and Damned
The Beautiful and Damned
by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
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