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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Tales of New York City
1,679 books — 1,238 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
I Love New York City
607 books — 356 voters

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgAll-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney TaylorHarriet the Spy by Louise FitzhughStuart Little by E.B. WhiteEloise by Kay Thompson
Children's Books set in New York City
568 books — 113 voters
City of Bones by Cassandra ClarePhoebe Unfired by Amalie JahnThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanDash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel CohnThe Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
YA books set in New York City
351 books — 90 voters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Gift of the Magi by O. HenryThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books Set in New York State
768 books — 77 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy PickardThe Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas
Books Set in Kansas
262 books — 73 voters

Sex in the Title by Zack LoveSwann's Lake of Despair by Charles SalzbergThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldWhen Empires Fall by Katie JenningsTrueman Bradley - Aspie Detective by Alexei Maxim Russell
Fiction about New York
89 books — 68 voters
Rules of Civility by Amor TowlesThe Second Mrs. Astor by Shana AbeTrust by Hernan DiazThe Personal Librarian by Marie BenedictThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Historical Fiction - New York
175 books — 62 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteHow to Lose Friends and Alienate People by Toby YoungNegative Space by Lilly DancygerJust Kids by Patti Smith
New York Eats Its Young
73 books — 59 voters
Stories and Scripts by Zack LoveTrueman Bradley - Aspie Detective by Alexei Maxim RussellUnwifeable by Mandy StadtmillerA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithSex in the Title by Zack Love
New York City
184 books — 52 voters

Sex in the Title by Zack LoveCity Solipsism by Zack LoveThe Doorman by Zack LoveStories and Scripts by Zack LoveCentral Park Song by Zack Love
NYC Reads
54 books — 39 voters
Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane AuchTriangle by David von DrehleUprising by Margaret Peterson HaddixHear My Sorrow by Deborah HopkinsonA Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
56 books — 37 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldUnwifeable by Mandy StadtmillerAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Books Set in New York City
106 books — 34 voters
'Tis by Frank McCourtJust Kids by Patti SmithBrain on Fire by Susannah CahalanCity Boy by Edmund WhiteKafka Was the Rage by Anatole Broyard
Memoirs of New York City
131 books — 17 voters

The Saturdays by Elizabeth EnrightThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonBrown Girl, Brownstones by Paule MarshallRed at the Bone by Jacqueline WoodsonSize 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
NYC Brownstones
83 books — 16 voters
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteFear of Flying by Erica JongThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Godfather by Mario Puzo
The Big Apple Books Set In New York
59 books — 7 voters

Pennsylvania Station by Patrick E. HorriganThe Buffalo Hunter by Peter StraubFates and Furies by Lauren GroffExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Fall of Princes by Robert Goolrick
Setting - Manhattan
10 books — 4 voters
West Side Story by Irving ShulmanUp the Down Staircase by Bel KaufmanExplainers by Jules FeifferGypsy Girl's Best Shoes by Anne RockwellWriting the Record by Devon Powers
New York City in the Sixties
21 books — 4 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Fountainhead by Ayn RandThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoMurder Becomes Miami by Jeffrey EatonRice's Language of Buildings by Matthew Rice
Architecture and Mystery Thrillers
9 books — 4 voters
Roaming by Jillian TamakiMy New York Diary by Julie DoucetThis Beautiful, Ridiculous City by Kay SohiniIsla to Island by Alexis CastellanosFun Home by Alison Bechdel
Graphic Novels Set in New York
5 books — 2 voters


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