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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
1,704 books — 1,273 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
569 books — 114 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

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
176 books — 64 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
74 books — 60 voters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Punk-Rock Queen of the Jews by Chef RossiBrooklyn by Colm TóibínAnother Brooklyn by Jacqueline WoodsonMad Dog House by Mark Rubinstein
Brooklyn, New York (fiction and nonfiction)
63 books — 52 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

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
Black Beauty by Anna SewellThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareOld Yeller by Fred GipsonWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Read Them And Weep
87 books — 24 voters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithIn the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao LordLiar & Spy by Rebecca SteadIsla to Island by Alexis CastellanosKeeping Score by Linda Sue Park
YA and Middle Grade Fiction Set in Brooklyn
128 books — 22 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
134 books — 20 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
84 books — 17 voters
The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice HoffmanThe Strange Case of Dr. Couney by Dawn RaffelDreamland by Kevin BakerDreamland by Nancy BilyeauMy Coney Island Baby by Billy O'Callaghan
Books relating to Coney Island NY
28 books — 14 voters

Dance Demons by Juliet M. SampsonBehind the Mask by Juliet M. SampsonThe Cranes Dance by Meg HowreyAnissa of Syria by Zack LoveThe Fell by Robert Jenkins
Authors That Move Me
10 books — 9 voters
West Side Story by Irving ShulmanUp the Down Staircase by Bel KaufmanExplainers by Jules FeifferIt's Like This, Cat by Emily Cheney NevilleThe Pushcart War by Jean Merrill
New York City in the Sixties
22 books — 6 voters

Migrations by Charlotte McConaghyIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Natural Navigator by Tristan GooleyTwo Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Boat Club Book Club
93 books — 6 voters
The Star Side of Bird Hill by Naomi JacksonA Man Is Just A Man by Janice G. RossCarefree Black Girls by Zeba BlayThe Turner House by Angela FlournoyThe Pirate's Daughter by Margaret Cezair-Thompson
Well-Read Black Girl
14 books — 3 voters

GIVEN AWAY by Marianna Biazzo RandazzoFeast of the Seven Fishes by Daniel PaternaThese Thy Gifts by Vincent PanettiereItalians of Brooklyn by Marianna Biazzo RandazzoBrooklyn Italian by P.C. Marotta
Italians, Brooklyn (nonfiction)
6 books — 3 voters
Hasidic People by Jerome R. MintzMen As Friends by Irwin EpsteinCut Me Loose by Leah VincentSatmar by Anna Halberstamm-RubinDivrei Yoel - Selected Teachings of the Satmar Rebbe - Sefer ... by Yoel Teitelbaum
Modern Hasidism in Brooklyn
49 books — 2 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
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon JamesPaper Lantern by Stuart DybekFriendswood by Rene Steinke& Sons by David GilbertThe Man Who Walked Away by Maud Casey
2015 St. Francis College $50,000 Literary Prize
6 books — 1 voter

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