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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 — 1,234 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Best Books Set in New York City
380 books — 394 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
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer102 Minutes by Jim DwyerThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightThe Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFedeThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
9/11 Related
255 books — 229 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldGhost Tamer by Meredith R. LyonsA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
City Life
318 books — 185 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothThe V Girl by Mya RobartsRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Girls! Girls! Girls! : Contemporary, Confused & Coming Of Age
183 books — 120 voters

The Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerDreamland by Nancy BilyeauThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonA Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
Fiction Set in Turn-of-the-century New York City
109 books — 117 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
Not in a Billion Years by Camilla IsleyThe Love Algorithm by Camilla IsleyIf the Ring Fits by Camilla IsleyBaby, One More Time by Camilla IsleyI Have Never by Camilla Isley
NYC: Contemporary Romance Novels set in New York
152 books — 84 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
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
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)
61 books — 50 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
The Cricket in Times Square by George SeldenEloise by Kay ThompsonFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgAll-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney TaylorTrueman Bradley by Alexei Maxim Russell
New York City for Kids
73 books — 26 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
127 books — 21 voters
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XA Rage in Harlem by Chester HimesPush by SapphireJazz by Toni MorrisonNo Name in the Street by James Baldwin
Books Set in Harlem, NYC
169 books — 20 voters

A Fall of Marigolds by Susan MeissnerWhat Was Ellis Island? by Patricia Brennan DemuthMurphy's Law by Rhys BowenIf Your Name Was Changed At Ellis Island by Ellen LevineAmerican Passage by Vincent J. Cannato
Ellis Island: Fiction & Non-Fiction
30 books — 19 voters
Il grande Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldUn albero cresce a Brooklyn by Betty SmithL'età dell'innocenza by Edith WhartonMolto forte, incredibilmente vicino by Jonathan Safran FoerColazione da Tiffany by Truman Capote
La Grande Mela
65 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
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

Dogfight, A Love Story by Matt BurgessNative Speaker by Chang-rae LeeA Good Fall by Ha JinThe Ecstatic by Victor LaValleGood Neighbors by Ryan David Jahn
Books Set in Queens, NY
101 books — 13 voters
Stainer by Iolanthe WoulffRuby by Rosa GuyTales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy BlumeCittà in fiamme by Garth Risk HallbergPunk Avenue by Phil Marcade
New York City in the Seventies
13 books — 9 voters

The Immortal Irishman by Timothy EganRace, Politics, and Irish America by Mary M BurkeThe Irish Brotherhood by Helen O'DonnellLooking for Jimmy by Peter QuinnThe Irish in Us by Diane Negra
Irish in America (nonfiction)
113 books — 9 voters
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteGossip Girl by Cecily von ZiegesarThe Heiresses by Sara ShepardIt Had to Be You by Cecily von ZiegesarGossip Girl, Psycho Killer by Cecily von Ziegesar
YA Books Set on the Upper East Side
17 books — 5 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
A Winter in New York by Josie SilverAccidentally Ours by Erin HawkinsMeasuring up by Margaret GurevichSoon by You by Dahlia AdlerThe Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
Books in NYC
42 books — 4 voters

In the South Bronx of America by Mel RosenthalSweeney's Adventure by Joseph KrumgoldBronx Noir by S.J. RozanOrdinary Resurrections by Jonathan KozolAmazing Grace by Jonathan Kozol
Bronx Books
7 books — 3 voters
GIVEN AWAY by Marianna Biazzo RandazzoFeast of the Seven Fishes by Daniel PaternaItalians of Brooklyn by Marianna Biazzo RandazzoBrooklyn Italian by P.C. MarottaThe Best Italian Recipes from Brooklyn by Patti Sassy Angel Chiappa
Italians, Brooklyn (nonfiction)
5 books — 2 voters

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