Monica's votes on the list Tales of New York City

Listopia > Monica's votes on the list Tales of New York City (25 Books)

1	Here Is New York by E.B. White 4.29 avg rating — 10,559 ratings "Anything written by E.B. White should be good"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow 3.90 avg rating — 46,960 ratings "It's a brilliant book and movie, too." Monica rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Inside the Apple: A Streetwise History of New York City by Michelle Nevius (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 402 ratings "Seeing is believing." Monica added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin 3.51 avg rating — 29,576 ratings "Ko loved this book and I want to get to it, too." Monica added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett 3.90 avg rating — 38,625 ratings "Because it's Hammett. I love Lillian Hellman and they lived on Hardscrabble Road." Monica added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	A Monk Swimming by Malachy McCourt 3.37 avg rating — 4,930 ratings "Malachy was a friend of my aunt's"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Poetry and Prose by Walt Whitman 4.30 avg rating — 7,481 ratings "Whitman was a genius who loved Brooklyn but he was still a NYer"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Beautiful Bronx 1920-1950 by Lloyd Ultan 4.23 avg rating — 26 ratings "Manhattan and the Bronx comprised my parental roots." Monica added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 by Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 1,860 ratings "Subject rings true of family history" Monica added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Lost New York by Nathan Silver 4.27 avg rating — 124 ratings "It took moving to Ann Arbor to really see the worth of my home town" Monica rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	New York: Portrait of a City by Reuel Golden 4.43 avg rating — 202 ratings "Just poured over this over Christmas. Possibly the best photo essay on NY ever!" Monica rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane 3.30 avg rating — 9,594 ratings "My great grandmother was in the musical on Broadway" Monica added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York, 1880-1924 by Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 257 ratings "Dad grew up in a tenement" Monica added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Pictures of the Times: A Century of Photography from The New York Times by William Safire 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings "Love the NYTimes" Monica added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Sounding Salsa: Performing Latin Music in New York City by Christopher Washburne 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings "Cuban music flooded our consciousness and inspired everything from jazz to rock n roll" Monica added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, the Movie, and the Soul of the Port of New York by James T. Fisher 3.66 avg rating — 32 ratings "Curiosity. Mom and Dad were active in the union movement" Monica added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The New York Stories of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton 4.17 avg rating — 1,051 ratings "I presume these will be of good quality" Monica added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro 4.53 avg rating — 29,710 ratings "Pertinent to the times I lived there and the expansion of automobile travel in the city" Monica added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Beaux Arts New York by David Garrard Lowe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings "gorgeous exhibit and book" Monica rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Stanford White's New York by David Garrard Lowe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 24 ratings "Love White McKim and Mead appreciate quality architecture" Monica rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Metropolitan Lives: The Ashcan Artists and Their New York, 1897-1917 by Virginia M. Mecklenburg really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings "loved the period and their artwork" Monica added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Art and the Empire City by Catherine Hoover Voorsanger (editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings "mammoth book and loved the exhibit" Monica rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	New York: An Illustrated History by Ric Burns 4.48 avg rating — 264 ratings Monica rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Dime-Store Alchemy: The Art of Joseph Cornell (New York Review Books Classics) by Charles Simic 4.17 avg rating — 825 ratings "I'd add every book about Cornell" Monica rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing the American Landscape (Universe Architecture Series) by Charles Beveridge 3.91 avg rating — 43 ratings "Central Park/Prospect Park" Monica rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars