Books Set in New York City

1.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,732,084 ratings
2.
Unwifeable: A Memoir
Unwifeable: A Memoir 3.58 avg rating — 3,265 ratings
3.
American Psycho
American Psycho 3.80 avg rating — 349,226 ratings
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,266 ratings
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The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,154,114 ratings
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The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,879 ratings
7.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories 3.83 avg rating — 286,596 ratings
8.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,745 ratings
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One Last Stop
One Last Stop 3.90 avg rating — 275,325 ratings
10.
Brooklyn
Brooklyn 3.74 avg rating — 151,363 ratings
10.
The Wartime Sisters
The Wartime Sisters 3.83 avg rating — 7,829 ratings
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At Any Cost: A Father's Betrayal, a Wife's Murder, and a Ten-Year War for Justice
At Any Cost: A Father's Betrayal, a Wife's Murder, and a Ten-Year War for Justice 4.15 avg rating — 1,294 ratings
13.
City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2)
City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 981,249 ratings
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A Fall of Marigolds
A Fall of Marigolds 4.09 avg rating — 73,079 ratings
14.
City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments, #3)
City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments, #3) 4.27 avg rating — 1,003,386 ratings
16.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 4.18 avg rating — 209,888 ratings
17.
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 179,486 ratings
18.
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
by: Ira Levin
4.05 avg rating — 153,683 ratings
18.
Carol
Carol 4.02 avg rating — 80,979 ratings
20.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,948 ratings
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Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice 4.17 avg rating — 93,613 ratings
22.
Enemies: A Love Story
Enemies: A Love Story 3.97 avg rating — 3,645 ratings
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City on Fire
City on Fire 3.39 avg rating — 15,382 ratings
23.
Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982
Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982 3.98 avg rating — 474 ratings
23.
City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, #6)
City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, #6) 4.38 avg rating — 408,912 ratings
23.
King Cage and the Worth Street Djinni (King Cage #1)
King Cage and the Worth Street Djinni (King Cage #1) 4.32 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Saint Mazie
Saint Mazie 3.65 avg rating — 7,012 ratings
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New York
New York it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Dumb and Dumber: How Cuomo and de Blasio Ruined New York
Dumb and Dumber: How Cuomo and de Blasio Ruined New York 4.03 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Three Bedrooms in Manhattan
Three Bedrooms in Manhattan 3.37 avg rating — 4,151 ratings
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AVENGING ANGEL: Love and Death in Old Brooklyn
AVENGING ANGEL: Love and Death in Old Brooklyn 4.11 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics
Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics 4.21 avg rating — 1,082 ratings
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Don't Kill Me Because I'm Beautiful: A Near Future Suspense thriller
Don't Kill Me Because I'm Beautiful: A Near Future Suspense thriller 3.85 avg rating — 55 ratings
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Have You Seen This Girl?
Have You Seen This Girl? 4.30 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Moonlight Hope: A Muslim American Coming of Age Story
Moonlight Hope: A Muslim American Coming of Age Story 4.11 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Les Beaux Châteaux
Les Beaux Châteaux 3.88 avg rating — 50 ratings
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The Intimate City: Walking New York
The Intimate City: Walking New York 3.97 avg rating — 464 ratings
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Lock Every Door
Lock Every Door 3.89 avg rating — 277,723 ratings
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A Walker in the City
A Walker in the City 3.88 avg rating — 703 ratings
39.
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx 4.26 avg rating — 13,313 ratings
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Have a NYC: New York Short Stories
Have a NYC: New York Short Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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One Tuesday Morning (9/11, #1)
One Tuesday Morning (9/11, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 21,873 ratings
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The New York Nobody Knows: Walking 6,000 Miles in the City
The New York Nobody Knows: Walking 6,000 Miles in the City 3.29 avg rating — 689 ratings
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All but the Right Folks
All but the Right Folks it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
39.
Dreamland
Dreamland 3.85 avg rating — 2,741 ratings
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I Am No One
I Am No One 2.86 avg rating — 1,367 ratings
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Exile on Bridge Street
Exile on Bridge Street 4.25 avg rating — 28 ratings
46.
Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir
Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir 3.73 avg rating — 4,215 ratings
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Beyond Tuesday Morning (9/11, #2)
Beyond Tuesday Morning (9/11, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 11,959 ratings
46.
New York: The Monocle Travel Guide
New York: The Monocle Travel Guide
by: Monocle
3.81 avg rating — 83 ratings
46.
The Matchmaker's Gift
The Matchmaker's Gift 4.15 avg rating — 22,180 ratings
46.
Pineapple Street
Pineapple Street 3.55 avg rating — 203,199 ratings
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Fever
Fever 3.73 avg rating — 16,065 ratings
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Tales from the Sixth Borough: The Mysteries at the Dark Fringes of New York
Tales from the Sixth Borough: The Mysteries at the Dark Fringes of New York 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Champagne and Cocaine
Champagne and Cocaine 3.73 avg rating — 33 ratings
53.
Suite Scarlett (Scarlett, #1)
Suite Scarlett (Scarlett, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 12,611 ratings
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A Minute Before Friday (The Lightfoot Trilogy #3)
A Minute Before Friday (The Lightfoot Trilogy #3) 3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Lost Amusement Parks of New York City: Beyond Coney Island
Lost Amusement Parks of New York City: Beyond Coney Island 3.52 avg rating — 40 ratings
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The Museum of Extraordinary Things
The Museum of Extraordinary Things 3.77 avg rating — 56,224 ratings
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Dark City Lights: New York Short Stories (Have a NYC, #4)
Dark City Lights: New York Short Stories (Have a NYC, #4) 3.75 avg rating — 65 ratings
59.
The Corporation: An Epic Story of the Cuban American Underworld
The Corporation: An Epic Story of the Cuban American Underworld 4.15 avg rating — 776 ratings
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Vanishing New York: How a Great City Lost Its Soul
Vanishing New York: How a Great City Lost Its Soul 4.19 avg rating — 1,310 ratings
63.
The Beautiful and Damned
The Beautiful and Damned 3.73 avg rating — 63,657 ratings
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The Pink Suit
The Pink Suit 3.42 avg rating — 2,797 ratings
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Have a NYC 2: New York Short Stories
Have a NYC 2: New York Short Stories 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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St. Marks Is Dead: The Many Lives of Americas Hippest Street
St. Marks Is Dead: The Many Lives of Americas Hippest Street 4.06 avg rating — 1,314 ratings
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In New York en domweg gelukkig
In New York en domweg gelukkig
by: Jan Tromp
3.38 avg rating — 34 ratings
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The Secret of Lost Things
The Secret of Lost Things 3.12 avg rating — 4,136 ratings
68.
Light of the Diddicoy
Light of the Diddicoy 3.74 avg rating — 42 ratings
68.
In New York
In New York
by: Jan Tromp
3.33 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Graffiti Kings: New York City Mass Transit Art of the 1970s
Graffiti Kings: New York City Mass Transit Art of the 1970s 4.23 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Rules of Civility
Rules of Civility 4.09 avg rating — 262,606 ratings
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Robert Moses: The Master Builder of New York City
Robert Moses: The Master Builder of New York City 3.33 avg rating — 620 ratings
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York 4.52 avg rating — 27,083 ratings
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Players
Players 3.27 avg rating — 2,095 ratings
76.
Open City
Open City
by: Teju Cole
3.49 avg rating — 17,169 ratings
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New York
New York 4.19 avg rating — 43,175 ratings
78.
Moon Palace
Moon Palace 3.98 avg rating — 28,391 ratings
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Money
Money 3.70 avg rating — 25,096 ratings
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Miss Lonelyhearts
Miss Lonelyhearts 3.57 avg rating — 6,856 ratings
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Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets 3.31 avg rating — 9,338 ratings
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Last Exit to Brooklyn
Last Exit to Brooklyn 3.92 avg rating — 28,776 ratings
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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: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City 4.12 avg rating — 3,693 ratings
84.
Billy Bathgate
Billy Bathgate 3.82 avg rating — 7,700 ratings
85.
Bright Lights, Big City
Bright Lights, Big City 3.80 avg rating — 36,196 ratings
86.
Brightness Falls
Brightness Falls 3.78 avg rating — 3,666 ratings
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By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept 3.48 avg rating — 7,539 ratings
88.
Call It Sleep
Call It Sleep 3.81 avg rating — 8,879 ratings
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City of Glass
City of Glass 3.96 avg rating — 8,658 ratings
90.
City of God
City of God 3.40 avg rating — 2,866 ratings
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Drown
Drown 4.01 avg rating — 36,958 ratings
92.
Faggots
Faggots 3.63 avg rating — 3,885 ratings
93.
Franny and Zooey
Franny and Zooey 3.96 avg rating — 235,177 ratings
94.
Great Jones Street
Great Jones Street 3.48 avg rating — 3,763 ratings
95.
Here Is New York
Here Is New York 4.30 avg rating — 10,125 ratings
96.
Hunting Midnight (The Sephardic Cycle, #2)
Hunting Midnight (The Sephardic Cycle, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 920 ratings
97.
Junky
Junky 3.85 avg rating — 69,895 ratings
98.
Just Kids
Just Kids 4.21 avg rating — 333,742 ratings
99.
Kafka Was the Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir
Kafka Was the Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir 3.73 avg rating — 2,382 ratings
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Killing Time
Killing Time 2.81 avg rating — 3,624 ratings
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