My Favorite New York City fiction and essays
Explore the best New York City fiction and essays with our curated list of favorite books. Discover iconic tales and hidden gems that capture the essence of NYC.
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe’s modern American satire tells the story of Sherman McCoy, a Wall Street “Master of the Universe” who has it all — a Park …
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The Colossus of New York
by Colson Whitehead
In a dazzlingly original work of nonfiction, the two time Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys recreates the exuberance, the …
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Up in the Old Hotel
by Joseph Mitchell
Saloon-keepers and street preachers, gypsies and steel-walking Mohawks, a bearded lady and a 93-year-old “seafoodetarian” who believes his specialized diet will keep him alive for …
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Four Blondes
by Candace Bushnell
Four beautiful women, a model, a columnist, a socialite and a writer, face turning points in which each must choose between her passions.
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Kissing in Manhattan
by David Schickler
Hilarious, sexy, and deeply tender, Kissing in Manhattan was one of the most celebrated debuts in recent years. Acclaimed author David Schickler’s collection of linked …
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Veronica
by Nicholas Christopher
On a snowy night in February--at the improbable corner in lower Manhattan where Waverly Place intersects itself--a photographer named Leo meets Veronica, the beautiful, enigmatic …
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Manhattan, when I was Young
by Mary Cantwell
An interesting autobiography of a fashion-magazine writer who came to New York in the 1950s fresh from college, lived in Greenwich Village, & found a …
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American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this modern classic, the acclaimed author of The Shards explores the incomprehensible depths of madness and captures the insanity of violence …
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Bright Lights, Big City
by Jay McInerney
With the publication of Bright Lights, Big City in 1984, Jay McInerney became a literary sensation, heralded as the voice of a generation. The novel …
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The Nanny Diaries
by Emma McLaughlin
A cloth bag with ten copies of the title, that may also include miscellaneous notes, discussion questions, biographical information, and reading lists to assist book …
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Bergdorf Blondes
by Plum Sykes
Plum Sykes's beguiling debut welcomes readers to the glamorous world of Park Avenue Princesses, the girls who careen through Manhattan in search of the perfect …
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Gossip Girl Collection - Box Set of 3
by Cecily von Ziegesar
The first three books in von Ziegesar's Gossip Girls series are packaged together in this paperback boxed set. Includes "Gossip Girl, You Know You Love …
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Better Homes and Husbands
by Valerie Ann Leff
This first novel chronicles the colorful lives of the residents within the brick and limestone walls of one very exclusive address--980 Park Avenue.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
by Truman Capote
Holly Golightly knows that nothing bad can ever happen to you at Tiffany's. In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Capote created a woman whose name has …