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Bookriot's 100 Must-Read New York City Novels

"The common thread is not just novels that use New York City as a setting, but ones that render the city as a fully realized character in the story. Here are 100 novels of New York City. I hope you'll discover classics you haven't read, unknown gems you've never heard of, and modern additions that round out the richness of NYC's storytelling tradition. You'll find entries from Harlem Renaissance writers, stories of the Gilded Age, immigrant narratives from a huge range of cultures, modern tales of both excess and famine, and everything in between." -Rachel Manwill
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1876 (Gore Vidal)
1876 (Gore Vidal)
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Knickerbocker's History of New York (Washington Irving)
Knickerbocker's History of New York (Washington Irving)
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A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
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Another Brooklyn (Jacqueline Woodson)
Another Brooklyn (Jacqueline Woodson)
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Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country (James Baldwin)
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Ashes of Fiery Weather (Kathleen Donohoe)
Ashes of Fiery Weather (Kathleen Donohoe)
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Behold the Dreamers (Imbolo Mbue)
Behold the Dreamers (Imbolo Mbue)
10
Billy Bathgate
Billy Bathgate
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Bread Givers (Anzia Yezierska)
Bread Givers (Anzia Yezierska)
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Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
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BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY
BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn
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Brown Girl Brownstones
Brown Girl Brownstones
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Christodora (Tim Murphy)
Christodora (Tim Murphy)
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City of Dreams (Beverly Swerling)
City of Dreams (Beverly Swerling)
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Daddy Was a Number Runner (Louise Meriwether)
Daddy Was a Number Runner (Louise Meriwether)
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Dissident Gardens (Jonathan Lethem)
Dissident Gardens (Jonathan Lethem)
20
Dreamland (Kevin Barker)
Dreamland (Kevin Barker)
21
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
22
Fates and Furies (Lauren Groff)
Fates and Furies (Lauren Groff)
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Fever
Fever
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Forever
Forever
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Fury
Fury
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Girl in Translation
Girl in Translation
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Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
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Going Down (Jennifer Belle)
Going Down (Jennifer Belle)
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Half-Resurrection Blues (Daniel Jose Older)
Half-Resurrection Blues (Daniel Jose Older)
30
Heyday (Kurt Anderson)
Heyday (Kurt Anderson)
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How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Julia Alvarez)
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Julia Alvarez)
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
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It's Kind of a Funny Story
It's Kind of a Funny Story
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Jazz
Jazz
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Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) - Hubert Selby, Jr.
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) - Hubert Selby, Jr.
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Let the Great World Spin (Colum McCann)
Let the Great World Spin (Colum McCann)
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Lowboy (John Wray)
Lowboy (John Wray)
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Lucy
Lucy
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Lush Life
Lush Life
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Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (Stephen Crane)
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (Stephen Crane)
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