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Bookriot's 100 Must-Read New York City Novels Updated

"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.... 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.
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1876 (Gore Vidal)
1876
1
Gore Vidal
A History of New York (Washington Irving)
A History of New York
2
Washington Irving
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
3
Hanya Yanagihara
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
4
Betty Smith
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
5
Bret Easton Ellis
Another Brooklyn (Jacqueline Woodson)
Another Brooklyn
6
Jacqueline Woodson
Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country
7
James Baldwin
Ashes of Fiery Weather (Kathleen Donohoe)
Ashes of Fiery Weather
8
Kathleen Donohoe
Behold the Dreamers (Imbolo Mbue)
Behold the Dreamers
9
Imbolo Mbue
Billy Bathgate (E. L. Doctorow)
Billy Bathgate
10
E. L. Doctorow
Bread Givers (Anzia Yezierska)
Bread Givers
11
Anzia Yezierska
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
12
Truman Capote
Bright Lights, Big City (Jay McInerney)
Bright Lights, Big City
13
Jay McInerney
Brooklyn (Colm Tóibín)
Brooklyn
14
Colm Tóibín
Brown Girl, Brownstones (Paule Marshall)
Brown Girl, Brownstones
15
Paule Marshall
Christodora (Tim Murphy)
Christodora
16
Tim Murphy
City of Dreams: A Novel of Nieuw Amsterdam and Early Manhattan (Beverly Swerling)
City of Dreams: A Novel of Nieuw Amsterdam and Early Manhattan
17
Beverly Swerling
Daddy Was a Number Runner (Louise Meriwether)
Daddy Was a Number Runner
18
Louise Meriwether
Dissident Gardens (Jonathan Lethem)
Dissident Gardens
19
Jonathan Lethem
Dreamland (Kevin Barker)
Dreamland
20
Kevin Barker
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
21
Jonathan Safran Foer
Fates and Furies (Lauren Groff)
Fates and Furies
22
Lauren Groff
Fever (Mary Beth Keane)
Fever
23
Mary Beth Keane
Forever (Pete Hamill)
Forever
24
Pete Hamill
Fury (Salman Rushdie)
Fury
25
Salman Rushdie
Girl in Translation (Jean Kwok)
Girl in Translation
26
Jean Kwok
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
27
James Baldwin
Going Down (Elise Sax)
Going Down
28
Elise Sax
Half-Resurrection Blues (Daniel José Older)
Half-Resurrection Blues
29
Daniel José Older
Heyday (Kurt Anderson)
Heyday
30
Kurt Anderson
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Julia Alvarez)
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
31
Julia Alvarez
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
32
Ralph Ellison
It's Kind of a Funny Story (Ned Vizzini)
It's Kind of a Funny Story
33
Ned Vizzini
Jazz (Toni Morrison)
Jazz
34
Toni Morrison
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
35
Hubert Selby Jr.
Let the Great World Spin (Colum McCann)
Let the Great World Spin
36
Colum McCann
Lowboy (John Wray)
Lowboy
37
John Wray
Lucy (Jamaica Kincaid)
Lucy
38
Jamaica Kincaid
Lush Life (Richard Price)
Lush Life
39
Richard Price
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (Stephen Crane)
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
40
Stephen Crane
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