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List of books set in New York City

This article provides an incomplete list of fiction books set in New York City. Included is the date of first publication.

Books for adults

Nineteenth century

1800s

1860s

1880s

1890s

  • Maggie: A Girl of the Streets - Stephen Crane (1893)
  • Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto - Abraham Cahan (1896)

Twentieth century

1900s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Twenty-first century

2000s

2010s

  • The Thieves of Manhattan - Adam Langer (2010)
  • A Manhã do Mundo, The Morning of the World - Pedro Guilherme-Moreira (2011)
  • Tabloid City: A Novel - Pete Hamill (2011)
  • Open City - Teju Cole (2012)
  • The Gods of Gotham - Lyndsay Faye (2012)
  • The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up - Jacob M. Appel (2012)
  • The Submission - Amy Waldman (2012)
  • The Biology of Luck - Jacob M. Appel (2013)
  • Bleeding Edge - Thomas Pynchon (2013)
  • The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt (2013)
  • The Interestings: A Novel - Meg Wolitzer (2013)
  • We are Not Ourselves: A Novel - Matthew Thomas (2014)[1]
  • Modern Lovers - Emma Staub (2016)
  • A Little Life -- Hanya Yanagihara (2016)
  • The Outlaws of Maroon - John Curl (2019)

Books for children

1870s

  • Eight Cousins - Louisa May Alcott (1874)
  • Rose in Bloom (sequel to Eight Cousins) - Louisa May Alcott (c. 1876)

Twentieth century

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Twenty-first century

2000s

2010s

  • Waterfront: A Walk Around Manhattan - Phillip Lopate (2010)
  • Lowboy - John Wray (2010)
  • The Murderer's Daughters - Randy Susan Meyers (2010)
  • TimeRiders - Alex Scarrow (2010)
  • TimeRiders: Day of the Predator - Alex Scarrow (2010)
  • Bunheads - Sophie Flack (2011)
  • TimeRiders: The Doomsday Code - Alex Scarrow (2011)
  • TimeRiders: The Eternal War - Alex Scarrow (2011)
  • TimeRiders: Gates of Rome - Alex Scarrow (2012)
  • New York Stories - Renald Iacovelli (2013)
  • Modern Lovers-- Emma Straub (2016)

2020s

  • The City We Became - N. K. Jemisin (2020)
  • The Party Upstairs - Lee Conell (2020)

References

  1. ^ Maslin, Janet (August 21, 2014). "Charting Love, Longing and Loss". New York Times. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  2. ^ Berts vidare betraktelser, Rabén & Sjögren, 1990
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