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Behold the Dreamers Summary
Behold the Dreamers
by Imbolo Mbue 2016 400 pages
3.94
86k+ ratings
Book Club
Africa
Contemporary
Humans of New York Summary
Humans of New York
Stories
by Brandon Stanton 2015 428 pages
4.55
19k+ ratings
Photography
Art
Biography
Fierce Attachments Summary
Fierce Attachments
A Memoir
by Vivian Gornick 1987 216 pages
4.02
20k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Feminism
Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy Summary
Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy
City of Glass, Ghosts, The Locked Room
by Paul Karasik 2025 400 pages
4.07
354 ratings
Comics
Graphic Novels
Graphic Novels Comics
The Flamethrowers Summary
The Flamethrowers
by Rachel Kushner 2013 383 pages
3.51
24k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
The Magnolia Palace Summary
The Magnolia Palace
by Fiona Davis 2022 340 pages
3.87
83k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
The Power Broker Summary
The Power Broker
Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
by Robert A. Caro 1974 1246 pages
4.53
29k+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Rules of Civility Summary
Rules of Civility
by Amor Towles 2011 335 pages
4.09
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Workhorse Summary
Workhorse
by Caroline Palmer 2025 560 pages
3.64
6k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Sex and the City Summary
Sex and the City
by Candace Bushnell 1996 304 pages
3.38
58k+ ratings
Chick Lit
Romance
Contemporary
The Great Bridge Summary
The Great Bridge
The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
by David McCullough 1972 608 pages
4.26
18k+ ratings
History
American History
New York
Language City Summary
Language City
The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
by Ross Perlin 2024 432 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
Among Friends Summary
Among Friends
by Hal Ebbott 2025 309 pages
2.82
9k+ ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Family
Bully Market Summary
Bully Market
My Story of Money and Misogyny at Goldman Sachs
by Jamie Fiore Higgins 2022 320 pages
4.15
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Business
Finance
Speedboat Summary
Speedboat
by Renata Adler 1976 192 pages
3.75
7k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Novels
The Warriors Summary
The Warriors
by Sol Yurick 1965 212 pages
3.37
2k+ ratings
Crime
Classics
Thriller
This Beautiful Life Summary
This Beautiful Life
by Helen Schulman 2011 225 pages
3.03
6k+ ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
New York
Networks of New York Summary
Networks of New York
An Illustrated Field Guide to Urban Internet Infrastructure
by Ingrid Burrington 2016 112 pages
3.80
232 ratings
Technology
Architecture
New York
Truth in Advertising Summary
Truth in Advertising
by John Kenney 2013 320 pages
3.74
3k+ ratings
Humor
Book Club
Contemporary
The Manhattan Girls Summary
The Manhattan Girls
by Gill Paul 2022 416 pages
3.69
3k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
New York
Inside the Apple Summary
Inside the Apple
A Streetwise History of New York City
by Michelle Nevius 2009 384 pages
4.14
403 ratings
History
New York
Travel
I Left My Homework in the Hamptons Summary
I Left My Homework in the Hamptons
What I Learned Teaching the Children of the One Percent
by Blythe N. Grossberg 2021 162 pages
3.41
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Education
Biography Memoir
Humor Me Summary
Humor Me
by Cat Shook 2024 320 pages
3.60
2k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Humor
The Doorman Summary
The Doorman
by Chris Pavone 2025 388 pages
3.89
12k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Last Days of Night Summary
The Last Days of Night
by Graham Moore 2016 371 pages
4.16
44k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Girl Through Glass Summary
Girl Through Glass
by Sari Wilson 2016 289 pages
3.38
3k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Book Club
Rich and Pretty Summary
Rich and Pretty
by Rumaan Alam 2016 304 pages
2.77
11k+ ratings
Contemporary
Chick Lit
Literary Fiction
The Bonfire of the Vanities Summary
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe 1987 690 pages
3.93
87k+ ratings
Classics
Novels
Literature
Sidewalk Summary
Sidewalk
by Mitchell Duneier 1999 400 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Ethnography
Anthropology
Arts & Entertainments Summary
Arts & Entertainments
by Christopher R. Beha 2014 269 pages
3.20
500+ ratings
Literary Fiction
Novels
Book Club
Montauk Summary
Montauk
by Max Frisch 1975 206 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
German Literature
Classics
Novels
The Social Graces Summary
The Social Graces
by Renée Rosen 2021 400 pages
3.98
15k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
The Waterworks Summary
The Waterworks
by E.L. Doctorow 1994 253 pages
3.45
3k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
New York
Not Our Kind Summary
Not Our Kind
by Kitty Zeldis 2018 352 pages
3.76
5k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Jewish
The Day Wall Street Exploded Summary
The Day Wall Street Exploded
A Story of America in Its First Age of Terror
by Beverly Gage 2008 400 pages
3.75
318 ratings
History
American History
True Crime
A Well-Behaved Woman Summary
A Well-Behaved Woman
A Novel of the Vanderbilts
by Therese Anne Fowler 2018 389 pages
3.96
24k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Three Bedrooms in Manhattan Summary
Three Bedrooms in Manhattan
by Georges Simenon 1946 176 pages
3.36
4k+ ratings
Classics
France
New York
The Fine Art of Lying Summary
The Fine Art of Lying
by Alexandra Andrews 2026 301 pages
3.84
500+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
New York
Last Exit to Brooklyn Summary
Last Exit to Brooklyn
by Hubert Selby Jr. 1964 290 pages
3.95
33k+ ratings
Classics
Contemporary
Thriller
Hard News Summary
Hard News
Twenty-one Brutal Months at The New York Times and How They Changed the American Media
by Seth Mnookin 2004 368 pages
3.91
274 ratings
Journalism
History
Business
Open City Summary
Open City
by Teju Cole 2011 259 pages
3.49
17k+ ratings
Africa
New York
Novels
Netherland Summary
Netherland
by Joseph O'Neill 2008
3.41
18k+ ratings
New York
Book Club
Novels
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