Books Set in New York
Novels and stories set in New York, mostly horror, paranormal romance and gay fiction. The most-read are The Lightning Thief (2005), The Great Gatsby (1920) and The Sea of Monsters (2005).
This list collects 244 books in this collection by 154 authors, published between 1664 and 2022. 6 are free to read and 2 have a free audiobook. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.

The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan
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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Sea of Monsters
Rick Riordan

The Lost Hero
Rick Riordan

The Titan's Curse
Rick Riordan

American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis, Mariano AntolΓn Rato
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A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway

City of Bones
Cassandra Clare

The Blood of Olympus
Rick Riordan

Wolves of the Calla
Stephen King

Cujo
Stephen King

Redeeming Love
Francine Rivers

Firestarter
Stephen King

The Throne of Fire
Rick Riordan

The Price of Salt
Patricia Highsmith

Jaws
Peter Benchley

Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code
Eoin Colfer

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Truman Capote
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Washington Square
Henry James
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I Am a Woman
Ann Bannon

The Amityville Horror
Jay Anson

City of Fallen Angels
Cassandra Clare

Dark Lover
J. R. Ward

Dawn
V.C. Andrews

The Dark Tower
Stephen King

Naked in Death
Nora Roberts

Fear Street - Halloween Party
Robert Lawrence Stine

The Talisman
Stephen King, Peter Straub

Seeds of Yesterday
V.C. Andrews

Kiss Kiss
Roald Dahl

Brooklyn
Colm TΓ³ibΓn

Marge Piercy
Marge Piercy, Tanya Eby

Zone One
Colson Whitehead, Mireia Carol Gres

Conspiracy in Death
Nora Roberts

Portrait in Death
Nora Roberts

A Boy's Own Story
Edmund White

Zami
Audre Lorde

Faggots
Larry Kramer

Scandal in Spring
Lisa Kleypas

Holiday in Death
Nora Roberts

You Know You Love Me
Cecily von Ziegesar

Witness in Death
Nora Roberts

Strangers in Death
Nora Roberts
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The Rose and the Ring
William Makepeace Thackeray

Jinx
Meg Cabot

Lover Awakened
J. R. Ward

New York to Dallas
Nora Roberts

Divine Evil
Nora Roberts