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I want a really good book set in New York

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Homefireburn1ng · 14/04/2019 08:33

I always like to read books set where I travel.

If you could recommend 2 set in Maine and Cape Cod too that would be great.Smile

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seasidequayside · 02/12/2019 14:40

The Hustvedt novel was called What I loved, not What Was Lost.

More New York novels: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith.

seasidequayside · 02/12/2019 14:21

Has anyone suggested Olive Kitteridge for Maine? It also has a bit set in New York.

We Were Liars by E Lockhart is set on an island off Cape Cod.

For New York, What Was Lost by Siri Hustvedt, or New York Trilogy by her husband, Paul Auster. Or a classic like The Age of Innocence or The Great Gatsby.

beguilingeyes · 26/11/2019 15:52

84 Charing Cross Road - Helene Hanff

Teddybear45 · 18/05/2019 17:16

Gossip Girl

XingMing · 18/05/2019 17:16

If you enjoy crime and sleazy politics, you may enjoy the novels by the late, great George V Higgins which are set in a city not unlike Boston. Books can be difficult to get hold of as now OOP in the UK; maybe worth looking for secondhand. He's brilliant at dialogue, but you have to read attentively.

tripfiction · 15/05/2019 15:07

"...an avid reader of places I want to go to.." @homefireburn1ng YES! Me too! Check out our curated list of books set across USA and drill down by State and further by city/lcoation www.tripfiction.com/find-a-book/?location=United+States+%28USA%29&btitle=&bauthor=&genre=Genre...
Plenty set in NYC and Maine as requested....

Chickenpie9 · 14/05/2019 16:17

Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk is set in New York in the late 1930s and is quite entertaining

Rua13 · 06/05/2019 18:40

Empire Falls by Richard Russo is set in Maine.Also Courtney Sullivan's Maine.

I recently read the Good House by Ann Leary which is set in Mass.It's set in a small town outside Boston that has become gentrified and the relationship between the rich incomers and the locals.

Paul Auster has a lot of books that are set in New York.

tripfiction · 06/05/2019 13:10

Here's a Top 10 set in NEW YORK

Enjoy your literary wanderlust!!

www.tripfiction.com/ten-top-books-set-in-new-york/

WingingWonder · 05/05/2019 00:26

You- currently on Netflix is based on a book possibly same name- in nyc
If you like lazy crime James Patterson has loads in nyc and w few in cape cod too

bettythebutterfly · 14/04/2019 16:11

I liked The Ramblers: www.harpercollins.com/9780062413314/the-ramblers/

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Homefireburn1ng · 14/04/2019 15:30

Read that😩

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BikeRunSki · 14/04/2019 15:29

The Stare of the Union, sorry

BikeRunSki · 14/04/2019 15:28

The State Union - Douglas Kennedy is set in Maine

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Homefireburn1ng · 14/04/2019 15:10

I thought Lillian Boxfish looked good too. Just found Empire Falls which is set in Maine, a def possibility.

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chemenger · 14/04/2019 14:34

For New York, Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk is a lovely book, quite unusual and interesting. I don’t remember the author ‘s name. Very much about the city and life in it.

heatherblue · 14/04/2019 14:23

The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
Rules of Civility - Amor Towles

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Homefireburn1ng · 14/04/2019 14:22

Read Goldfinch

Toying with Cider House but is it coastal Maine or more inland?Aldo wondering if I’ve read it, would be a disaster if I lugged it there and realised I had half way through.Grin

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JustAWaferThinMint · 14/04/2019 14:18

The Cider House Rules by John Irving is set in Maine. First book I read by him and utterly fabulous.

Brooklyn by Colm Toibin. Location is obvious!

Nemesis by Philip Roth is set in Newark, which is NY State. Another fabulous book.

Dapplegrey · 14/04/2019 14:15

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt is set partly (mostly?) in New York.

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Homefireburn1ng · 14/04/2019 14:05

Read that Grin

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Cornishblues · 14/04/2019 12:47

Olive Kitteridge I think is set in Maine.

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Homefireburn1ng · 14/04/2019 12:04

Fab that’s Cape Cod sorted. So many options re NYC. Maine still proving elusive. Don’t like Stephen King and read Courtney Sullivan’s Maine which would have been ideal.Grin

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mstrotwood · 14/04/2019 10:53

I've read The Giant's House and really enjoyed it, it would be a good holiday read.

chocolategivesmehives · 14/04/2019 10:44

Helene Hanff’s ‘Apple of my Eye’ and ‘Underfoot in Shiw Business’, and obviously 84 Charing Cross Road.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Tama Janowicz’s ‘Slaves of New York’ - hilariously eighties.

The Great Gatsby

Lots of Henry James / Edith Wharton

Auntie Mame

More New England than specifically Maine or Cape Cod

Little Women

Practical Magic

Ethan Frome

Cider House Rules

Witches of Eastwick

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