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The Unwitting

The Unwitting
  • Author(s): Ellen Feldman
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1963

At the height of the Cold War, words are weapons and secrecy reigns. These are challenging times to be a writer and a wife, as Nell Benjamin knows only too well. One bright November day in 1963, the dazzling...

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
  • Author(s): Karina Yan Glaser
  • Location(s): Harlem
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Contemporary

From New York Times best-selling author Karina Yan Glaser comes one of Times’  Notable Children’s Books of 2017: “In this delightful and heartwarming throwback to the big-family novels of yesteryear, a large biracial family might lose their beloved brownstone home, but win...

The Walking People

The Walking People
  • Author(s): Mary Beth Keane
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC), Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th century

Greta Cahill never believed she would leave her village in the west of Ireland until she found herself on a ship bound for New York, along with her sister Johanna and a boy named Michael Ward. Labeled a “softheaded...

The Way of Beauty

The Way of Beauty
  • Author(s): Camille Di Maio
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Earlier 20th Century

Vera Keller, the daughter of German immigrants in turn-of-the-century New York City, finds her life upended when the man she loves becomes engaged to another woman. But Angelo Bellavia has also inadvertently opened up Vera’s life to unexpected possibilities....

The Wedding Bees

The Wedding Bees
  • Author(s): Sarah-Kate Lynch
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Food and Drink, Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

In the vein of Amelie and Chocolat, Sarah-Kate Lynchs The Wedding Bees is a charming, witty, honey-sweet novel about finding new love, letting go of the past, and the magic of rooftop honey in New York City.

The Weekend

The Weekend
  • Author(s): Alan Winnikoff
  • Location(s): Manhattan
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): mid 1990s

Set Lower Manhattan The Weekend is the story of two people seeking to discover whether their feelings for each other are strong enough to cast off their current relationships and find something deeper with each other. The story is...

The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street
  • Author(s): Jordan Belfort
  • Location(s): Manhattan
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990s

In the 1990s Jordan Belfort, former kingpin of the notorious investment firm Stratton Oakmont, became one of the most infamous names in American finance: a brilliant, conniving stock-chopper who led his merry mob on a wild ride out of...

The Woman in the Window

The Woman in the Window
  • Author(s): A J Finn
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern looking back

It’s been ten months since Anna Fox last left her home. Ten months during which she has haunted the rooms of her old New York house, lost in her memories, too terrified to step outside. Anna’s lifeline to the...

The Words I Never Wrote

The Words I Never Wrote
  • Author(s): Jane Thynne
  • Location(s): Berlin, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Present Day, WW2

New York, present day: On a whim, Juno Lambert buys a 1931 Underwood typewriter that once belonged to celebrated journalist Cordelia Capel. Within its case she discovers an unfinished novel, igniting a transatlantic journey to fill the gaps in...

The Year I Flew Away

The Year I Flew Away
  • Author(s): Marie Arnold
  • Location(s): Haiti, Brooklyn
  • Genre(s): Children, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1985

In this magical middle-grade novel, ten-year-old Gabrielle finds out that America isn’t the perfect place she imagined when she moves from Haiti to Brooklyn. With the help of a clever witch, Gabrielle becomes the perfect American — but will...

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