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Behold the Dreamers Summary
Behold the Dreamers
by Imbolo Mbue 2016 400 pages
3.95
83k+ ratings
Book Club
Africa
Contemporary
Fierce Attachments Summary
Fierce Attachments
by Vivian Gornick 1987 224 pages
4.04
17k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Feminism
Sex and the City Summary
Sex and the City
by Candace Bushnell 1996 304 pages
3.39
57k+ ratings
Chick Lit
Romance
Contemporary
Rules of Civility Summary
Rules of Civility
by Amor Towles 2011 335 pages
4.09
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
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
The Magnolia Palace Summary
The Magnolia Palace
by Fiona Davis 2022 340 pages
3.87
77k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
Language City Summary
Language City
The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
by Ross Perlin 2024 432 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
Humans of New York Summary
Humans of New York
Stories
by Brandon Stanton 2015 428 pages
4.55
19k+ ratings
Photography
Art
Biography
The Manhattan Girls Summary
The Manhattan Girls
by Gill Paul 2022 416 pages
3.69
2k+ 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
4.13
100+ ratings
History
New York
Travel
The Great Bridge Summary
The Great Bridge
The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
by David McCullough 1972 608 pages
4.25
17k+ ratings
History
American History
New York
Humor Me Summary
Humor Me
by Cat Shook 2024 320 pages
3.64
1k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Humor
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 Grossberg 2021 304 pages
3.41
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Education
Biography Memoir
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
100+ ratings
Technology
New York
Architecture
Truth in Advertising Summary
Truth in Advertising
by John Kenney 2013 320 pages
3.70
3k+ ratings
Humor
Book Club
Contemporary
The Power Broker Summary
The Power Broker
Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
by Robert A. Caro 1974 1246 pages
4.51
26k+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
The Flamethrowers Summary
The Flamethrowers
by Rachel Kushner 2013 383 pages
3.50
23k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Speedboat Summary
Speedboat
by Renata Adler 1976 192 pages
3.76
7k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Novels
This Beautiful Life Summary
This Beautiful Life
by Helen Schulman 2011 225 pages
3.03
6k+ ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
New York
City of Women Summary
City of Women
Sex and Class in New York, 1789-1860
by Christine Stansell 1986 320 pages
3.89
500+ ratings
History
American History
Gender
Girl Through Glass Summary
Girl Through Glass
by Sari Wilson 2016 289 pages
3.38
3k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Book Club
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