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Behold the Dreamers Summary
Behold the Dreamers
by Imbolo Mbue 2016 400 pages
3.95
83.8K ratings
Book Club
Africa
Contemporary
Fierce Attachments Summary
Fierce Attachments
by Vivian Gornick 1987 224 pages
4.04
17.9K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Feminism
Rules of Civility Summary
Rules of Civility
by Amor Towles 2011 335 pages
4.09
258.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Sex and the City Summary
Sex and the City
by Candace Bushnell 1996 304 pages
3.39
57.5K ratings
Chick Lit
Romance
Contemporary
Bully Market Summary
Bully Market
My Story of Money and Misogyny at Goldman Sachs
by Jamie Fiore Higgins 2022 320 pages
4.15
2.8K ratings
Memoir
Business
Finance
The Magnolia Palace Summary
The Magnolia Palace
by Fiona Davis 2022 340 pages
3.87
77.7K 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
588 ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
Humans of New York Summary
Humans of New York
Stories
by Brandon Stanton 2015 428 pages
4.55
19.4K ratings
Photography
Art
Biography
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
17.9K ratings
History
American History
New York
The Manhattan Girls Summary
The Manhattan Girls
by Gill Paul 2022 416 pages
3.69
3.0K 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
397 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 Grossberg 2021 304 pages
3.41
2.2K 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
226 ratings
Technology
New York
Architecture
Humor Me Summary
Humor Me
by Cat Shook 2024 320 pages
3.64
1.6K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Humor
Truth in Advertising Summary
Truth in Advertising
by John Kenney 2013 320 pages
3.70
3.2K 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
26.3K ratings
History
Biography
Politics
The Flamethrowers Summary
The Flamethrowers
by Rachel Kushner 2013 383 pages
3.50
23.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Speedboat Summary
Speedboat
by Renata Adler 1976 192 pages
3.76
7.1K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Novels
City of Women Summary
City of Women
Sex and Class in New York, 1789-1860
by Christine Stansell 1986 320 pages
3.89
554 ratings
History
American History
Gender
This Beautiful Life Summary
This Beautiful Life
by Helen Schulman 2011 225 pages
3.03
6.3K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
New York
Girl Through Glass Summary
Girl Through Glass
by Sari Wilson 2016 289 pages
3.38
3.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Book Club
The Warriors Summary
The Warriors
by Sol Yurick 1965 212 pages
3.38
2.4K ratings
Crime
Classics
Thriller
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