New York

New York pulzuje příběhy ambicí a znovuzrození, kde se bohatství skleněných mrakodrapů střetává se sny činžovních domů a na každém rohu se odehrávají kulturní revoluce. Najdete zde intimní portréty života v nejpřitažlivějším městě Ameriky – od mocenských koridorů Wall Street po přistěhovalecké čtvrti – zachycující lesk i drsnou realitu všech pěti městských obvodů.

New York Shrnutí knih

Eleven

od Tom Rogers

On 9/11, a boy finds a stray dog as his father is trapped in the Twin Towers.

4.32

2 000+

🐕 Boy And Dog 🗽 September 11 🪄 Magical Thinking 🩹 Survivor Guilt 🧒 Reluctant Grown-Up

Imerzivní

Eleven

On 9/11, a boy finds a stray dog as his father is trapped in the Twin Towers.

od Tom Rogers 2014 200 stran

4.32

2 000+ hodnocení

🐕 Boy And Dog 🗽 September 11 🪄 Magical Thinking 🩹 Survivor Guilt 🧒 Reluctant Grown-Up

Behold the Dreamers

od Imbolo Mbue • 2016

A Cameroonian family's American dream rests on a Wall Street job, until the 2008 collapse.

3.94

86 000+

🌍 Immigrant Experience 🏚️ American Dream Myth 💸 Class Disparity 🤝 Cross-Class Friendship 🏠 Family Sacrifice

Behold the Dreamers

A Cameroonian family's American dream rests on a Wall Street job, until the 2008 collapse.

od Imbolo Mbue 2016 400 stran

3.94

86 000+ hodnocení

🌍 Immigrant Experience 🏚️ American Dream Myth 💸 Class Disparity 🤝 Cross-Class Friendship 🏠 Family Sacrifice

Table for Two

od Amor Towles • 2024

A peasant couple is uprooted by revolution; an art dealer schemes for a family's prized painting.

4.19

74 000+

🖇️ Linked Novellas 🇷🇺 Russian Revolution 🤫 Quiet Protagonist 💔 Marriage Under Strain ✨ Elegant Prose

Table for Two

A peasant couple is uprooted by revolution; an art dealer schemes for a family's prized painting.

od Amor Towles 2024 451 stran

4.19

74 000+ hodnocení

🖇️ Linked Novellas 🇷🇺 Russian Revolution 🤫 Quiet Protagonist 💔 Marriage Under Strain ✨ Elegant Prose

Five Families

od Selwyn Raab • 2005

Sicilian immigrants built a shadow government Prohibition made rich, and the laws that broke it.

4.15

6 000+

🕴️ Mafia History 🗽 American Underworld 🌍 Sicilian Diaspora 🍸 Prohibition Era 💼 Racketeering

Five Families

Sicilian immigrants built a shadow government Prohibition made rich, and the laws that broke it.

od Selwyn Raab 2005 784 stran

4.15

6 000+ hodnocení

🕴️ Mafia History 🗽 American Underworld 🌍 Sicilian Diaspora 🍸 Prohibition Era 💼 Racketeering

Humans of New York

od Brandon Stanton • 2015

Ten thousand New Yorkers, one photographer, and the question that revealed a city's hidden soul.

4.55

19 000+

🧱 Street Photography 🎤 Oral History 🏠 Everyday Lives 🗽 New York City Life 🖼️ Visual Storytelling

Humans of New York

Ten thousand New Yorkers, one photographer, and the question that revealed a city's hidden soul.

od Brandon Stanton 2015 428 stran

4.55

19 000+ hodnocení

🧱 Street Photography 🎤 Oral History 🏠 Everyday Lives 🗽 New York City Life 🖼️ Visual Storytelling

Sonny Boy

od Al Pacino • 2024

South Bronx to The Godfather to fifty million lost. Pacino's most unguarded confession.

4.01

14 000+

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎭 Acting Craft 💫 The Cost Of Fame 🍷 Addiction And Recovery 🏙️ Rise From Poverty

Sonny Boy

South Bronx to The Godfather to fifty million lost. Pacino's most unguarded confession.

od Al Pacino 2024 384 stran

4.01

14 000+ hodnocení

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎭 Acting Craft 💫 The Cost Of Fame 🍷 Addiction And Recovery 🏙️ Rise From Poverty

Bad Boy

od Walter Dean Myers • 2001

He missed his own high school graduation. No arrest, no dropout. He simply stopped showing up.

3.73

3 000+

🧠 Intellectual Coming Of Age ✊🏾 Racial Identity 🏙️ Harlem Life 🥊 Urban Violence 🌧️ Depression Memoirs

Bad Boy

He missed his own high school graduation. No arrest, no dropout. He simply stopped showing up.

od Walter Dean Myers 2001 240 stran

3.73

3 000+ hodnocení

🧠 Intellectual Coming Of Age ✊🏾 Racial Identity 🏙️ Harlem Life 🥊 Urban Violence 🌧️ Depression Memoirs

Stále jsem to já

od Jojo Moyes • 2018

In Manhattan, a long-distance love frays while a stranger with a familiar face reopens old wounds.

4.11

200 000+

👩 Women's Fiction 💔 Long Distance Love 🌎 Starting Over Abroad 🤗 Found Family 👩‍🦳 Mentor Friendship

Stále jsem to já

In Manhattan, a long-distance love frays while a stranger with a familiar face reopens old wounds.

od Jojo Moyes 2018 469 stran

4.11

200 000+ hodnocení

👩 Women's Fiction 💔 Long Distance Love 🌎 Starting Over Abroad 🤗 Found Family 👩‍🦳 Mentor Friendship

The Power Broker

od Robert A. Caro • 1974

How one unelected man built New York, bulldozed entire communities, and answered to no one.

4.53

29 000+

🏙️ Urban Planning 📋 Political Biography ⚡ Power And Democracy 🏚️ Displacement And Communities 🔄 Urban Renewal

The Power Broker

How one unelected man built New York, bulldozed entire communities, and answered to no one.

od Robert A. Caro 1974 1246 stran

4.53

29 000+ hodnocení

🏙️ Urban Planning 📋 Political Biography ⚡ Power And Democracy 🏚️ Displacement And Communities 🔄 Urban Renewal

What the Dead Know

od Barbara Butcher • 2023

The New York City death investigator who learned to read a body before her own life.

4.17

8 000+

🕵️‍♀️ Death Investigation 🔬 Forensic Pathology 💔 Emotional Labor 🧠 Suicide Studies 🚑 Mass Casualty Response

What the Dead Know

The New York City death investigator who learned to read a body before her own life.

od Barbara Butcher 2023 288 stran

4.17

8 000+ hodnocení

🕵️‍♀️ Death Investigation 🔬 Forensic Pathology 💔 Emotional Labor 🧠 Suicide Studies 🚑 Mass Casualty Response

Yes, Chef

od Marcus Samuelsson • 2012

Ethiopian orphan, Swedish upbringing, New York three-star chef at 24: a life built on lost names.

3.86

18 000+

🍳 Chef Memoirs 🧒 Adoption Stories 🌍 Cultural Identity ✈️ Immigrant Memoirs 🍽️ Race In Fine Dining

Yes, Chef

Ethiopian orphan, Swedish upbringing, New York three-star chef at 24: a life built on lost names.

od Marcus Samuelsson 2012 336 stran

3.86

18 000+ hodnocení

🍳 Chef Memoirs 🧒 Adoption Stories 🌍 Cultural Identity ✈️ Immigrant Memoirs 🍽️ Race In Fine Dining

Tremendous

od Joey "Coco" Diaz • 2023

Homeless at twenty-one, sleeping in a rocket ship. How Joey Diaz traded crime for stand-up.

4.46

3 000+

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 💊 Addiction Memoirs 🔫 Criminal Past 🏙️ Street Hustle 💔 Childhood Trauma

Tremendous

Homeless at twenty-one, sleeping in a rocket ship. How Joey Diaz traded crime for stand-up.

od Joey "Coco" Diaz 2023 280 stran

4.46

3 000+ hodnocení

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 💊 Addiction Memoirs 🔫 Criminal Past 🏙️ Street Hustle 💔 Childhood Trauma

George Washington's Secret Six

od Brian Kilmeade • 2013

Six civilians ran Washington's spy ring in occupied New York. Their names stayed hidden 150 years.

3.86

21 000+

🏴 American Revolution 🕵️ Espionage History 🔍 Wartime Intelligence 🎖️ Ordinary Heroes 🤫 Hidden History

George Washington's Secret Six

Six civilians ran Washington's spy ring in occupied New York. Their names stayed hidden 150 years.

od Brian Kilmeade 2013 235 stran

3.86

21 000+ hodnocení

🏴 American Revolution 🕵️ Espionage History 🔍 Wartime Intelligence 🎖️ Ordinary Heroes 🤫 Hidden History

The Devil Wears Prada

od Lauren Weisberger • 2003

A college grad who loathes fashion lands a job assisting the industry's most feared editor.

3.82

900 000+

👗 Fashion Industry 😈 Nightmare Boss 🎯 Workplace Satire 🗽 2000s New York 💄 Makeover Arc

The Devil Wears Prada

A college grad who loathes fashion lands a job assisting the industry's most feared editor.

od Lauren Weisberger 2003 432 stran

3.82

900 000+ hodnocení

👗 Fashion Industry 😈 Nightmare Boss 🎯 Workplace Satire 🗽 2000s New York 💄 Makeover Arc

Úžasná dobrodružství Kavaliera a Claye

od Michael Chabon • 2000

Jewish cousins in 1939 Brooklyn invent a superhero who fights the evil they can only draw.

4.19

200 000+

🌟 Golden Age Comics 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Gay Protagonist 🎨 Refugee Artist 🗿 Golem Mythology 📚 Literary Pulp

Úžasná dobrodružství Kavaliera a Claye

Jewish cousins in 1939 Brooklyn invent a superhero who fights the evil they can only draw.

od Michael Chabon 2000 639 stran

4.19

200 000+ hodnocení

🌟 Golden Age Comics 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Gay Protagonist 🎨 Refugee Artist 🗿 Golem Mythology 📚 Literary Pulp

Among Friends

od Hal Ebbott

His oldest friend assaulted his daughter. Everyone he loves is choosing comfort over her.

2.83

10 000+

🖤 Literary Suspense 💔 Assault Aftermath 🏠 Family Complicity 🏛️ Class Privilege 👁️ Abuser's Perspective

Imerzivní

Among Friends

His oldest friend assaulted his daughter. Everyone he loves is choosing comfort over her.

od Hal Ebbott 2025 309 stran

2.83

10 000+ hodnocení

🖤 Literary Suspense 💔 Assault Aftermath 🏠 Family Complicity 🏛️ Class Privilege 👁️ Abuser's Perspective

Pineapple Street

od Jenny Jackson • 2023

Three women in a wealthy Brooklyn family learn that money buys everything except belonging.

3.55

200 000+

🏛️ Old Money Family 🍸 Comedy Of Manners 💎 Marrying Into Wealth 🎨 Art As Refuge 👯 Unlikely Family Bond

Pineapple Street

Three women in a wealthy Brooklyn family learn that money buys everything except belonging.

od Jenny Jackson 2023 304 stran

3.55

200 000+ hodnocení

🏛️ Old Money Family 🍸 Comedy Of Manners 💎 Marrying Into Wealth 🎨 Art As Refuge 👯 Unlikely Family Bond

Harlem Rhapsody

od Victoria Christopher Murray • 2025

She built the Harlem Renaissance from the shadows. Her secret lover was its powerful married leader.

4.06

10 000+

🎷 Harlem Renaissance 📖 Biographical Fiction 🎺 Jazz Age Harlem ⚖️ Mentor Affair 💼 Ambition And Sacrifice

Harlem Rhapsody

She built the Harlem Renaissance from the shadows. Her secret lover was its powerful married leader.

od Victoria Christopher Murray 2025 400 stran

4.06

10 000+ hodnocení

🎷 Harlem Renaissance 📖 Biographical Fiction 🎺 Jazz Age Harlem ⚖️ Mentor Affair 💼 Ambition And Sacrifice

Anonymní dívka

od Greer Hendricks • 2019

A morality study pays well, but the real experiment is the psychiatrist's cheating husband.

3.79

100 000+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Mind Games 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🤝 Unlikely Allies

Anonymní dívka

A morality study pays well, but the real experiment is the psychiatrist's cheating husband.

od Greer Hendricks 2019 375 stran

3.79

100 000+ hodnocení

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Mind Games 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🤝 Unlikely Allies

The Flamethrowers

od Rachel Kushner • 2013

A motorcyclist turns speed into art, then follows her Italian lover into his family's violent world.

3.51

24 000+

🎨 1970s Art World 💫 Artist And Muse 💰 Old Money Family ⚡ Political Violence 👩‍🎨 Woman Artist

The Flamethrowers

A motorcyclist turns speed into art, then follows her Italian lover into his family's violent world.

od Rachel Kushner 2013 383 stran

3.51

24 000+ hodnocení

🎨 1970s Art World 💫 Artist And Muse 💰 Old Money Family ⚡ Political Violence 👩‍🎨 Woman Artist

Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy

od Paul Karasik • 2025

A wrong number draws a crime novelist into a fake detective case that erases his self.

4.08

466

🕵️ Postmodern Mystery 📖 Metafiction 👥 Doppelgangers ✍️ Author As Character 👀 Surveillance

Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy

A wrong number draws a crime novelist into a fake detective case that erases his self.

od Paul Karasik 2025 400 stran

4.08

466 hodnocení

🕵️ Postmodern Mystery 📖 Metafiction 👥 Doppelgangers ✍️ Author As Character 👀 Surveillance

The 6

od David Baldacci • 2022

A former Army Ranger on Wall Street finds a colleague murdered. The killer works beside him.

4.12

100 000+

🏢 Corporate Thriller 🏙️ Wall Street Setting 🎖️ Military Veteran Lead 💔 Obsessive Love 🧠 Female Mastermind

The 6

A former Army Ranger on Wall Street finds a colleague murdered. The killer works beside him.

od David Baldacci 2022 593 stran

4.12

100 000+ hodnocení

🏢 Corporate Thriller 🏙️ Wall Street Setting 🎖️ Military Veteran Lead 💔 Obsessive Love 🧠 Female Mastermind

The Magnolia Palace

od Fiona Davis • 2022

Snowbound in the Frick, a model finds a 1919 scavenger hunt leading to a lost diamond.

3.87

83 000+

🕵️‍♀️ Historical Mystery ⏳ Dual Timeline 🎭 Secret Identity 🔍 Scavenger Hunt 💎 Hidden Treasure

The Magnolia Palace

Snowbound in the Frick, a model finds a 1919 scavenger hunt leading to a lost diamond.

od Fiona Davis 2022 340 stran

3.87

83 000+ hodnocení

🕵️‍♀️ Historical Mystery ⏳ Dual Timeline 🎭 Secret Identity 🔍 Scavenger Hunt 💎 Hidden Treasure

House of Cards

od William D. Cohan • 2009

A Wall Street titan on Wednesday, a two-dollar stock on Sunday: the unraveling of Bear Stearns.

3.94

6 000+

📆 2008 Financial Crisis 🥂 Wall Street Culture 🏦 Investment Banks 💥 Corporate Collapse 💧 Leverage And Liquidity

House of Cards

A Wall Street titan on Wednesday, a two-dollar stock on Sunday: the unraveling of Bear Stearns.

od William D. Cohan 2009 468 stran

3.94

6 000+ hodnocení

📆 2008 Financial Crisis 🥂 Wall Street Culture 🏦 Investment Banks 💥 Corporate Collapse 💧 Leverage And Liquidity

Pravidla slušnosti

od Amor Towles • 2011

A sharp Brooklyn secretary navigates 1938 Manhattan high society after one New Year's encounter.

4.09

200 000+

🪜 Social Climbing 💔 Love Triangle 💪 Self-Made Woman 🎩 Manners And Society 🕰️ Bittersweet Nostalgia

Pravidla slušnosti

A sharp Brooklyn secretary navigates 1938 Manhattan high society after one New Year's encounter.

od Amor Towles 2011 335 stran

4.09

200 000+ hodnocení

🪜 Social Climbing 💔 Love Triangle 💪 Self-Made Woman 🎩 Manners And Society 🕰️ Bittersweet Nostalgia

Christ in Concrete

od Pietro Di Donato • 1937

A father buried in concrete. His twelve-year-old son must now lay brick to feed the family.

3.76

1 000+

🧱 Labor Fiction 🧳 Immigrant Labor 👦 Child Breadwinner 🏘️ Tenement Life 🩸 Gritty Realism

Christ in Concrete

A father buried in concrete. His twelve-year-old son must now lay brick to feed the family.

od Pietro Di Donato 1937 236 stran

3.76

1 000+ hodnocení

🧱 Labor Fiction 🧳 Immigrant Labor 👦 Child Breadwinner 🏘️ Tenement Life 🩸 Gritty Realism

So Old, So Young

od Grant Ginder

Mia boarded a plane with seventeen years of photos and one funeral she wasn't ready for.

3.77

22 000+

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Friend Group Saga 🕰️ Right Person Wrong Time 🫂 Found Family 🤫 Secret Affair 💔 Unrequited Love

Imerzivní

So Old, So Young

Mia boarded a plane with seventeen years of photos and one funeral she wasn't ready for.

od Grant Ginder 2026 384 stran

3.77

22 000+ hodnocení

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Friend Group Saga 🕰️ Right Person Wrong Time 🫂 Found Family 🤫 Secret Affair 💔 Unrequited Love

Brooklyn

od Colm Tóibín • 2009

An Irish emigrant finds love in Brooklyn, then a death back home forces an impossible choice.

3.75

100 000+

🗽 Immigrant Experience 📚 Quiet Literary Realism 🌍 Between Two Worlds 🕯️ Quiet Melancholy 🇮🇪 Small-Town Ireland

Brooklyn

An Irish emigrant finds love in Brooklyn, then a death back home forces an impossible choice.

od Colm Tóibín 2009 262 stran

3.75

100 000+ hodnocení

🗽 Immigrant Experience 📚 Quiet Literary Realism 🌍 Between Two Worlds 🕯️ Quiet Melancholy 🇮🇪 Small-Town Ireland

All the Beauty in the World

od Patrick Bringley • 2023

He guarded Picassos and Rembrandts for a decade. Grief brought him there; stillness made him stay.

4.01

27 000+

🕯️ Grief Memoirs 🏛️ Museum Life 🐢 Slow Living 🎨 Art And Healing 👁️ Mindful Observation

All the Beauty in the World

He guarded Picassos and Rembrandts for a decade. Grief brought him there; stillness made him stay.

od Patrick Bringley 2023 240 stran

4.01

27 000+ hodnocení

🕯️ Grief Memoirs 🏛️ Museum Life 🐢 Slow Living 🎨 Art And Healing 👁️ Mindful Observation

Sex and the City

od Candace Bushnell • 1996

A Manhattan columnist chronicles her friends' pursuit of love among charming, evasive bachelors.

3.38

58 000+

🏙️ Urban Dating Chronicles 💔 Commitment-Phobes 👯 Found Family 💍 Marriage Pressure 🔪 Acerbic Social Satire

Sex and the City

A Manhattan columnist chronicles her friends' pursuit of love among charming, evasive bachelors.

od Candace Bushnell 1996 304 stran

3.38

58 000+ hodnocení

🏙️ Urban Dating Chronicles 💔 Commitment-Phobes 👯 Found Family 💍 Marriage Pressure 🔪 Acerbic Social Satire

The Great Bridge

od David McCullough • 1972

The father died. The son collapsed. The daughter-in-law stepped in and built the Brooklyn Bridge.

4.26

18 000+

💰 Gilded Age History 🌉 Civil Engineering History 🏗️ Megaproject Narratives 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Sagas 🗳️ Political Machines

The Great Bridge

The father died. The son collapsed. The daughter-in-law stepped in and built the Brooklyn Bridge.

od David McCullough 1972 608 stran

4.26

18 000+ hodnocení

💰 Gilded Age History 🌉 Civil Engineering History 🏗️ Megaproject Narratives 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Sagas 🗳️ Political Machines

V Brooklynu roste strom

od Betty Smith • 1943

A bookish tenement girl clings to reading while her charming father drinks and her mother scrubs.

4.30

500 000+

🗽 Immigrant Family Saga 🍺 Alcoholic Father 📚 Bookish Heroine 💪 Resilient Mother 💔 First Heartbreak

V Brooklynu roste strom

A bookish tenement girl clings to reading while her charming father drinks and her mother scrubs.

od Betty Smith 1943 496 stran

4.30

500 000+ hodnocení

🗽 Immigrant Family Saga 🍺 Alcoholic Father 📚 Bookish Heroine 💪 Resilient Mother 💔 First Heartbreak

The Basketball Diaries

od Jim Carroll • 1978

A New York basketball prodigy keeps a diary as the court gives way to the needle.

3.99

31 000+

🖤 Addiction Memoir 🗽 1960s New York 🏀 Sports As Salvation 🏚️ Gritty Realism 📓 Teenage Diarist

The Basketball Diaries

A New York basketball prodigy keeps a diary as the court gives way to the needle.

od Jim Carroll 1978 224 stran

3.99

31 000+ hodnocení

🖤 Addiction Memoir 🗽 1960s New York 🏀 Sports As Salvation 🏚️ Gritty Realism 📓 Teenage Diarist

Language City

od Ross Perlin • 2024

Seven hundred languages pack New York City. Most are on the verge of silence.

4.20

500+

🗽 Endangered Languages 🌍 Linguistic Diversity 📚 Language Preservation 🏙️ Immigrant Communities 🧠 Linguistic Anthropology

Language City

Seven hundred languages pack New York City. Most are on the verge of silence.

od Ross Perlin 2024 432 stran

4.20

500+ hodnocení

🗽 Endangered Languages 🌍 Linguistic Diversity 📚 Language Preservation 🏙️ Immigrant Communities 🧠 Linguistic Anthropology

The Money Kings

od Daniel Schulman • 2023

From peddler carts to Wall Street: Jewish dynasties that bankrolled America's rise.

4.08

500+

🏦 Banking Dynasties 🗽 Jewish Immigrants 📈 Wall Street History 🎩 Gilded Age 🔄 Assimilation

The Money Kings

From peddler carts to Wall Street: Jewish dynasties that bankrolled America's rise.

od Daniel Schulman 2023 592 stran

4.08

500+ hodnocení

🏦 Banking Dynasties 🗽 Jewish Immigrants 📈 Wall Street History 🎩 Gilded Age 🔄 Assimilation

Bully Market

od Jamie Fiore Higgins • 2022

Tracked by her husband, ground down by Goldman: it took four children to walk away.

4.15

2 000+

🏦 Wall Street 📈 Investment Banking 🚺 Workplace Sexism ☠️ Toxic Work Culture 🧠 Mental Health At Work

Bully Market

Tracked by her husband, ground down by Goldman: it took four children to walk away.

od Jamie Fiore Higgins 2022 320 stran

4.15

2 000+ hodnocení

🏦 Wall Street 📈 Investment Banking 🚺 Workplace Sexism ☠️ Toxic Work Culture 🧠 Mental Health At Work

Washington's Spies

od Alexander Rose • 2006

Washington's spies weren't professionals. They were neighbors who took their secret to the grave.

3.82

6 000+

🦅 American Revolution 🕵️ Espionage History 🎖️ Military Intelligence 🔐 Spycraft 🔢 Secret Codes

Washington's Spies

Washington's spies weren't professionals. They were neighbors who took their secret to the grave.

od Alexander Rose 2006 384 stran

3.82

6 000+ hodnocení

🦅 American Revolution 🕵️ Espionage History 🎖️ Military Intelligence 🔐 Spycraft 🔢 Secret Codes

Ask Again, Yes

od Mary Beth Keane • 2019

One cop shoots his neighbor. The children they leave behind spend decades orbiting the ruins.

3.93

200 000+

🏠 Family Saga 💞 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🧠 Mental Illness ☘️ Irish American 😬 Suburban Tension

Ask Again, Yes

One cop shoots his neighbor. The children they leave behind spend decades orbiting the ruins.

od Mary Beth Keane 2019 388 stran

3.93

200 000+ hodnocení

🏠 Family Saga 💞 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🧠 Mental Illness ☘️ Irish American 😬 Suburban Tension

The Buy Side

od Turney Duff • 2013

He faked a mugging to hide his cocaine binge. The bottom that saved a Wall Street trader's life.

3.97

5 000+

🧳 Wall Street Memoirs 🏦 Hedge Fund Culture 🍸 Wall Street Excess ❄️ Cocaine Addiction 🔄 Recovery Memoirs

The Buy Side

He faked a mugging to hide his cocaine binge. The bottom that saved a Wall Street trader's life.

od Turney Duff 2013 320 stran

3.97

5 000+ hodnocení

🧳 Wall Street Memoirs 🏦 Hedge Fund Culture 🍸 Wall Street Excess ❄️ Cocaine Addiction 🔄 Recovery Memoirs

A Freewheelin' Time

od Suze Rotolo • 2008

The girl on Dylan's Freewheelin' cover reclaims her life from the image that buried it.

3.85

4 000+

🎵 Folk Music Revival 🎸 Music Memoirs ✌️ 1960s Counterculture ✊ Civil Rights Movement 🪞 Self-Discovery Memoirs

A Freewheelin' Time

The girl on Dylan's Freewheelin' cover reclaims her life from the image that buried it.

od Suze Rotolo 2008 369 stran

3.85

4 000+ hodnocení

🎵 Folk Music Revival 🎸 Music Memoirs ✌️ 1960s Counterculture ✊ Civil Rights Movement 🪞 Self-Discovery Memoirs

Long Island Compromise

od Taffy Brodesser-Akner • 2024

A Long Island father survives a kidnapping, but his family pays the ransom for decades.

3.74

50 000+

📜 Family Saga 🧬 Generational Trauma 👫 Sibling Dynamics 😂 Dark Comedy 💰 Wealth Satire

Long Island Compromise

A Long Island father survives a kidnapping, but his family pays the ransom for decades.

od Taffy Brodesser-Akner 2024 464 stran

3.74

50 000+ hodnocení

📜 Family Saga 🧬 Generational Trauma 👫 Sibling Dynamics 😂 Dark Comedy 💰 Wealth Satire

I See You've Called in Dead

od John Kenney

An obituary writer posts his own death notice by mistake. Suspended, he crashes strangers' funerals.

4.09

51 000+

🖤 Dark Comedy 👥 Male Friendship 💔 Processing Grief 🌱 Late Blooming 😐 Deadpan Humor

Imerzivní

I See You've Called in Dead

An obituary writer posts his own death notice by mistake. Suspended, he crashes strangers' funerals.

od John Kenney 2025 294 stran

4.09

51 000+ hodnocení

🖤 Dark Comedy 👥 Male Friendship 💔 Processing Grief 🌱 Late Blooming 😐 Deadpan Humor

Julie and Julia

od Julie Powell • 2005

A secretary bets a year on 524 French recipes, a tiny kitchen, and a tell-all blog.

3.71

100 000+

🍳 Culinary Memoir 🎪 Stunt Memoir 💻 Blogger Memoir 🧭 Quarterlife Crisis 👯 Female Friendship

Julie and Julia

A secretary bets a year on 524 French recipes, a tiny kitchen, and a tell-all blog.

od Julie Powell 2005 310 stran

3.71

100 000+ hodnocení

🍳 Culinary Memoir 🎪 Stunt Memoir 💻 Blogger Memoir 🧭 Quarterlife Crisis 👯 Female Friendship

The Warriors

od Sol Yurick • 1965

After a gang truce shatters in gunfire, six boys fight their way home across New York.

3.37

2 000+

🔪 Literary Crime 👥 Gang Brotherhood 💪 Toxic Masculinity 🏙️ Gritty Realism 🏃 Survival Journey

The Warriors

After a gang truce shatters in gunfire, six boys fight their way home across New York.

od Sol Yurick 1965 212 stran

3.37

2 000+ hodnocení

🔪 Literary Crime 👥 Gang Brotherhood 💪 Toxic Masculinity 🏙️ Gritty Realism 🏃 Survival Journey

Confidence Man

od Maggie Haberman • 2022

Roy Cohn's code: attack, deny, counter-sue. The protege who learned it eventually ran the country.

4.09

10 000+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🗽 New York Politics 📺 Media And Politics 🌟 Celebrity Politicians 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Confidence Man

Roy Cohn's code: attack, deny, counter-sue. The protege who learned it eventually ran the country.

od Maggie Haberman 2022 597 stran

4.09

10 000+ hodnocení

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🗽 New York Politics 📺 Media And Politics 🌟 Celebrity Politicians 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Dead I Well May Be

od Adrian McKinty • 2003

Betrayed by his crime boss, an Irish immigrant must survive a Mexican prison and plan his revenge.

3.95

4 000+

🍀 Irish Crime 🎯 Revenge Quest 🔓 Prison Break 🕶️ Hard-Boiled 🏙️ New York Mob

Dead I Well May Be

Betrayed by his crime boss, an Irish immigrant must survive a Mexican prison and plan his revenge.

od Adrian McKinty 2003 384 stran

3.95

4 000+ hodnocení

🍀 Irish Crime 🎯 Revenge Quest 🔓 Prison Break 🕶️ Hard-Boiled 🏙️ New York Mob

Never Far from Home

od Bruce Jackson • 2023

Amsterdam Houses to Microsoft: a Black lawyer's climb through music, race, and two worlds.

4.12

257

🪜 Upward Mobility 🚧 Racial Barriers 🎓 First-Gen Professionals 💻 Diversity In Tech 🎵 Music Industry

Never Far from Home

Amsterdam Houses to Microsoft: a Black lawyer's climb through music, race, and two worlds.

od Bruce Jackson 2023 272 stran

4.12

257 hodnocení

🪜 Upward Mobility 🚧 Racial Barriers 🎓 First-Gen Professionals 💻 Diversity In Tech 🎵 Music Industry

This Beautiful Life

od Helen Schulman • 2011

After a teen forwards a classmate's explicit video, his Manhattan family faces public ruin.

3.03

6 000+

👁️ Public Shaming 🏚️ Family Crisis 🗽 Manhattan Elite 🔥 Teen Recklessness 💔 Marriage In Crisis

This Beautiful Life

After a teen forwards a classmate's explicit video, his Manhattan family faces public ruin.

od Helen Schulman 2011 225 stran

3.03

6 000+ hodnocení

👁️ Public Shaming 🏚️ Family Crisis 🗽 Manhattan Elite 🔥 Teen Recklessness 💔 Marriage In Crisis

Winter's Tale

od Mark Helprin • 1983

A magical white horse rescues a thief, then fate places a dying heiress in his path.

3.51

29 000+

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 💔 Doomed Lovers ❄️ Wintry Atmosphere 🏙️ Gilded Age New York 🐴 Magical Animal Companion

Winter's Tale

A magical white horse rescues a thief, then fate places a dying heiress in his path.

od Mark Helprin 1983 769 stran

3.51

29 000+ hodnocení

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 💔 Doomed Lovers ❄️ Wintry Atmosphere 🏙️ Gilded Age New York 🐴 Magical Animal Companion

The Truth About Trump

od Michael D'Antonio • 2015

A Queens developer's decades-long project of self-invention, and how it conquered America.

3.54

500+

🏛️ Political Biographies 💼 Business Moguls 👨‍👦 Family Dynasties 🗳️ Populist Politics 📺 Media Manipulation

The Truth About Trump

A Queens developer's decades-long project of self-invention, and how it conquered America.

od Michael D'Antonio 2015 550 stran

3.54

500+ hodnocení

🏛️ Political Biographies 💼 Business Moguls 👨‍👦 Family Dynasties 🗳️ Populist Politics 📺 Media Manipulation

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