🗽 1920s New York

Stories steeped in Jazz Age Manhattan — speakeasies and skyscrapers, Harlem Renaissance brilliance and Prohibition shadows, all pulsing with the restless energy of a city remaking itself.

The Manhattan Girls

by Gill Paul • 2022

Four women in jazz age Manhattan fight for careers, love, and a table of their own.

3.69

3k+

🗽 Jazz Age Manhattan 👯 Female Friendship 🖤 Dark Humor 🎭 Backstage Broadway 🏠 Found Family

The Manhattan Girls 90%

Four women in jazz age Manhattan fight for careers, love, and a table of their own.

by Gill Paul 2022

3.69

3k+ ratings

🗽 Jazz Age Manhattan 👯 Female Friendship 🖤 Dark Humor 🎭 Backstage Broadway 🏠 Found Family

The Girl in the Green Dress

by Mariah Fredericks • 2025

A reporter in Jazz Age New York stalks a locked-room murder and the girl in green.

3.51

2k+

🎷 Jazz Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📰 Reporter As Detective 👥 Real Historical Figures 🌃 Atmospheric Noir

The Girl in the Green Dress 89%

A reporter in Jazz Age New York stalks a locked-room murder and the girl in green.

by Mariah Fredericks 2025

3.51

2k+ ratings

🎷 Jazz Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📰 Reporter As Detective 👥 Real Historical Figures 🌃 Atmospheric Noir

The Magnolia Palace

by Fiona Davis • 2022

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

3.87

84k+

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

The Magnolia Palace 88%

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

by Fiona Davis 2022

3.87

84k+ ratings

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

Inside the Apple

by Michelle Nevius • 2009

A walking guide to reading Manhattan: every block holds a chapter of American history.

4.14

403

📖 Urban History 🗽 New York City History 🚶 Walking Tours 🏛️ Architectural History 💰 Gilded Age

Inside the Apple 88%

A walking guide to reading Manhattan: every block holds a chapter of American history.

by Michelle Nevius 2009

4.14

403 ratings

📖 Urban History 🗽 New York City History 🚶 Walking Tours 🏛️ Architectural History 💰 Gilded Age

Another Country

by James Baldwin • 1962

When a Black drummer leaps from a bridge, his bohemian circle fractures along the color line.

4.30

35k+

🏙️ Bohemian New York 💔 Interracial Romance 🎭 Artists And Lovers 🖤 Self-Destruction 🗽 1950s New York

Another Country 88%

When a Black drummer leaps from a bridge, his bohemian circle fractures along the color line.

by James Baldwin 1962

4.30

35k+ ratings

🏙️ Bohemian New York 💔 Interracial Romance 🎭 Artists And Lovers 🖤 Self-Destruction 🗽 1950s New York

Rules of Civility

by Amor Towles • 2011

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

4.09

273k+

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

Rules of Civility 88%

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

by Amor Towles 2011

4.09

273k+ ratings

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

City of Girls

by Elizabeth Gilbert • 2019

Expelled from college, a seamstress discovers glamour and peril in her aunt's 1940s theater.

4.04

324k+

🗽 1940s New York 🎭 Theater World ✨ Showgirl Glamour 💕 Found Family 🌸 Sexual Awakening

City of Girls 88%

Expelled from college, a seamstress discovers glamour and peril in her aunt's 1940s theater.

by Elizabeth Gilbert 2019

4.04

324k+ ratings

🗽 1940s New York 🎭 Theater World ✨ Showgirl Glamour 💕 Found Family 🌸 Sexual Awakening

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

by Michael Chabon • 2000

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

4.19

214k+

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

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Summary

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 88%

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

by Michael Chabon 2000

4.19

214k+ ratings

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

Harlem Rhapsody

by Victoria Christopher Murray • 2025

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

4.06

10k+

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

Harlem Rhapsody 88%

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

by Victoria Christopher Murray 2025

4.06

10k+ ratings

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

The Black Hand

by Stephan Talty • 2017

One NYPD detective took on the Black Hand. His bosses barely cared if his people survived.

3.63

2k+

🕵️ Organized Crime 🇮🇹 Early Mafia 🏙️ Gilded Age 🧳 Immigrant Experience 👮 Police History

The Black Hand 88%

One NYPD detective took on the Black Hand. His bosses barely cared if his people survived.

by Stephan Talty 2017

3.63

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Organized Crime 🇮🇹 Early Mafia 🏙️ Gilded Age 🧳 Immigrant Experience 👮 Police History

Not Our Kind

by Kitty Zeldis • 2018

A car crash pulls a Jewish teacher into a WASP home, where hiding her identity is survival.

3.76

6k+

🤝 Cross-Class Friendship 🗽 Postwar New York 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Forbidden Romance 🩹 Trauma And Healing

Not Our Kind 88%

A car crash pulls a Jewish teacher into a WASP home, where hiding her identity is survival.

by Kitty Zeldis 2018

3.76

6k+ ratings

🤝 Cross-Class Friendship 🗽 Postwar New York 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Forbidden Romance 🩹 Trauma And Healing

The Beautiful and Damned

by F. Scott Fitzgerald • 1922

Parties, gin, and the long wait for an inheritance hollow out a golden Jazz Age couple.

3.73

66k+

🗽 Jazz Age Novel 💔 Doomed Love 💰 Idle Rich 🥀 Fading Beauty ⚖️ Inheritance Plot

The Beautiful and Damned 87%

Parties, gin, and the long wait for an inheritance hollow out a golden Jazz Age couple.

by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1922

3.73

66k+ ratings

🗽 Jazz Age Novel 💔 Doomed Love 💰 Idle Rich 🥀 Fading Beauty ⚖️ Inheritance Plot

The Flamethrowers

by Rachel Kushner • 2013

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

3.51

25k+

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

The Flamethrowers 87%

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

by Rachel Kushner 2013

3.51

25k+ ratings

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

The Power Broker

by Robert A. Caro • 1974

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

4.53

30k+

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

The Power Broker 87%

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

by Robert A. Caro 1974

4.53

30k+ ratings

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

Joy Goddess

by A'Lelia Bundles • 2025

A'Lelia Walker spent her fortune on parties. Those parties gave the Harlem Renaissance its stage.

3.84

380

🎨 Harlem Renaissance 👩🏿‍🦱 Black Women's History 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 💄 Beauty Industry 📚 Literary Salons

Joy Goddess 87%

A'Lelia Walker spent her fortune on parties. Those parties gave the Harlem Renaissance its stage.

by A'Lelia Bundles 2025

3.84

380 ratings

🎨 Harlem Renaissance 👩🏿‍🦱 Black Women's History 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 💄 Beauty Industry 📚 Literary Salons

So Long, See You Tomorrow

by William Maxwell • 1980

An old man revisits a 1920s murder, aching for the boy he failed to face.

3.85

18k+

🏚️ Midwestern Gothic 🔪 Literary Crime 👦 Lost Friendship 📰 Small-Town Scandal 😔 Lifelong Regret

So Long, See You Tomorrow 87%

An old man revisits a 1920s murder, aching for the boy he failed to face.

by William Maxwell 1980

3.85

18k+ ratings

🏚️ Midwestern Gothic 🔪 Literary Crime 👦 Lost Friendship 📰 Small-Town Scandal 😔 Lifelong Regret

In the Best Families

by Rex Stout • 1950

His client killed, Wolfe fakes his disappearance and goes undercover inside a crime empire.

4.30

5k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Private Detective 🤝 Detective Duo 🧠 Criminal Mastermind 🎭 Undercover Operation

In the Best Families 87%

His client killed, Wolfe fakes his disappearance and goes undercover inside a crime empire.

by Rex Stout 1950

4.30

5k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Private Detective 🤝 Detective Duo 🧠 Criminal Mastermind 🎭 Undercover Operation

Tapestry

by Belva Plain • 1988

A secret affair and a hidden child haunt a wealthy Jewish dynasty from WWI to the Holocaust.

4.06

2k+

💔 Forbidden Love 🤫 Secret Child 🏗️ Self-Made Man 🌱 Women's Awakening 📜 Sweeping Family Saga

Tapestry 87%

A secret affair and a hidden child haunt a wealthy Jewish dynasty from WWI to the Holocaust.

by Belva Plain 1988

4.06

2k+ ratings

💔 Forbidden Love 🤫 Secret Child 🏗️ Self-Made Man 🌱 Women's Awakening 📜 Sweeping Family Saga

Trust

by Hernan Diaz • 2022

A ghostwriter for a Jazz Age financier uncovers the story he paid to keep hidden.

3.80

179k+

📜 Competing Narratives 🖊️ Ghostwriting 🎺 Jazz Age New York 🧠 Introspective 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Tension

Trust 87%

A ghostwriter for a Jazz Age financier uncovers the story he paid to keep hidden.

by Hernan Diaz 2022

3.80

179k+ ratings

📜 Competing Narratives 🖊️ Ghostwriting 🎺 Jazz Age New York 🧠 Introspective 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Tension

The Fountainhead

by Ayn Rand • 1943

An architect who refuses to imitate faces a society determined to crush his vision.

3.89

339k+

🧠 Philosophical Novel 🏛️ Architectural Fiction ⚔️ Genius Vs Society 🖤 Self-Destructive Love 📰 Media Mogul

The Fountainhead 87%

An architect who refuses to imitate faces a society determined to crush his vision.

by Ayn Rand 1943

3.89

339k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Novel 🏛️ Architectural Fiction ⚔️ Genius Vs Society 🖤 Self-Destructive Love 📰 Media Mogul

Scandal in Babylon

by Barbara Hambly • 2021

A British scholar in 1920s Hollywood must find the killer who framed her movie-star sister-in-law.

3.77

469

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⚖️ Frame Up Plot 👪 Found Family 🎷 Jazz Age

Scandal in Babylon 87%

A British scholar in 1920s Hollywood must find the killer who framed her movie-star sister-in-law.

by Barbara Hambly 2021

3.77

469 ratings

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⚖️ Frame Up Plot 👪 Found Family 🎷 Jazz Age

The Masterpiece

by Fiona Davis • 2018

A divorcée uncovers a lost painting in Grand Central and the forgotten woman who created it.

3.87

35k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🎨 Art World Mystery 👩‍🎨 Forgotten Woman Artist 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Masterpiece 87%

A divorcée uncovers a lost painting in Grand Central and the forgotten woman who created it.

by Fiona Davis 2018

3.87

35k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🎨 Art World Mystery 👩‍🎨 Forgotten Woman Artist 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Other Typist

by Suzanne Rindell • 2013

A prim typist's obsession with a glamorous coworker draws her into 1920s New York's underworld.

3.55

19k+

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dangerous Obsession 💋 Femme Fatale 🍸 Jazz Age 👤 Stolen Identity

The Other Typist 87%

A prim typist's obsession with a glamorous coworker draws her into 1920s New York's underworld.

by Suzanne Rindell 2013

3.55

19k+ ratings

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dangerous Obsession 💋 Femme Fatale 🍸 Jazz Age 👤 Stolen Identity

On Power

by Robert A. Caro • 2017

How one man built a financial empire inside the government and became untouchable.

3.95

1k+

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏛️ Political Power 🗳️ Machine Politics 🏚️ Displacement 🏢 Public Authorities

On Power 87%

How one man built a financial empire inside the government and became untouchable.

by Robert A. Caro 2017

3.95

1k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏛️ Political Power 🗳️ Machine Politics 🏚️ Displacement 🏢 Public Authorities

The Alienist

by Caleb Carr • 1994

In Gilded Age New York, a mutilated child sends a psychologist on a secret serial-killer hunt.

4.06

182k+

🏙️ Gilded Age New York 🧠 Psychological Profiling 🔬 Early Forensic Science 🔪 Serial Killer 🕵️ Team Of Outsiders

The Alienist 87%

In Gilded Age New York, a mutilated child sends a psychologist on a secret serial-killer hunt.

by Caleb Carr 1994

4.06

182k+ ratings

🏙️ Gilded Age New York 🧠 Psychological Profiling 🔬 Early Forensic Science 🔪 Serial Killer 🕵️ Team Of Outsiders

The Luxe

by Anna Godbersen • 2007

An 1899 heiress trapped by a strategic engagement risks everything for the coachman she loves.

3.65

74k+

📍 Gilded Age New York 💕 Love Triangle 💌 Secret Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 😈 Scheming Socialite

The Luxe 87%

An 1899 heiress trapped by a strategic engagement risks everything for the coachman she loves.

by Anna Godbersen 2007

3.65

74k+ ratings

📍 Gilded Age New York 💕 Love Triangle 💌 Secret Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 😈 Scheming Socialite

Three Bedrooms in Manhattan

by Georges Simenon • 1946

Adrift in Manhattan, a French actor meets a woman just as lost. Over three rooms, they risk love.

3.36

5k+

🖤 Noir Romance 🌃 Midnight Encounter 🧳 Expatriate Loneliness 🚶‍♂️ Walking New York At Night 💔 Jealousy And Confession

Three Bedrooms in Manhattan 87%

Adrift in Manhattan, a French actor meets a woman just as lost. Over three rooms, they risk love.

by Georges Simenon 1946

3.36

5k+ ratings

🖤 Noir Romance 🌃 Midnight Encounter 🧳 Expatriate Loneliness 🚶‍♂️ Walking New York At Night 💔 Jealousy And Confession

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald • 1925

Gatsby's mansion teemed with strangers. The woman he loved was across the bay, married to another.

3.93

6.0M+

🥂 Roaring Twenties 💔 Obsessive Love 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💰 Old Money Vs New Money 🍂 Elegiac

The Great Gatsby 87%

Gatsby's mansion teemed with strangers. The woman he loved was across the bay, married to another.

by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1925

3.93

6.0M+ ratings

🥂 Roaring Twenties 💔 Obsessive Love 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💰 Old Money Vs New Money 🍂 Elegiac

A Pair of Aces

by Marie Benedict • 2026

A notorious madam and a Black prosecutor secretly team up to take down Lucky Luciano.

4.06

7k+

🏛️ Legal Drama 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🗽 1930s New York 🔫 Organized Crime 💪 Women Breaking Barriers

A Pair of Aces 87%

A notorious madam and a Black prosecutor secretly team up to take down Lucky Luciano.

by Marie Benedict 2026

4.06

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Drama 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🗽 1930s New York 🔫 Organized Crime 💪 Women Breaking Barriers

A Fortune of Sand

by Ruta Sepetys • 2026

Inside a Jazz Age arts retreat, a Detroit heiress discovers the mansion is a gilded asylum.

3.63

2k+

🎷 Jazz Age 🖤 Gothic Mystery 🏚️ Decaying Dynasty 🏰 Gilded Cage 💎 Hidden Fortune

A Fortune of Sand 87%

Inside a Jazz Age arts retreat, a Detroit heiress discovers the mansion is a gilded asylum.

by Ruta Sepetys 2026

3.63

2k+ ratings

🎷 Jazz Age 🖤 Gothic Mystery 🏚️ Decaying Dynasty 🏰 Gilded Cage 💎 Hidden Fortune

The Given Day

by Dennis Lehane • 2008

An Irish cop and a Black fugitive collide in the Boston police strike of 1919.

4.08

29k+

📜 Historical Epic ✊ Labor Movement 🔀 Parallel Lives 💔 Cross Class Romance 🏛️ Political Corruption

The Given Day 87%

An Irish cop and a Black fugitive collide in the Boston police strike of 1919.

by Dennis Lehane 2008

4.08

29k+ ratings

📜 Historical Epic ✊ Labor Movement 🔀 Parallel Lives 💔 Cross Class Romance 🏛️ Political Corruption

The Big Change

by Frederick Lewis Allen • 1952

America went from farmers to superpower in fifty years: the metamorphosis that reshaped its soul.

3.95

243

📖 American History 🕰️ Early 20th Century 🔄 Economic Transformation 📈 Social Mobility 🏢 Corporate America

The Big Change 87%

America went from farmers to superpower in fifty years: the metamorphosis that reshaped its soul.

by Frederick Lewis Allen 1952

3.95

243 ratings

📖 American History 🕰️ Early 20th Century 🔄 Economic Transformation 📈 Social Mobility 🏢 Corporate America

The Poisoner's Handbook

by Deborah Blum • 2010

Jazz Age poisoners had the perfect crime, until a morgue chemist invented toxicology to catch them.

4.02

38k+

🧪 Forensic Toxicology ☠️ Poison History 🎷 Jazz Age New York 🍸 Prohibition Era 💀 Deadly Substances

The Poisoner's Handbook 87%

Jazz Age poisoners had the perfect crime, until a morgue chemist invented toxicology to catch them.

by Deborah Blum 2010

4.02

38k+ ratings

🧪 Forensic Toxicology ☠️ Poison History 🎷 Jazz Age New York 🍸 Prohibition Era 💀 Deadly Substances

Hattie Ever After

by Kirby Larson • 2013

An orphan arrives in 1919 San Francisco chasing one fierce dream: a newspaper byline of her own.

3.82

5k+

🇺🇸 1910s America 📰 Aspiring Reporter 🏙️ Small Town To Big City 🧳 Orphan Protagonist 💌 Slow Burn Romance

Hattie Ever After 87%

An orphan arrives in 1919 San Francisco chasing one fierce dream: a newspaper byline of her own.

by Kirby Larson 2013

3.82

5k+ ratings

🇺🇸 1910s America 📰 Aspiring Reporter 🏙️ Small Town To Big City 🧳 Orphan Protagonist 💌 Slow Burn Romance

On the Shoulders of Giants

by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar • 2007

Jazz, poetry, and the Rens: a basketball legend traces his roots to the Harlem Renaissance.

4.02

309

🎷 Harlem Renaissance 📚 African American History 🎺 Jazz Age Culture 🎵 Jazz History 🏀 Basketball History

On the Shoulders of Giants 87%

Jazz, poetry, and the Rens: a basketball legend traces his roots to the Harlem Renaissance.

by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2007

4.02

309 ratings

🎷 Harlem Renaissance 📚 African American History 🎺 Jazz Age Culture 🎵 Jazz History 🏀 Basketball History

The Lions of Fifth Avenue

by Fiona Davis • 2020

A family's hidden life in the New York Public Library unravels when rare books start disappearing.

3.90

84k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 📚 Books About Books 🏳️‍🌈 Forbidden Sapphic Love 🔐 Family Secrets 📜 Lost Manuscript

The Lions of Fifth Avenue 87%

A family's hidden life in the New York Public Library unravels when rare books start disappearing.

by Fiona Davis 2020

3.90

84k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 📚 Books About Books 🏳️‍🌈 Forbidden Sapphic Love 🔐 Family Secrets 📜 Lost Manuscript

Table for Two

by Amor Towles • 2024

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

4.19

74k+

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

Table for Two 87%

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

by Amor Towles 2024

4.19

74k+ ratings

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

The Great Bridge

by David McCullough • 1972

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

4.26

19k+

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

The Great Bridge 86%

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

by David McCullough 1972

4.26

19k+ ratings

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

The Money Kings

by Daniel Schulman • 2023

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

4.08

629

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

The Money Kings 86%

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

by Daniel Schulman 2023

4.08

629 ratings

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

Angel of Greenwood

by Randi Pink • 2021

Two Black teens in 1921 Tulsa find first love on the eve of a massacre.

4.18

3k+

🖤 Black Historical Fiction 👥 Dual Pov 💕 First Love 📖 Bookish Heroine 💔 Bittersweet Romance

Angel of Greenwood 86%

Two Black teens in 1921 Tulsa find first love on the eve of a massacre.

by Randi Pink 2021

4.18

3k+ ratings

🖤 Black Historical Fiction 👥 Dual Pov 💕 First Love 📖 Bookish Heroine 💔 Bittersweet Romance

This Side of Paradise

by F. Scott Fitzgerald • 1920

Amory falls in love, climbs Princeton's ladder, and learns every rung gives way beneath him.

3.63

81k+

🎷 Jazz Age Fiction 🥀 Lost Generation 🏛️ Campus Novel 🪖 Post World War I 💔 Romantic Disillusionment

This Side of Paradise 86%

Amory falls in love, climbs Princeton's ladder, and learns every rung gives way beneath him.

by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1920

3.63

81k+ ratings

🎷 Jazz Age Fiction 🥀 Lost Generation 🏛️ Campus Novel 🪖 Post World War I 💔 Romantic Disillusionment

Mornings on Horseback

by David McCullough • 1981

A sickly rich boy remade his body, then lost his wife and mother on the same day.

4.10

36k+

🏙️ Gilded Age New York 💪 Physical Resilience 🗳️ Reform Politics 🌅 Grief And Renewal 🌱 Progressive Era Roots

Mornings on Horseback 86%

A sickly rich boy remade his body, then lost his wife and mother on the same day.

by David McCullough 1981

4.10

36k+ ratings

🏙️ Gilded Age New York 💪 Physical Resilience 🗳️ Reform Politics 🌅 Grief And Renewal 🌱 Progressive Era Roots

Five Families

by Selwyn Raab • 2005

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

4.15

7k+

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

Five Families 86%

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

by Selwyn Raab 2005

4.15

7k+ ratings

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

Still Me

by Jojo Moyes • 2018

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

4.11

236k+

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

Still Me 86%

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

by Jojo Moyes 2018

4.11

236k+ ratings

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

Ragtime

by E.L. Doctorow • 1975

A wealthy family shelters a black woman, then faces her lover's armed fight for dignity.

3.90

47k+

🎭 Multiple Perspectives 🌟 Historical Cameos ⚖️ Racial Injustice 🧳 Immigrant Journey ⚒️ Class Conflict

Ragtime 86%

A wealthy family shelters a black woman, then faces her lover's armed fight for dignity.

by E.L. Doctorow 1975

3.90

47k+ ratings

🎭 Multiple Perspectives 🌟 Historical Cameos ⚖️ Racial Injustice 🧳 Immigrant Journey ⚒️ Class Conflict

A Moveable Feast

by Ernest Hemingway • 1964

Cafés as offices, hunger as discipline, and the 1920s Paris friends who become legends.

4.02

169k+

🖋️ Literary Memoir 🗼 1920s Paris 🇺🇸 American Expatriates ✍️ Writing Discipline 🎨 Literary Modernism

A Moveable Feast 86%

Cafés as offices, hunger as discipline, and the 1920s Paris friends who become legends.

by Ernest Hemingway 1964

4.02

169k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Memoir 🗼 1920s Paris 🇺🇸 American Expatriates ✍️ Writing Discipline 🎨 Literary Modernism

The Nurse's Secret

by Amanda Skenandore • 2022

A pickpocket hiding in Bellevue's nursing school discovers a killer stalking the wards.

4.14

36k+

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The Nurse's Secret 86%

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by Amanda Skenandore 2022

4.14

36k+ ratings

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by Julie Owen Moylan • 2022

Decades-old letters pull a teen into the forbidden romance that shattered in her New York apartment.

3.87

2k+

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That Green Eyed Girl 86%

Decades-old letters pull a teen into the forbidden romance that shattered in her New York apartment.

by Julie Owen Moylan 2022

3.87

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 📚 Sapphic Historical 💔 Forbidden Love 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma 🌫️ Quiet Grief

The Sins of the Fathers

by Lawrence Block • 1976

A disgraced ex-cop turned PI investigates a murdered call girl after the accused hangs himself.

3.87

12k+

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The Sins of the Fathers 86%

A disgraced ex-cop turned PI investigates a murdered call girl after the accused hangs himself.

by Lawrence Block 1976

3.87

12k+ ratings

🕵️ Hard Boiled Detective 💔 Parent Hires PI 🚬 Fallen Woman Victim ⛪ Corrupt Clergyman 🚫 Unlicensed PI

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by Renata Adler • 1976

A reporter drifts through parties, lovers, and city chaos, searching for whatever might hold weight.

3.75

8k+

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Speedboat 86%

A reporter drifts through parties, lovers, and city chaos, searching for whatever might hold weight.

by Renata Adler 1976

3.75

8k+ ratings

🌀 Postmodern Fiction 🧩 Fragmented Narrative 🏙️ Urban Dislocation 📰 Journalist Narrator 😐 Deadpan Narrator

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