🗽 2000s New York

Manhattan and its boroughs in the early millennium—post-9/11 reckoning, Bloomberg-era ambition, and the last gasp of pre-smartphone city life. These books capture a New York caught between grief and relentless reinvention.

The Devil Wears Prada

by Lauren Weisberger • 2003

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

3.82

940k+

👗 Fashion Industry 😈 Nightmare Boss 🎯 Workplace Satire 💄 Makeover Arc 🏙️ Big City Career

The Devil Wears Prada 88%

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

by Lauren Weisberger 2003

3.82

940k+ ratings

👗 Fashion Industry 😈 Nightmare Boss 🎯 Workplace Satire 💄 Makeover Arc 🏙️ Big City Career

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

Sex and the City

by Candace Bushnell • 1996

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

3.38

59k+

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

Sex and the City 87%

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

by Candace Bushnell 1996

3.38

59k+ ratings

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

Someday, Someday, Maybe

by Lauren Graham • 2013

Franny Banks gave herself three years to make it as an actress. She has six months left.

3.54

60k+

🎬 Show Business 🎭 Struggling Artist 💘 Romantic Comedy 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔺 Love Triangle

Someday, Someday, Maybe 87%

Franny Banks gave herself three years to make it as an actress. She has six months left.

by Lauren Graham 2013

3.54

60k+ ratings

🎬 Show Business 🎭 Struggling Artist 💘 Romantic Comedy 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔺 Love Triangle

Netherland

by Joseph O'Neill • 2008

Post-9/11, a Dutch banker bonds with a Trinidadian hustler over cricket and a doomed American dream.

3.41

19k+

🏙️ Post-9/11 Fiction 🌍 Immigrant Dreams 💔 Crumbling Marriage ✨ Charismatic Stranger 🏏 Sports And Identity

Netherland 86%

Post-9/11, a Dutch banker bonds with a Trinidadian hustler over cricket and a doomed American dream.

by Joseph O'Neill 2008

3.41

19k+ ratings

🏙️ Post-9/11 Fiction 🌍 Immigrant Dreams 💔 Crumbling Marriage ✨ Charismatic Stranger 🏏 Sports And Identity

Speedboat

by Renata Adler • 1976

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

3.75

8k+

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

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

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 86%

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

Bleeding Edge

by Thomas Pynchon • 2013

A defrocked investigator follows a tech firm's money into a virtual underworld as catastrophe looms.

3.62

14k+

📖🔍 Postmodern Mystery 🗽 Pre-9/11 New York 👩‍💼 Female Investigator 🕸️ Deep Web 🕶️ Virtual Reality

Bleeding Edge 86%

A defrocked investigator follows a tech firm's money into a virtual underworld as catastrophe looms.

by Thomas Pynchon 2013

3.62

14k+ ratings

📖🔍 Postmodern Mystery 🗽 Pre-9/11 New York 👩‍💼 Female Investigator 🕸️ Deep Web 🕶️ Virtual Reality

Just Kids

by Patti Smith • 2010

Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe met broke in New York and pledged a lifetime of art.

4.21

362k+

🏙️ 1970s New York 🎨 Artistic Soulmates 🥖 Starving Artists 🎸 Punk Rock Origins 🌈 Gay Coming Of Age

Just Kids 86%

Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe met broke in New York and pledged a lifetime of art.

by Patti Smith 2010

4.21

362k+ ratings

🏙️ 1970s New York 🎨 Artistic Soulmates 🥖 Starving Artists 🎸 Punk Rock Origins 🌈 Gay Coming Of Age

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 86%

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

Humans of New York

by Brandon Stanton • 2015

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

4.55

20k+

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

Humans of New York 86%

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

by Brandon Stanton 2015

4.55

20k+ ratings

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

A Visit from the Goon Squad

by Jennifer Egan • 2010

A punk turned producer and his kleptomaniac assistant reckon with the thief that is time.

3.70

252k+

🕸️ Interconnected Stories 🔀 Nonlinear Narrative ⏳ Passage Of Time 🎸 Music Industry 🎶 Music And Memory

A Visit from the Goon Squad 86%

A punk turned producer and his kleptomaniac assistant reckon with the thief that is time.

by Jennifer Egan 2010

3.70

252k+ ratings

🕸️ Interconnected Stories 🔀 Nonlinear Narrative ⏳ Passage Of Time 🎸 Music Industry 🎶 Music And Memory

God Hates Us All

by Hank Moody • 2009

A cynical young man deals pot from the Chelsea Hotel, chasing love while avoiding adulthood.

3.46

5k+

🗽 Bohemian New York 💔 Toxic Love 😈 Dark Comedy 🌱 Coming Of Age 💊 Drug Dealing

God Hates Us All 86%

A cynical young man deals pot from the Chelsea Hotel, chasing love while avoiding adulthood.

by Hank Moody 2009

3.46

5k+ ratings

🗽 Bohemian New York 💔 Toxic Love 😈 Dark Comedy 🌱 Coming Of Age 💊 Drug Dealing

Porcelain

by Moby • 2016

A sober Christian in 1990s rave culture: the paradox, the crash, and the hospice room.

3.98

4k+

🎧 Electronic Music 🪩 Rave Culture 🎤 Music Memoirs ✝️ Faith And Doubt 🍷 Sobriety Journeys

Porcelain 86%

A sober Christian in 1990s rave culture: the paradox, the crash, and the hospice room.

by Moby 2016

3.98

4k+ ratings

🎧 Electronic Music 🪩 Rave Culture 🎤 Music Memoirs ✝️ Faith And Doubt 🍷 Sobriety Journeys

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

Open City

by Teju Cole • 2011

A psychiatrist walks Manhattan, collecting others' stories, until one makes him face his own.

3.49

18k+

🚶‍♂️ FlâNeur Fiction 🌏 Diaspora Fiction 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 📜 Postcolonial Identity ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

Open City 86%

A psychiatrist walks Manhattan, collecting others' stories, until one makes him face his own.

by Teju Cole 2011

3.49

18k+ ratings

🚶‍♂️ FlâNeur Fiction 🌏 Diaspora Fiction 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 📜 Postcolonial Identity ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

The Princess Diaries

by Meg Cabot • 2000

Mia's an awkward Manhattan freshman until her dad drops a bomb: he's a prince, and she's his heir.

3.81

263k+

🏰 Reluctant Royal 📓 Diary Novel 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 👑 Tough Love Mentor ✨ Makeover Transformation

The Princess Diaries 86%

Mia's an awkward Manhattan freshman until her dad drops a bomb: he's a prince, and she's his heir.

by Meg Cabot 2000

3.81

263k+ ratings

🏰 Reluctant Royal 📓 Diary Novel 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 👑 Tough Love Mentor ✨ Makeover Transformation

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 86%

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 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 86%

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

Cult Classic

by Sloane Crosley • 2022

An engaged editor's exes keep appearing. A secret society is staging every reunion.

3.27

23k+

🗽 New York Literary 💔 Ex Encounters 🔮 Cult Satire 🖋️ Wry Female Voice 👁️ Secret Society

Cult Classic 86%

An engaged editor's exes keep appearing. A secret society is staging every reunion.

by Sloane Crosley 2022

3.27

23k+ ratings

🗽 New York Literary 💔 Ex Encounters 🔮 Cult Satire 🖋️ Wry Female Voice 👁️ Secret Society

The Basketball Diaries

by Jim Carroll • 1978

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

3.99

32k+

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

The Basketball Diaries 86%

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

by Jim Carroll 1978

3.99

32k+ ratings

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

Rich and Pretty

by Rumaan Alam • 2016

One marries into Manhattan privilege, the other stagnates. Their lifelong friendship starts to fray.

2.77

11k+

🫂 Female Friendship 🛤️ Diverging Paths 🌫️ Quiet Melancholy 🗽 New York City 📖 Book Club Fiction

Rich and Pretty 86%

One marries into Manhattan privilege, the other stagnates. Their lifelong friendship starts to fray.

by Rumaan Alam 2016

2.77

11k+ ratings

🫂 Female Friendship 🛤️ Diverging Paths 🌫️ Quiet Melancholy 🗽 New York City 📖 Book Club Fiction

I'll Never Write My Memoirs

by Grace Jones • 2015

How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.

3.76

2k+

🎤 Music Memoirs 👗 Fashion And Style 🦋 Self Invention 🎭 Performance And Identity ⛓️ Breaking Free From Family

I'll Never Write My Memoirs 85%

How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.

by Grace Jones 2015

3.76

2k+ ratings

🎤 Music Memoirs 👗 Fashion And Style 🦋 Self Invention 🎭 Performance And Identity ⛓️ Breaking Free From Family

Go Gentle

by Maria Semple • 2026

A spare ballet ticket entangles a stoic philosopher in an art heist and an unexpected romance.

3.49

19k+

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🖼️ Art Heist 💞 Later-In-Life Romance 🏡 Found Family ⚠️ Assault Survivor

Go Gentle 85%

A spare ballet ticket entangles a stoic philosopher in an art heist and an unexpected romance.

by Maria Semple 2026

3.49

19k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🖼️ Art Heist 💞 Later-In-Life Romance 🏡 Found Family ⚠️ Assault Survivor

Love and Other Four-Letter Words

by Carolyn Mackler • 2000

Divorce strands Sammie in Manhattan, where a rooftop and a gentle boy help her trust love.

3.61

2k+

🏚️ Parental Divorce 🥀 Mother-Daughter Rift 🗽 New City Beginnings ☀️ Summer Transformation 🔄 Shifting Friendships

Love and Other Four-Letter Words Summary

Love and Other Four-Letter Words 85%

Divorce strands Sammie in Manhattan, where a rooftop and a gentle boy help her trust love.

by Carolyn Mackler 2000

3.61

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Parental Divorce 🥀 Mother-Daughter Rift 🗽 New City Beginnings ☀️ Summer Transformation 🔄 Shifting Friendships

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 85%

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

A Freewheelin' Time

by Suze Rotolo • 2008

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

3.85

4k+

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

A Freewheelin' Time 85%

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

by Suze Rotolo 2008

3.85

4k+ ratings

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

If I Ruled the World

by Amy Dubois Barnett • 2026

A Black editor stifles herself in fashion media until a defiant urban magazine calls her real.

3.93

3k+

🎬 Media Workplace Drama 🎭 Code Switching 🤎 Black Sisterhood 🔗 Toxic Mentorship 🪞 Black Enoughness

If I Ruled the World 85%

A Black editor stifles herself in fashion media until a defiant urban magazine calls her real.

by Amy Dubois Barnett 2026

3.93

3k+ ratings

🎬 Media Workplace Drama 🎭 Code Switching 🤎 Black Sisterhood 🔗 Toxic Mentorship 🪞 Black Enoughness

Truth in Advertising

by John Kenney • 2013

A copywriter who fakes sincerity for a living must finally show up for his dying father.

3.74

3k+

🎬 Advertising Satire 📖 Literary Satire 👴 Parental Estrangement 🕳️ Midlife Crisis 💔 Fear Of Intimacy

Truth in Advertising 85%

A copywriter who fakes sincerity for a living must finally show up for his dying father.

by John Kenney 2013

3.74

3k+ ratings

🎬 Advertising Satire 📖 Literary Satire 👴 Parental Estrangement 🕳️ Midlife Crisis 💔 Fear Of Intimacy

City of Glass

by Paul Auster • 1985

A mystery writer borrows a detective's name and shadows a mad linguist through New York.

3.75

24k+

🕵️ Philosophical Mystery 🎭 Dissolving Identity 🗺️ City As Labyrinth 🪤 Language As Trap 🌃 Existential Noir

City of Glass 85%

A mystery writer borrows a detective's name and shadows a mad linguist through New York.

by Paul Auster 1985

3.75

24k+ ratings

🕵️ Philosophical Mystery 🎭 Dissolving Identity 🗺️ City As Labyrinth 🪤 Language As Trap 🌃 Existential Noir

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+

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

The Sins of the Fathers 85%

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

Networks of New York

by Ingrid Burrington • 2016

Orange lines on the pavement mark fiber-optic cables: a field guide to the visible internet.

3.80

232

🏙️ Urban Infrastructure 🌐 Network Infrastructure 📖 Visual Field Guides 🔭 Urban Observation 📡 Surveillance Technology

Networks of New York 85%

Orange lines on the pavement mark fiber-optic cables: a field guide to the visible internet.

by Ingrid Burrington 2016

3.80

232 ratings

🏙️ Urban Infrastructure 🌐 Network Infrastructure 📖 Visual Field Guides 🔭 Urban Observation 📡 Surveillance Technology

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 85%

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

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 85%

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

J R

by William Gaddis • 1975

From a payphone, a sixth-grader builds a paper empire that consumes a struggling composer.

4.32

4k+

📡 Postmodern Satire 🎨 Art Vs Commerce 🤝 Reluctant Accomplice 🏚️ Failing Institutions 🖤 Dark Satire

J R 85%

From a payphone, a sixth-grader builds a paper empire that consumes a struggling composer.

by William Gaddis 1975

4.32

4k+ ratings

📡 Postmodern Satire 🎨 Art Vs Commerce 🤝 Reluctant Accomplice 🏚️ Failing Institutions 🖤 Dark Satire

You, Again

by Kate Goldbeck • 2023

A cynical comic and a romantic chef collide in Brooklyn, then spend years denying their chemistry.

3.54

65k+

😤 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 💬 Witty Banter 🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Commitment Phobia

You, Again 85%

A cynical comic and a romantic chef collide in Brooklyn, then spend years denying their chemistry.

by Kate Goldbeck 2023

3.54

65k+ ratings

😤 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 💬 Witty Banter 🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Commitment Phobia

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 85%

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 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 85%

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

Moon Palace

by Paul Auster • 1989

As the world watches the moon landing, an orphaned student starves alone in New York.

3.98

30k+

🧒 Orphan Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🤫 Family Secrets 🎭 Picaresque Novel 💭 Existential Fiction

Moon Palace 85%

As the world watches the moon landing, an orphaned student starves alone in New York.

by Paul Auster 1989

3.98

30k+ ratings

🧒 Orphan Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🤫 Family Secrets 🎭 Picaresque Novel 💭 Existential Fiction

Capital City

by Samuel Stein • 2019

Gentrification is not a market outcome. It is policy, written by the real estate industry.

3.92

2k+

🏙️ Urban Political Economy 🏗️ Gentrification Studies 🚚 Urban Displacement 📖 Marxist Urban Theory 🏠 Housing Justice

Capital City 85%

Gentrification is not a market outcome. It is policy, written by the real estate industry.

by Samuel Stein 2019

3.92

2k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Political Economy 🏗️ Gentrification Studies 🚚 Urban Displacement 📖 Marxist Urban Theory 🏠 Housing Justice

The Interestings

by Meg Wolitzer • 2013

At arts camp, six teenagers decide they are exceptional. Forty years of ordinary life disagree.

3.60

124k+

🎨 Creative Ambition 💰 Class And Privilege 🕰️ Long Friendship 💔 Unrequited Love 🫂 Found Family

The Interestings 85%

At arts camp, six teenagers decide they are exceptional. Forty years of ordinary life disagree.

by Meg Wolitzer 2013

3.60

124k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Ambition 💰 Class And Privilege 🕰️ Long Friendship 💔 Unrequited Love 🫂 Found Family

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 85%

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

This Beautiful Life

by Helen Schulman • 2011

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

3.03

6k+

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

This Beautiful Life 85%

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

by Helen Schulman 2011

3.03

6k+ ratings

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

Arts & Entertainments

by Christopher R. Beha • 2014

His sex tape with a celebrity ex leaks; a reality show devours his family and future.

3.20

988

📰 Media Satire 📺 Reality Television 🤰 Fertility Struggles 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Staged Romance

Arts & Entertainments 85%

His sex tape with a celebrity ex leaks; a reality show devours his family and future.

by Christopher R. Beha 2014

3.20

988 ratings

📰 Media Satire 📺 Reality Television 🤰 Fertility Struggles 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Staged Romance

Confidence Man

by Maggie Haberman • 2022

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

4.09

11k+

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

Confidence Man 85%

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

by Maggie Haberman 2022

4.09

11k+ ratings

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

Hard News

by Seth Mnookin • 2004

The New York Times's worst wound: how autocracy, not one fraudster, tore the newsroom apart.

3.91

274

🗞️ Media Ethics 📰 Newsroom Culture 🏛️ Institutional Failure 📝 Journalistic Fraud ✍️ Newsroom Leadership

Hard News 85%

The New York Times's worst wound: how autocracy, not one fraudster, tore the newsroom apart.

by Seth Mnookin 2004

3.91

274 ratings

🗞️ Media Ethics 📰 Newsroom Culture 🏛️ Institutional Failure 📝 Journalistic Fraud ✍️ Newsroom Leadership

Ultraluminous

by Katherine Faw • 2017

She returns from Dubai, measures her weeks in heroin and men, and gives herself one year.

3.58

931

🎭 Literary Thriller 🖤 Anti-Heroine 💋 Sex Worker Protagonist 💰 Transactional Intimacy 💉 Addiction Narrative

Ultraluminous 85%

She returns from Dubai, measures her weeks in heroin and men, and gives herself one year.

by Katherine Faw 2017

3.58

931 ratings

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