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Books set in Coney Island · Terra Lecta

Coney Island

United States

7 books set in Coney Island and 1 writer who were born, lived or died there.

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Books set in and around Coney Island

On the RoadJack Kerouac, AD 1957At New York City
The Catcher in the RyeJ. D. Salinger, AD 1951At New York City
The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald, AD 1925At New York City
Invisible ManRalph Ellison, AD 1952At New York City

Little WomenLouisa May Alcott, AD 1868At New York City

Around the World in Eighty DaysJules Verne, AD 1872At New York City

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaJules Verne, AD 1869At New York City

Writers of Coney Island

Joseph HellerBorn here