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Books set in Manhattan · Terra Lecta

Manhattan

United States

7 books set in Manhattan and 4 writers who were born, lived or died there.

Anthony Quintano, CC BY 2.0

Books set in and around Manhattan

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 Women

Writers of Manhattan

Vladimir NabokovLived here, AD 1940–1941
J. D. SalingerBorn here
Herman MelvilleBorn here
Willa CatherDied here

Louisa May Alcott, AD 1868

At 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