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Books set in New York City · Terra Lecta

New York City

United States

7 books set in New York City and 9 writers who were born, lived or died there.

New York City, 1921, at the time of The Great Gatsby. Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926, artist, Public domain

Books set in New York City

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaJules Verne, AD 1869
Around the World in Eighty DaysJules Verne, AD 1872
The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald, AD 1925
Invisible ManRalph Ellison, AD 1952
On the RoadJack Kerouac, AD 1957

The Catcher in the RyeJ. D. Salinger, AD 1951

Little WomenLouisa May Alcott, AD 1868

Writers of New York City

J. D. SalingerBorn here
John SteinbeckDied here
Joseph HellerBorn here
Ralph EllisonDied here
Herman MelvilleBorn and died and lived here
Toni MorrisonDied and lived here
Kurt VonnegutDied and lived here, d. AD 2007
Dashiell HammettDied here
Eugene O'NeillBorn here