NYC is a book lover’s dream, and many authors take advantage of that. There are so many incredible fiction books that take place in NYC and especially at some iconic buildings. This guide provides you with 10 NYC locations paired with 13 NYC novels to read. 

New York

10 NYC Buildings + Book Pairings 

📍Visit The Frick Collection + Read The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis

📍The Morgan Library + The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict

📍New York Public Library + The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd 

📍Tiffany & Co. + Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote

📍The Met + The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

📍The Plaza + The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 

📍The Dakota + The Address by Fiona Davis

📍World Trade Center + Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann 

📍Trinity Church + I, Eliza Hamilton by Susan Holloway Scott 

📍Grand Central Station + The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis   

- The Lions of Fifth Avenue by a Fiona Davis

The Magnolia Palace

The Personal Librarian

The Cartographers

This novel is set among the rare maps and artifacts of the New York Public Library. Read if you like a bit of magical realism. 

This novel is about the real personal librarian of JP Morgan - woman named Belle who passed as white and grew his collection to what is is today. Read if you like historical fiction. 

This novel intertwined some real and imagined characters such as the famously wealthy Frick family and how they amassed their art collection. 

Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories

The Goldfinch

Another classic with the ritzy vibe of the Plaza Hotel following the mysterious and wealthy Jay Gatsby. 

The Great Gatsby

The Address

Let the Great World Spin

This historical fiction is based on the famous Dakota apartments. 

A historical fiction about the tightrope walker who walked between the Two Towers (world trade center) in the 1970s. 

I, Eliza Hamilton

Calling all Hamilton fans! This is a great historical fiction from the perspective of Eliza Hamilton, the eventual wife of Alexander Hamilton. 

This historical fiction centers around an old art school deep within Grand Central Station terminal. 

The Masterpiece

This tells the story of Theodore Decker who was 13 years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The tragedy changes the course of his life. He holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day -- a painting of a tiny bird chained to its perch.

A classic novella about a writer who befriends a neighbor Holly Golightly, a country girl turned society girl. The two are tenants in a brownstone apartment in The Upper East Side 

10 NYC Buildings + Book Pairings

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