New York City: Books

Since the number of books about or set in New York is so vast, what follows is necessarily selective - use it as a launchpad for further sleuthing. Publishers are given in the order British/American if they are different for each country; where a book is published only in one country, it is designated UK or US; o/p indicates a book out of print, UP indicates University Press

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