Anonymous
Post 02/25/2024 19:13     Subject: Re:Memoirs/fiction that reads like a memoir that take place in NYC?
Anonymous wrote:I remember really enjoying "Manhattan When I Was Young" by Mary Cantwell, but it's been a long time.

Maybe "The Rules of Civility" by Amor Towles, although I wasn't that taken with it on a second reading.

"The Group" by Mary McCarthy - again, it's been a long time since I read it.



The fact you wanted to read a book twice is high praise even if you didn't like as much the second time around. That alone puts Rules of Civility on my list. Thank you!
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2024 18:56     Subject: Memoirs/fiction that reads like a memoir that take place in NYC?
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn definitely reads like a memoir. I loved that book.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2024 18:54     Subject: Memoirs/fiction that reads like a memoir that take place in NYC?
Another one I just remembered - what about Ruth Reichl's memoirs about her childhood and then food critic? I believe her first one was Tender at the Bone.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2024 18:50     Subject: Memoirs/fiction that reads like a memoir that take place in NYC?
- https://www.amazon.com/Goodbye-All-That-Writers-Leaving/dp/1580054943

- Many of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books featured NYC

- Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

Some others I have read are here. Great list:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/the-read-down/new-york-city-books/

Anonymous
Post 02/25/2024 18:47     Subject: Memoirs/fiction that reads like a memoir that take place in NYC?
Fleishman is in Trouble! Not a memoir but tracks very closely with some of the author's own experiences.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2024 18:20     Subject: Memoirs/fiction that reads like a memoir that take place in NYC?
Motherless Brooklyn

and anything by Paul Auster set in NY
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2024 16:26     Subject: Memoirs/fiction that reads like a memoir that take place in NYC?
A Little Life (warning though that it is long and violent)
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2024 11:44     Subject: Memoirs/fiction that reads like a memoir that take place in NYC?
Most of Laurie Colwin's novels are set in NYC. They're all about family/relationships, so maybe that gives them a memoir-ish vibe?
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2024 11:39     Subject: Memoirs/fiction that reads like a memoir that take place in NYC?
Lillian Boxfish goes for a walk (fiction based on a real person)
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2024 11:15     Subject: Memoirs/fiction that reads like a memoir that take place in NYC?
Anonymous wrote:Just kids


Was just going to recommend this, too
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2024 09:59     Subject: Memoirs/fiction that reads like a memoir that take place in NYC?
Bright Lights, Big City
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2024 09:58     Subject: Memoirs/fiction that reads like a memoir that take place in NYC?
Just kids
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2024 19:22     Subject: Memoirs/fiction that reads like a memoir that take place in NYC?
Trust, Hernan Diaz
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2024 19:05     Subject: Re:Memoirs/fiction that reads like a memoir that take place in NYC?
I remember really enjoying "Manhattan When I Was Young" by Mary Cantwell, but it's been a long time.

Maybe "The Rules of Civility" by Amor Towles, although I wasn't that taken with it on a second reading.

"The Group" by Mary McCarthy - again, it's been a long time since I read it.

Anonymous
Post 02/19/2024 18:55     Subject: Memoirs/fiction that reads like a memoir that take place in NYC?
Or even really good fiction that reads like a memoir, I’m not too picky. But I need the city to be one of the main characters. Thanks so much!