Lists of Bests: AthenaKTM's "Books to Read about New York!" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/44678 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:10:54 GMT en-us 0 50 47 0 0 The Sky's the Limit : Passion and Property in Manhattan http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2504471 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2504471"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000F5FNMA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V54609703_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Gaines</div> The Last Mrs. Astor: A New York Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3015778 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3015778"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11Vzw2wUfcL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frances Kiernan</div> When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2643979 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2643979"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000MR8TFY.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Justin Kaplan</div> Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 (The History of New York City) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4483 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4483"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0195140494.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edwin G. Burrows</div> The House of Mirth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1345006 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1345006"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1844082938.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edith Wharton</div> The Emperor's Children (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2781628 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2781628"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11OmIxiBq9L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Claire Messud</div> Forever http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1681288 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1681288"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0751535370.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pete Hamill</div> Washington Square (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3015781 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3015781"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01jVbQ5w6fL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry James</div> Suspension http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2383835 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2383835"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312284640.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1113569309_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard E. Crabbe</div> Valley of the Dolls http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2415328 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2415328"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0739418378.01-AM538YKOTEV1F._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jacqueline Susann</div> The Age of Innocence (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/500281 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/500281"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192806629.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edith Wharton</div> The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/490665 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/490665"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400078679.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Russell Shorto</div> New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2195819 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2195819"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400032261.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jill Lepore</div> Empire City: New York Through the Centuries http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1418473 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1418473"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0231109091.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1562732 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1562732"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345476395.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Kurlansky</div> Dry Manhattan: Prohibition in New York City http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2722812 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2722812"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/067402432X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael A. Lerner</div> Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Daughter and a Mother in the Gilded Age http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3009516 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3009516"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11YAC6D8NDL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart</div> The Luxe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3015783 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3015783"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11MzxJUejDL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anna Godbersen</div> 740 Park: The Story of the World's Richest Apartment Building http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1133521 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1133521"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0767917448.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1140885872_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Gross</div> Strivers Row: A Novel (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2454980 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2454980"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060955198.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V34638615_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kevin Baker</div> The Bonfire of the Vanities http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2764350 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2764350"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330491938.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Wolfe</div> Bright lights, big city http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2511866 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2511866"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/2879290937.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jay McInerney</div> Underworld: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2998014 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2998014"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01GEM5QQ4GL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Don DeLillo</div> Glamorama (Vintage Contemporaries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9072 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9072"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375703845.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bret Easton Ellis</div> Fixer Chao http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2392003 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2392003"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0374155755.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056438022_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Han Ong</div> The Good People of New York http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10541 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10541"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385720610.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thisbe Nissen</div> Bergdorf Blondes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2300334 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2300334"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0670914339.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Plum Sykes</div> The Brooklyn Follies: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/963276 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/963276"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312426232.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Auster</div> Everyone Worth Knowing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2787461 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2787461"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/0139HZ61PYL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lauren Weisberger</div> The New York Trilogy: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Penguin Classics Deluxe Editio) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/676619 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/676619"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143039830.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Auster</div> Winter's Tale http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/112513 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/112513"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156031191.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Helprin</div> Here Is New York http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34033 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34033"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1892145022.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E. B. White</div> Wonderful Town: New York Stories from The New Yorker (Modern Library Paperbacks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9358 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9358"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/037575752X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057190302_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Remnick</div> Call It Sleep: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/257686 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/257686"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312424124.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry Roth</div> The Fountainhead (Centennial Edition Hardcover) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972195 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ayn Rand</div> Legends of the Chelsea Hotel: Living with the Artists and Outlaws of New York's Rebel Mecca http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3015787 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3015787"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01ryIu6RehL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ed Hamilton</div> The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11181 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11181"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0394720245.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert A. Caro</div> Manhattan Memoir: American Girl; Manhattan, When I Was Young; Speaking with Strangers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3046 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3046"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140291903.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1138679749_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Cantwell</div> Triangle: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2910841 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2910841"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01-rvFioEiL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Katharine Weber</div> Triangle: The Fire That Changed America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/314024 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/314024"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/080214151X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David von Drehle</div> The Nanny and the Iceberg http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2757212 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2757212"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0340713038.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ariel Dorfman</div> The Alienist: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/978030 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/978030"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812976142.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Caleb Carr</div> Five Points http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14145 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14145"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452283612.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tyler Anbinder</div> Central Park, An American Masterpiece: A Comprehensive History of the Nation's First Urban Park http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1649695 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1649695"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0810939460.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114660618_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sara Cedar Miller</div> 212 Views of Central Park: Experiencing New York City's Jewel From Every Angle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1422764 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1422764"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1584792248.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sandee Brawarsky</div> The Big Clock (New York Review Books Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642227 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642227"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1590171810.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kenneth Fearing</div> The Unfinished City: New York and the Metropolitan Idea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2809991 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2809991"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11gTRlSyjXL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Bender</div>