10 Must-Read Books Set In NYC

The Goldfinch

13-year-old Theo Decker miraculously survives an explosion at the Metropolitan Museum that kills his mother and results in the unlikely possession of a Dutch painting.  Bewildered by the strange, polished veneer of his new home on Park Avenue, "disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented by his longing for his mother, he clings to the...small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art. As an adult, Theo moves between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty labyrinth of an antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love - and at the center of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle." (Amazon)

"Why am I made the way I am? Why do I care about all the wrong things, and nothing at all for the right ones? Or, to tip it another way: how can I see so clearly that everything I love or care about is an illusion, and yet - for me, anyway - all that's worth living for lies in that charm?" - Donna Tartt

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