The 25 best books about New York City history

… To get a sense of whats essential reading for the New York history neophyte we asked 11 historians and authors to tell us their favorite books of New York history along with an explanation of why each title made the … is that a reader and a lone walker can keep such intimate company without violating the solitude of either Julius the …

By Marjorie Cohen |February 14, 2018 - 9:00AM
Serious beach reads: 5 New York-centric books to pack on your next vacation

… fluff rather than serious works of art these five books come with some intellectual heftand perhaps new … Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan … Egans Pulitzer Prizewinning book of linked stories dabbles in speculative fiction and … return to a classic Sure we all read Gatsby in tenthgrade English class but in revisiting the novel as an adult you …

By Alanna Schubach |May 30, 2016 - 10:15AM