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The Great Gatsby (100th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)(1925)F. Scott FitzgeraldExtraRated 4/5· 2026Amor Towles#15/8Missed in SchoolNYC Setting
The Fountainhead(1943)Ayn RandExtraRated 2/5· 2018NYC Setting
The Catcher in the Rye(1951)J.D. SalingerExtraRated 5/5· 2025Missed in SchoolNYC Setting
Franny and Zooey(1961)J.D. SalingerExtraRated 3/5· 2025NYC Setting
The Winter of Our Discontent(1961)John SteinbeckSeason in TitleRated 4/5· 2024John SteinbeckMissed in SchoolFamily Reading ChallengeNYC Setting
Monetary Reform for the World Economy(1965)Robert V. RoosaExtraRated 3/5· 2023Central BankingNYC Setting
The Chosen(1967)Chaim PotokExtraRated 5/5· 2019Missed in SchoolNYC Setting
The Kingdom and the Power: Behind the Scenes at The New York Times: The Institution That Influences the World(1969)Gay TaleseExtraRated 3/5· 2025NYC Setting
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York(1974)Robert CaroExtraRated 5/5· 2025NYC Setting
The Arena of International Finance(1976)Charles A. CoombsExtraRated 5/5· 2023Central BankingNYC Setting
Liar's Poker(1989)Michael LewisHeard about on a podcastRated 5/5· 2022Family Reading ChallengeCentral BankingNYC Setting
Economist in an Uncertain World: Arthur F. Burns and the Federal Reserve, 1970-1978(1994)Wyatt C. WellsExtraRated 5/5· 2023Central BankingNYC Setting
The Fran Lebowitz Reader(1994)Fran LebowitzComedyRated 3/5· 2024Family Reading ChallengeNYC Setting
Metropolitan Daily: The Best Selections from the New York Times Column(1997)Ron AlexanderExtraRated 3/5· 2026NYC Setting
The International Origins of the Federal Reserve System(1997)Lawrence J. BrozExtraRated 3/5· 2023Central BankingNYC Setting
Omertà(2000)Mario PuzoOne Word TitleRated 4/5· 2016Family Reading ChallengeNYC Setting
Alexander Hamilton(2004)Ron ChernowExtraRated 4/5· 2016Central BankingNYC Setting
Triumph of the City(2008)Edward GlaeserNonfictionRated 5/5· 2015Family Reading ChallengeNYC Setting
The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience(2009)Kirstin DowneyExtraRated 3/5· 2021Central BankingNYC Setting
Too Big to Fail(2009)Andrew Ross SorkinExtraRated 5/5· 2023Central BankingNYC Setting
Rules of Civility(2011)Amor TowlesExtraRated 4/5· 2020Amor Towles#2/8NYC Setting
Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence(2012)William L. SilberExtraRated 3/5· 2023Central BankingNYC Setting
Stress Test(2014)Tim GeithnerMemoirRated 4/5· 2015Family Reading ChallengeCentral BankingNYC Setting
Modern Romance(2015)Aziz Ansari, Eric KlinenbergExtraRated 4/5· 2015Family Reading ChallengeNYC Setting
Behold the Dreamers(2016)Imbolo MbueExtraRated 4/5· 2021Central BankingNYC Setting
The Insides(2016)Jeremy P. BushnellPublished this YearRated 3/5· 2016Family Reading ChallengeNYC Setting
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership(2018)James B. ComeyExtraRated 5/5· 2018NYC Setting
The Fed and Lehman Brothers(2018)Laurence M. BallExtraRated 4/5· 2018Central BankingNYC Setting
The New Yorker (August 27, 2018)(2018)-Magazine Cover to CoverRated 3/5· 2018Family Reading ChallengeCentral BankingNYC Setting
The City We Became(2020)N.K. JemisinAfrofuturismRated 4/5· 2021Family Reading ChallengeNYC Setting
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty(2021)Patrick Radden KeefeExtraRated 4/5· 2022Class AssignmentNYC Setting
The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War(2021)Louis MenandRandom, specific history bookRated 3/5· 2021NYC Setting
The Lehman Trilogy, a novel(2021)Stefano MassiniExtraRated 5/5· 2021Central BankingNYC Setting
The Lincoln Highway(2021)Amor TowlesExtraRated 5/5· 2023Amor Towles#10/8NYC Setting
Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America(2022)Maggie HabermanExtraRated 3/5· 2022NYC Setting
Empathy Economics: Janet Yellen’s Remarkable Rise to Power and Her Drive to Spread Prosperity to All(2022)Owen UllmannExtraRated 2/5· 2022Central BankingNYC Setting
New York, New York, New York(2022)Thomas DyjaCity in TitleRated 4/5· 2023Family Reading ChallengeNYC Setting
Supertall: How the World's Tallest Buildings Are Reshaping Our Cities and Our Lives(2022)Stefan AlExtraRated 4/5· 2022NYC Setting
Trust(2022)Hernan DiazExtraRated 5/5· 2024Central BankingNYC Setting
Undermoney(2022)Jay NewmanExtraRated 2/5· 2023Central BankingNYC Setting
Yellen: The Trailblazing Economist Who Navigated an Era of Upheaval(2022)Jon HilsenrathExtraRated 3/5· 2022Central BankingNYC Setting
Billionaires' Row: Tycoons, High Rollers, and the Epic Race to Build the World's Most Exclusive Skyscrapers(2023)Katherine ClarkeExtraRated 3/5· 2023NYC Setting
Limitless: The Federal Reserve Takes on a New Age of Crisis(2023)Jeanna SmialekExtraRated 3/5· 2023Central BankingNYC Setting
Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral(2023)Ben SmithExtraRated 3/5· 2023NYC Setting
Table for Two(2024)Amor TowlesPre-orderedRated 4/5· 2024Amor Towles#14/8Family Reading ChallengeNYC Setting
Empire of the Elite: Inside Condé Nast, the Media Dynasty That Reshaped America(2025)Michael GrynbaumExtraRated 5/5· 2025NYC Setting
New York Magazine, Dec 15-28, 2025(2025)-ExtraRated 4/5· 2026NYC Setting