The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Brooklyn

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
77 Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 1855 American English
244 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith 1943 American English
428 Death Of A Salesman Arthur Miller 1949 American English
803 Sophie's Choice William Styron 1979 American English
901 Last Exit to Brooklyn Hubert Selby 1964 American English
1729 Requiem for a Dream Hubert Selby 1978 American English
1944 My Name Is Asher Lev Chaim Potok 1972 American English
2024 The Chosen Chaim Potok 1967 American English
2366 Brooklyn Colm Toibin 2009 Irish English
2922 The Poems of Walt Whitman Walt Whitman 1855 American English
3059 The Fortress of Solitude Jonathan Lethem 2003 American English
3240 The Great Bridge David McCullough 1972 American English
3923 The Coldest Winter Ever Sister Souljah 1999 American English
5352 Motherless Brooklyn Jonathan Lethem 1999 American English
5407 Last Days of Summer Steve Kluger 1998 American English
5802 Martyr! Kaveh Akbar 2024 American English
7800 Another Brooklyn Jacqueline Woodson 2016 American English
8661 The Bridge Hart Crane 1930 American English
9896 Modern Lovers Emma Straub 2016 American English
10596 Autobiography Of A Family Photo Jacqueline Woodson 1995 American English
10841 Shadowshaper Daniel José Older 2015 American English
11413 When No One Is Watching Alyssa Cole 2020 American English
11490 Red at the Bone Jacqueline Woodson 2019 American English
11660 Walt Whitman Justin Kaplan 1980 American English
11811 When I Was Puerto Rican Esmeralda Santiago 1993 American English
11939 The Most Famous Man in America Debby Applegate 2006 American English
12148 Snow In August Pete Hamill 1997 American English
12466 I See You've Called In Dead John Kenney 2025 Unknown English
13961 Belonging Nora Krug 2018 German English
14008 The Ordinary Seaman Francisco Goldman 1997 American English
14132 Brown Girl, Brownstones Paule Marshall 1959 American English
14131 The Boys Of Summer Roger Kahn 1972 American English
14983 Worry Alexandra Tanner 2024 Unknown English
14983 When Pride Still Mattered: A Life Of Vince Lombardi David Maranis 1999 American English
15586 Jennie Ralph G. Martin 1969 American English
15634 The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight Jimmy Breslin 1971 American English
15865 Poems By Walt Whitman Walt Whitman 1886 American English
15897 The Haunted Bookshop Christopher Morley 1919 American English
17114 The Indian In The Cupboard Lynne Reid Banks 1980 British English
17114 In The Year Of The Boar And Jackie Robinson Bette Bao Lord 1984 American English
17114 1776 David McCullough 2005 American English
17114 The Ninth Hour Alice McDermott 2017 American English
17114 Oona Out Of Order Margarita Montimore 2020 Unknown English
17114 The Gift Of Asher Lev Chaim Potok 1990 American English
17114 We Could Be So Good Cat Sebastian 2023 Unknown English
17114 The Brooklyn Murders G. D. H. Cole 1923 British English
17114 Heaven Is A Playground Rick Telander 1976 American English
17114 Baseball's Great Experiment Jules Tygiel 1983 American English
17114 The Glory Of Their Times Lawrence Ritter 1966 American English
17114 Brooklyn Crime Novel Jonathan Lethem 2023 American English
17114 Pineapple Street Jenny Jackson 2023 Unknown English
17114 Brooklyn’s Last Secret Leslie Stein 2023 Unknown English
17114 Cobble Hill Cecily von Ziegesar 2020 American English
17114 Girl In Translation Jean Kwok 2010 American English
17114 Will Eisner's New York Will Eisner 2006 American English
17114 How Did You Get This Number Sloane Crosley 2010 American English