1. "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger
3. "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
4. "The New York Trilogy" by Paul Auster
5. "Just Kids" by Patti Smith
6. "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
7. "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" by Michael Chabon
8. "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt
9. "The Bonfire of the Vanities" by Tom Wolfe
10. "The Alienist" by Caleb Carr
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