Okay. I’m fessing up and giving up. The gaming series I’ve been working on for over a month just isn’t coming together. So I’m abandoning it for now and getting back into my weekly routine. 

Lately, I’ve noticed a lot of the media I’ve consumed, but primarily books, are get in NYC. And as a consequence, I haven’t been able to get NYC out of my head. All the strings have pulled together and I’m seeing NYC in every direction I look. Even in places where it may not be, like in the Netflix series Umbrella Academy.

I’m happy with this proliferation of New York in how I perceive my world because I love the city, but it’s odd. And distracting, like a song you can’t get out of your head until you listen to it a few times. Except, I can’t pop up for the afternoon to have lunch with a friend, sit on a bench on the Brooklyn Promenade looking at the skyline of lower Manhattan, or walk out of The Strand bookstore and up the street until my legs burn. 

So, I’ve put together a list of some books and movies set in NYC. I hope you find a few new ones to try. If you can, enjoy them next to a vase of tulips or with a scooped toasted bagel and cream cheese—anything that means NYC to you.

Books

• The Sun Is Also a Star
• Before the Fall
• Once More We Saw Stars (forthcoming)
• Shadowshaper
• Burn Baby Burn
• Another Brooklyn
• Roomies
• Isla and the Happily Ever After

Movies

• The Sun Is Also a Star (forthcoming)
• Isn’t it Romantic
• Spiderman: Homecoming
• The Intern
• Maid in Manhattan
• 27 Dresses
• The Devil Wears Prada
• You’ve Got Mail

If there’s a book or movie set in NYC you think I’d like, comment and let me know!