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Explore 24 books like Tough Luck by Jason Starr — a handpicked selection united by NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION and FICTION_GENERAL.

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Sweet Smell of Success: And Other Stories — Ernest Lehman

Sweet Smell of Success: And Other Stories

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

Summer Reading: A Novel — Hilma Wolitzer

Summer Reading: A Novel

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

Struggling Upward or Luke Larkin’s Luck — Horatio Alger Jr.

Struggling Upward or Luke Larkin’s Luck

Horatio Alger Jr.

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

A Cannibal in Manhattan — Tama Janowitz

A Cannibal in Manhattan

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

The Long Blue Moan: A Novel — L.M. Ross

The Long Blue Moan: A Novel

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

The Spider: Satan’s Murder Machines — Norvell W. Page

The Spider: Satan’s Murder Machines

Norvell W. Page

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

Soledad — Angie Cruz

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

America’s Dream — Esmeralda Santiago

America’s Dream

Esmeralda Santiago

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

The Auction Block — Rex Beach

The Auction Block

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

The Big Banana — Roberto Quesada

Roberto Quesada

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

Trading Up — Candace Bushnell

Candace Bushnell

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

World’s Fair — E. L. Doctorow

World’s Fair — E. L. Doctorow

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

The Locked Room (New York Trilogy) — Paul Auster

The Locked Room (New York Trilogy)

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

Me Times Three — Alex Witchel

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

The Ordinary White Boy — Brock Clarke

The Ordinary White Boy

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

Normal Girl: A Novel — Molly Jong-Fast

Normal Girl: A Novel

Molly Jong-Fast

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

Ghosts (New York Trilogy) — Paul Auster

Ghosts (New York Trilogy)

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

The Ballad of West Tenth Street: A Novel — Marjorie Kernan

The Ballad of West Tenth Street: A Novel

Marjorie Kernan

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

All I Could Get — Scott Lasser

All I Could Get

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

Beggars’ Gold — Ernest Poole

Beggars’ Gold

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

Diary of a Djinn: A Novel — Gini Alhadeff

Diary of a Djinn: A Novel

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

Daughter: A Novel — asha bandele

Daughter: A Novel

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

Fettered Yet Free — Richard B. Kimball

Fettered Yet Free

Richard B. Kimball

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

Rose Of Old Harpeth (1911) — Maria Thompson Daviess

Rose Of Old Harpeth (1911)

Maria Thompson Daviess

Themes: NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION • FICTION_GENERAL

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION, FICTION_GENERAL — the same threads that run through Tough Luck by Jason Starr. Among the authors featured: Ernest Lehman, Hilma Wolitzer, Horatio Alger Jr., Tama Janowitz, and others.

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