Manhattan · 34th–59th St

Books set in Midtown

Fifth Avenue windows, office towers, publishing houses and the big hotels.

5 books in Midtown

1Fiction · ClassicsKids

Kay Thompson & Hilary Knight · 1955

A six-year-old who lives at the Plaza Hotel, and runs it, as far as she's concerned.

Pinned at: The Plaza Hotel, Fifth Ave & Central Park South

2Fiction · Classics1961 Movie

Truman Capote · 1958

Holly Golightly, a brownstone on the East Side and the most famous shop window on Fifth Avenue.

Pinned at: Tiffany & Co., Fifth Ave & 57th St

3Fiction · Literature & Fiction1959 Movie

Rona Jaffe · 1958

Young women in 1950s Manhattan juggle typing pools, office romance and big ambitions.

Pinned at: A Midtown publishing house near Rockefeller Center

4Nonfiction · Cooking & WineNYT Bestseller

Anthony Bourdain · 2000

A chef's no-holds-barred tour of what really happens behind the kitchen door.

Pinned at: Les Halles, Park Avenue South

5Fiction · Mystery, Thrillers, & Crime

Mariah Fredericks · 2026

A 1932 murder at Macy's just as the store gears up for its Thanksgiving parade.

Pinned at: Macy's Herald Square, 151 W 34th St