Books That Take Place On Long Island

Top Rated Fiction Set On Long Island

• The Lighting Thief- Rick Riordan
  • 4.5 Stars with 4,820 Reviews
    
    
• Barefoot Girls- Tara McTiernan 
  • 4.5 Stars with 39 Reviews
    
    
• The Tender Bar - J.R. Moehringer
  • 4.5 Stars with 571 Reviews
    
    
• The Godfather- Mario Puzo- 
  • 4.5 Stars with 1,268 Reviews
    
    
• The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • 4 Stars with 7,709 Reviews
    
    
• The Gold Coast- Nelson DeMille
  • 4 Stars with 842 Reviews

• The Amityville Horror- Jay Anson 
  • 4 Stars with 258 Reviews
    
    
• The Widow Waltz- Sally Koslow 
  • 4 Stars with 216 Reviews
    
    
• Amagansett - Mark Mills 
  • 4 Stars with 83 Reviews
    
    
• Local Girls- Alice Hoffman 
  • 4 Stars with 64 Reviews
    
    
• A Wedding in Great Neck- Yona Zeldis McDonough 
  • 4 Stars  with 33 Reviews
    
    
• Cold Spring Harbor- Richard Yates
  • 3 stars with 49 Reviews

Non-Fiction About Long Island

• Cold Spring Harbor
  • Robert Hughes
• George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring that Saved the American Revolution
  • Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger
• Long Island Oddities
  • John Leita
• Eagle's Nest: The William K Vanderbilt II Estate
  • Stephanie Gress
• Oheka Castle
  • Joan Cergol
• Around Huntington Village
  • Dr. Alfred V. Sforza & Antonia S. Mattheou
• Lost British Forts of Long Island
  • David M. Griffin
• Caumsett: The Marshall Field III Gold Coast Estate
  • Caumsett Foundation

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Independent Bookstores

• Book Revue
  • 313 New York Avenue, Huntington, NY 11743
    
    
• Locust Valley Bookstore
  • 8 Birch Hill Road, Locust Valley, NY 11560
    
    
• The Dolphin Bookshop 
  • 299 Main Street, Port Washington, NY 11050

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