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Stories Set in New Jersey
Sopranos strip malls, Springsteen boardwalks and Hudson-view towers — New Jersey lives in New York's shadow and its own spotlight. Its stories exit every ramp.
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Browse 157 books, 213 movies, 11 TV shows and 12 games set in New Jersey.
A Beautiful Mind
John Nash is a brilliant but asocial mathematician fighting schizophrenia. After he accepts secret work in cryptography his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.
House
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
WandaVision
Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
The Sopranos
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those…
The Wrestler
Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating however Randy hangs up his tights pursues a serious…
American Hustle
A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia.
Clerks
Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof visit a funeral home and deal…
War of the Worlds
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit a strange and powerful lightning storm…
The Lightning Thief
Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found herePercy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse - Percy…
Notorious Nineteen
New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is certain of three truths: People don’t just vanish into thin air. Never anger old people. And don’t do what Tiki tells you to do. After a slow summer of chasing low-level skips…
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