What books can I read for further reading about New York City in the 1980s?

Question

You know books for further reading about in the 1980s in Manhattan section of Harlem from 1982 to 1989 and other places in New York City in the '80s like Times Square, Coney Island, World's Fair, Central Park, Yankees Stadium, West Indian Parade, Village Halloween Parade, Independence Day Parade, Brooklyn, NY, Rockaway Beach, Queens,NY, Chinatown, Soho, Little Italy, Manhattan Mall, NYC music , clothes, hairstyles, cars, toys, games, living, culture, politics, food, resturants, stores, movie theaters, arcades, churches, bars, clubs, schools in the '80s. I want to further read about all of this. Please help me.

Also further reading about New York City local and cable television in the '80s
('82-'89)

Answer 1

Fiction books set in New York in the 1980's:

The Gunslinger - Stephen King (1982)
Last Angry Man - Gerald Green (1983)
Bright Lights, Big City - Jay McInerney (1984)
Duplicate Keys - Jane Smiley (1984)
Neuromancer - William Ford Gibson (1984)
Blood Music - Greg Bear (1985)
Flood - Andrew Vachss (1985)
The Hyde Park Murder - Elliott Roosevelt (1985)
The Bachelor's Bride- Stephen Koch (1986)
Dreams of an Average Man -Dyan Sheldon (1986)
Money - Martin Amis (1986)
Social Disease - Paul Rudnick (1986)
War Cries Over Avenue C - Jerome Charyn (1986)
The Bonfire of the Vanities - Tom Wolfe (1987)
The Drawing of the Three - Stephen King (1987)
Ice and Fire - Andrea Dworkin (1987)
Knight Life - Peter David (1987)
Paradise Man - Jerome Charyn (1987)
Stars and Bars - William Boyd (1987)
Strega - Andrew Vachss (1987)
The Year of Silence - Madison S. Bell (1987)
Blue Belle - Andrew Vachss (1988)
Little Odessa - Joseph Koenig (1988)
People Like Us - Dominick Dunne (1988)
The Crazy Kill - Chester Himes (1989)
Emma Who Saved My Life - Wilton Barnhardt (1989)
A Fairy Tale of New York - J.P. Donleavy (1989)
Hard Candy - Andrew Vachss (1989)

Answer 2

"The Bonfire of the Vanities"
by Tom Wolfe
A novel set in the 1980's New York. This fantastic story covers Harlem to Park Ave. It is a satirical comedy that I highly recommend.

Answer 3

Try The Broken Apple - New York in the 1980's. Pax - C.

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n23_v41/ai_8185727

Answer 4

Bright Lights, Big City??? I think....