We’re excited to share that THE DOORMAN has been selected as a Long Island Reads title, a community reading initiative that brings readers together across Long Island through shared books and library programming.
The program will honor author Chris Pavone at a ceremony at the Half Hollow Hills Library (Dix Hills Branch) on Sunday, April 26th at 2pm. Tickets will be available beginning March 15th, 2026.
Readers and book groups can explore the official reading group guide, which includes discussion questions and resources for deeper engagement with the novel. Learn more about the program at Long Island Reads.
Praise for THE DOORMAN BY CHRIS PAVONE
“This adrenaline-pumping thriller delivers a lacerating, Tom Wolfe–worthy dissection of Manhattan society in the post-Covid era. Page-turning from the opening paragraph to its killer finale, the narrative combines noirish atmosphere with a sharp attunement to the particular depravities of ultrawealthy urbanites. Pavone’s provocative look at the city that never sleeps will keep readers up well into the wee hours.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Ex-Marine Chicky Diaz has been a doorman at the Bohemia Apartments for 28 years. He is ‘relentlessly upbeat,’ never breaks rules, never bad-mouths anyone. Everyone trusts him. Chicky idly muses that anyone could kill or be killed around there with no one knowing it was going to happen. Nice foreshadowing, that. Will bullets fly? Will blood flow? Is the pope Catholic? Social, racial, and political commentary add color to the profanity-peppered pages. Readers will root for the doorman in this enjoyable yarn.” —Kirkus Reviews
“In a departure from his previous fast-paced thrillers (starting with THE EXPATS, 2012), Pavone devotes much of this novel to developing social commentary through clever observations of class division. The climax, however, is classic Pavone, masterfully igniting the parallel conflicts of social unrest and the Longworths’ escalating viciousness.” —Booklist
THE DOORMAN by Chris Pavone; 9780374604790; available now
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