Do you like to find your own way? A plethora of guidebooks with interesting and entertaining tours are available at your local bookseller. Pick one up (you might visit the Strand Bookstore on Fulton Street) and set off on your own.

The Beat Generation in New York: A Walking Tour of Jack Kerouac's City
by Bill Morgan

The Big Onion Guide to New York City: Ten Historic Tour
by Seth Kamil, Eric Wakin, and Kenneth T. Jackson

Blue Guide to New York
by Carol von Pressentin Wright, Stuart Miller, and Sharon Seitz

COMPASS American Guides: Manhattan (4th Edition)
by Gil Reavill and Jean Zimmerman

Eyewitness Travel Guide to New York (revised)
by Eleanor Berman

Frommer's Memorable Walks in New York (7th Edition)
by Reid Bramblet

Frommer's New York City (2005)
by Brian Silverman

Frommers's Walking Tours: New York
by Ruth Bulkin

Infamous Manhattan: A Colorful Walking Tour of New York's Most Notorious Crime Sites
by Andrew Roth

Juror's Guide to Lower Manhattan: Five Walking Tours
by Virginia Dajani

Manhattan on Film: Walking Tours of Hollywood's Fabled Front Lot
by Chuck Katz

Manhattan on Film 2: More Walking Tours of Location Sites in the Big Apple
by Chuck Katz

Musical New York: An Informal Guide to Its History and Legends and a Walking Tour of Its Sites and Landmarks
by Carol J. Binowski

New York, A Guide to the Metropolis: Walking Tours of Architecture and History
by Gerard R. Wolfe

New York City Yesterday and Today: 30 Timeless Walking Adventures
by Judith H. Browning and Midge Bacon (editor)

New York for the Independent Traveler: Fun Self-Guided Tours with Special Maps, Step-by-Step Itineraries, and Floor Plans
by Ruth Humleker

New York Red Pages: A Radical Tourist Guide
by Gene Glickman and Toby Glickman

Six Heritage Tours of the Lower East Side: A Walking Guide
by Ruth Limmer

The Streets Where They Lived - A Walking Guide to the Residents of Famous New Yorkers
by Stephen W. Plumb

Time Out Book of New York Walks
by Andrew White

Touring Lower Manhattan: 3 Walks in New York's Historic Downtown
by Andrew S. Dolkart and Steven Wheeler