About a year ago, the Manhattan residence of X-Files actor-turned-novelist David Duchovny appeared on the open market with an ask of $7.5 million. No buyer materialized, and the property is back this spring with a substantial price cut that leaves the listing at $5.995 million — or, about a quarter million under Duchovny’s 2012 purchase price, according to public records.

Refined, literate and decidedly unpretentious, the co-op unit has much to commend it, including its location in an Emory Roth-designed building. A wood-burning living room fireplace, plentiful built-in bookshelves, and semi-gloss, coffee-colored herringbone oak floors are among the details. Central Park views are among the property’s perks.

The six-room residence features three bedrooms, a sixty-foot living room, and an entrance gallery. A terrace overlooks the Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir.

Duchovny’s upcoming projects include You People, with Eddie Murphy, Jonah Hill, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Deon Cole, and Rhea Perlman.