The Waitlist: What to read while you're waiting for that library book

Waiting for: Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man”

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Teju Cole’s “Open City”

James Baldwin’s “Go Tell It on the Mountain”

Waiting for: Peter Zuckerman’s “Buried in the Sky”

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Hampton Sides’ “In the Kingdom of Ice”

Brian Murphy’s “81 Days Below Zero”

Waiting for: Gabriel Tallent’s “My Absolute Darling”

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Zadie Smith’s “NW”

Frances Greenslade’s “Shelter”

Waiting for: Isabel Allende’s “The Japanese Lover”

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Julie Otsuka’s “The Buddha in the Attic”

Tan Twan Eng’s “The Garden of Evening Mists”

Waiting for: Judith Newman’s “To Siri With Love”

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Beth Kephart’s “A Slant of Sun”

Ian Brown’s “The Boy in the Moon”