How many times has this happened to you? You hear about a pretty awesome sounding book. You go to the library to see if it is in. It’s not (naturally). You decide to place a hold on the item. Then you casually ask how many holds exist on the item already, and discover that the number is ridiculously huge. What do you do while you wait? You really want to read that book. Is there anything like it?
Today I am happy to announce that the library has up and running a little display of readalikes. I looked and saw what the books with most holds were, and did some research to best ascertain the readalikes you can plunge into as you wait. Enjoy!
While You’re Waiting for . . .
Try:
- The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes
- Any Human Heart by William Boyd
- The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
- The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
- The Dream Life of Sukhanov by Olga Grushin
- Fever by Mary Beth Keane
- Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
- The Mayakovsky Tapes by Robert Littell
- Russka by Edward Rutherfurd
- The Ice-Cream Makers by Ernest van der Kwast
While You’re Waiting for . . .
Try:
- Insane City by Dave Barry
- Season 0f Fear by Brian Freeman
- The Forgotten by Heather Graham
- You Belong to Me by Colin Harrison
- A Hard Death by Jonathan Hayes
- Mississippi Blood by Greg Isles
- Ex-Libris by Ross King
- The Lost Island by Douglas J. Preston
- Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
- Mangrove Lightning by Randy Wayne White
While You Wait for . . .
Try:
- Woman by Natalie Angier
- I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron
- Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof
- The Obesity Paradox by Carl J. Lavie
- Fat Girl by Judith Moore
- How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
- Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud by Anne Helen Petersen
- This Is Just My Face by Gabourey Sidibe
- Why Not Me by Mindy Kalin
- Shrill by Lindsay West
