Harlem Shuffle

Why it’s on the list: Colson Whitehead’s heist-and-family novel set in 1960s Harlem — furniture salesman Ray Carney, “only slightly bent” until family pulls him into the city’s criminal underworld.

Where I saw it: Recommended by a colleague during a work call in December 2021.

Connections

• a December 2021 work call (private meeting note in the wiki).