We’ve all had it happen: You hear about a book and go to your library to find it, but dozens of people are ahead of you on the wait list. Don’t fret! In this weekly column, the Pima County Public Library staff lets us in on some high-demand titles and suggests others to try.
Waiting for: Eric R.Kandel’s “Disordered Mind”
Try: Ray Kurzweil’s “How to Create a Mind” or Steven Johnson’s “Mind Wide Open”
Waiting for: Craig Brown’s “Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret”
Try: Linda Rodriguez McRobbie’s “Princesses Behaving Badly” or Julia Baird’s “Victoria the Queen”
Waiting for: Pat Barker’s “The Silence of the Girls”
Try: Emma Donoghue’s “Room” or Kerry Greenwood’s “Elektra”
Waiting for: Kristina McMorris’ “Sold on a Monday”
Try: Eugenia Kim’s “The Calligrapher’s Daughter” or Edward Rutherfurd’s “The Forest”
Waiting for: Anne Cleeves’ “Wild Fire”
Try: Richard Montanari’s “The Doll Maker” or Mo Hayder’s “Wolf”