Harlem Shuffle
- 336
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 5 weeks on the list, peaked at #3
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Our view
“Harlem Shuffle” is a crime novel that is really a portrait of Harlem from 1959 to 1964, seen through a man leading a double life. Some readers value the setting, the wry humour and the attention to small operators instead of bosses, with family, race and policing running through the heists. The story strikes some as slow or hard to get into, and its jumps in time throw others at first.
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About the book
Harlem Shuffle is a 2021 novel by American novelist Colson Whitehead. It is the follow-up to Whitehead's 2019 novel The Nickel Boys, which earned him his second Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The first book in Whitehead's "Harlem Trilogy," it is a work of crime fiction and a family saga that takes place in Harlem between 1959 and 1964. It was published by Doubleday on September 14, 2021.
Reading order · Ray Carney
Full order & progress →- Harlem ShuffleThis book
7.57.5 / 10 - Crook ManifestoCrook Manifesto–Not ranked yet
- Cool MachineCool Machine–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.4 across 188 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 56% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 5 | 3% |
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 183 | 97% |
Frequently asked
How long is Harlem Shuffle?
It has 336 pages — shorter than 79% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
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