EBLast night I started reading a book that’s been on my TBR shelf for a while—Hospital: Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God, and Diversity on Steroids. I’d been interested in this book for two reasons. One: It’s a nonfiction account of life in Maimonides, the hospital in Brooklyn where I was born. Two: I love books about non-office workplaces. Aside from a stint at a day camp in college, I’ve worked in offices for my entire adult life, and while they’re also ripe territory for journalists and novelists, they don’t inspire that same curiosity that other types of workplaces do for me.
What workplace would you like to read a novel or nonfiction work about? Every single time I’m in an airport I wish desperately for a novel that explores the lives of the people who work there. And what are your favorite quirky workplace books?
