NYT's "By the Book" asks Olen Steinhauer: "What books are on your night stand?"

Olen Steinhauer
Illustration by Jillian Tamaki
NYT

I had some contact a few years ago with Mr. Steinhauer. I had just discovered his blog and his books and had started reading them - spy novels, they were - and I was much taken by them, so much so that I posted a few reviews on my blog, such as this one.

Anyway, I was curious to see what he has on his night stand (whatever a "night stand" is, as I just realized I don't know . . . okay, I do now):

David Mitchell's "Ghostwritten"

Among other books . . . Interesting, since I'm currently reading Mitchell's most recent novel The Bone Clocks: A Novel.

More on that another time . . .