Everything Is Illuminated (Google Books ⧉, Amazon ⧉, Bookshop ⧉)

The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians

When I figure out what the patron is really asking for, I have kind of a duh moment. The one I’ll never forget is a customer calling in, looking for Everything Is Eliminated. I can’t find a book by that title anywhere. Finally, she turns away from the phone and asks someone else in her household, who tells her that she wants Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer, F-O-E-R. What makes me laugh is that, for that book, which eventually became a movie, either title would’ve worked.