Currently, Whitehead is working on an eighth novel (originally conceived and begun before he wrote "The Nickel Boys"). The work-in-progress is an untitled crime novel set in Harlem during the 1960s. In 2020 Whitehead criticized the Internet Archive's National Emergency Library program, launched in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, writing on Twitter: "They scan books illegally and put them online. It’s not a library." For "The Intuitionist"  For "John Henry Days"  For "Apex Hides the Hurt"  For ""  For "Zone One"  For "The Underground Railroad"  For "The Nickel Boys"