When we’re not poring over manuscript submissions, we’re tackling our to-be-read list. This month, we’re paging through a selection of compulsively readable thrillers and true crime, books-turned-into-films, lauded award-winners and finalists, and modern literary classics.
If you’re looking for your next book, try one of our picks. And if you’ve already read any of these titles, give us your review in the comments below.
Jamie Raab
President and Publisher
Chemistry by Weike Wang
Smart, moving, and funny, this anti-coming-of-age story is about the uncertainties of love, life, and even science. #quirky #wonderful
The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy
An addictive psychological thriller about a group of women whose lives become unexpectedly connected when one of their newborns goes missing. #fun #pageturner
Deb Futter
SVP and Co-Publisher
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
A complex, intelligent, subtle and restrained psychological novel built along the lines of a detective story, it confirms Ishiguro as one of the most important writers of our time. #haunting
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Suspenseful, moving, beautifully atmospheric, Never Let Me Go is modern classic. #voicedriven
Rachel Chou
Associate Publisher
Do No Harm by Henry Marsh
If you believe that brain surgery is a precise and exquisite craft, practiced by calm and detached doctors, this gripping, brutally honest account will make you think again. #gripping #truestories #brainy
Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn
Twisty and powerful, ingenious and moving, The Woman in the Window is a smart, sophisticated novel of psychological suspense that recalls the best of Hitchcock. #twisty #gaspoutloud
Ryan Doherty
Executive Editor
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
The haunting true story of the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California during the 70s and 80s, and of the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case—which was solved in April 2018. #topical #rippedfromtheheadlines #truecrime
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
An ingenious, masterfully written novel, The Silence of the Lambs is a classic of suspense and storytelling. #terrifying #bestthrillerever #audiobook
Anne Twomey
Creative Director
The Artist Way 25th Anniversary Edition by Julia Cameron
A revolutionary program for artistic renewal from the world's foremost authority on the creative process, The Artist's Way is a life-changing book. #deeplyspiritual #profound
New Perspectives in Typography edited by Scott Williams and Henrik Kubel
This book will encourage and inspire the next generation of designers as well as providing a sourcebook for seasoned designers and educators. #inventivelygeeky
The Moderns: Midcentury American Graphic Design by Steven Heller & Greg D'Onofrio
In The Moderns, we meet the men and women who invented and shaped Midcentury Modern graphic design in America. #classic #avantgarde
Randi Kramer
Editorial Assistant
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, Ready Player One is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut—part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera. #nerdy #quirky #audiobook
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
In this gorgeous, page-turning saga, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan, exiled from a home they never knew. #heartfelt
