What We’re Reading

This month, our reading lists are packed with new thrillers, award-winners, and modern classics.By: Celadon TeamWhen 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

Smart, moving, and funny, this anti-coming-of-age story is about the uncertainties of love, life, and even science. #quirky #wonderfulAn 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

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. #hauntingSuspenseful, moving, beautifully atmospheric, Never Let Me Go is modern classic. #voicedriven

Rachel Chou

Associate Publisher

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 #brainyTwisty 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

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Ryan Doherty

Executive Editor

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 #truecrimeAn ingenious, masterfully written novel, The Silence of the Lambs is a classic of suspense and storytelling. #terrifying #bestthrillerever #audiobook

Anne Twomey

Creative Director

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 #profoundThis book will encourage and inspire the next generation of designers as well as providing a sourcebook for seasoned designers and educators. #inventivelygeekyIn The Moderns, we meet the men and women who invented and shaped Midcentury Modern graphic design in America. #classic #avantgarde

Randi Kramer

Editorial Assistant

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 #audiobookIn 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