BOOKS ABOUT B The Plot
Jean Hanff Korelitz I mean, a psychological thriller set in the publishing world involving a stolen plot? Right up my alley! I really liked this one and tore through it in a day. It’s smart and wellwritten and all of the nods to the publishing industry were perfect! I had a suspicion about the big twist about halfway through, but I still really liked seeing how it all came together! I don’t think I would necessarily call this one a thriller though — it’s suspenseful and there’s an air of mystery throughout the whole thing, but it’s more of a mystery that takes on a psychological bent if anything.
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Three Martini Lunch Suzanne Rindell
This one is basically Mad Men with a publishing twist. In 1950s Manhattan, three twenty-somethings attempt to make their mark: Cliff, the son of a prominent editor, who longs to publish a novel; Eden, a transplant from smalltown Indiana who dreams of being an editor in the male-dominated publishing world and Miles, an AfricanAmerican Columbia grad, who is on a quest to uncover his late father’s wartime journal, a goldmine of literary inspiration. Each of their stories intertwine and connect as they try and make it in publishing and come of age in post-war Manhattan.
Beach Read Emily Henry
January and Gus are polar opposites: she writes romance novels and he pens serious literary fiction. The only commonality between the pair is the fact that they just so happen to be living in neighboring houses on Lake Michigan, both broke and suffering from serious cases of writers’ block. When they cross paths one night, they decide to make a bet that will pull them out of their creative ruts and back into literary stardom. January will write a book with no happy endings, while Augustus will pen a happy and hopeful novel. They’ll guide each other through the process and they just might fall in love. So much depth and heart in this one!
