Whether you’re back in the building or battling Zoom fatigue, these fiction books set in the workplace will have you laughing, crying, fighting existential dread, and everything in between—just another day at the office.
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Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel by Bonnie Garmus
A delight for readers of Where’d You Go, Bernadette and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, this blockbuster debut set in 1960s California features the singular voice of Elizabeth Zott, a scientist whose career takes a detour when she becomes the star of a beloved TV cooking show.
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Marrying the Ketchups: A Novel by Jennifer Close
An irresistible comedy of manners about three generations of a Chicago restaurant family and the private jokes, ancient grudges, broken hearts, and deep, abiding love that feeds them all.
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Happy for You: A Novel by Claire Stanford
A whip-smart, funny, affecting novel about a young woman who takes a job at a tech company looking to break into the “happiness market”—even as her own happiness feels more unknowable than ever.
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For the Laughs
Several People Are Typing: A Novel by Calvin Kasulke
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick! • A work-from-home comedy where WFH meets WTF.
Told entirely through clever and captivating Slack messages, this irresistible, relatable satire of both virtual work and contemporary life is The Office for a new world.
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All Stirred Up: A Novel by Brianne Moore
Inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion. She returned to save her family’s dying legacy—but found the ghosts of her past alive and well.
Minus Me: A Novel by Mameve Medwed
When an exclusive New York women’s workspace is rocked by the mysterious disappearance of its enigmatic founder, two sisters must uncover the haunting truth before they lose their friendships, their careers—maybe even their lives.
For the Thrills
The Herd: A Novel by Andrea Bartz
When an exclusive New York women’s workspace is rocked by the mysterious disappearance of its enigmatic founder, two sisters must uncover the haunting truth before they lose their friendships, their careers—maybe even their lives.
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The Warehouse: A Novel by Rob Hart
Set in the confines of a corporate panopticon that’s at once brilliantly imagined and terrifyingly real, The Warehouse is a near-future thriller about what happens when Big Brother meets Big Business—and who will pay the ultimate price.
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The New Girl: A Novel by Harriet Walker
How far would someone go to replace you? A new mother on maternity leave grows increasingly paranoid about her ambitious young temp in this Hitchcockian debut from the fashion editor at The Times (UK).
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For the Realness
Love Poems for the Office by John Kenney
In the spirit of his Love Poems collections, as well as his wildly popular New Yorker pieces, New York Times bestseller and Thurber Prize-winner John Kenney returns with a hilarious new collection of poetry—for office life.
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The Assistants: A Novel by Camille Perri
“Ocean’s Eleven meets The Devil Wears Prada” (The Skimm) in this hilarious, razor-sharp debut novel about a group of overeducated and underpaid women who decide they’ve finally had enough . . .
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Personal Days: A Novel by Ed Park
In an unnamed New York-based company, the employees are getting restless as everything around them unravels. There’s Pru, the former grad student turned spreadsheet drone; Laars, the hysteric whose work anxiety stalks him in his tooth-grinding dreams; and Jack II, who distributes unwanted backrubs—aka “jackrubs”—to his co-workers.
Amanda Wakes Up: A Novel by Alisyn Camerota
“When Amanda Gallo signs on for the job of her dreams at FAIR news, she expects a life-changing career move. What she finds is chaos, vipers, and relentless competition. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry.”
—Glamour (The Best Books to Read This Summer)
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For the Literary Crowd
The Imperfectionists: A Novel by Tom Rachman
From the author of The Italian Teacher, this acclaimed debut novel set in Rome follows the topsy-turvy lives of the denizens of an English language newspaper.
Three Martini Lunch: A Novel by Suzanne Rindell
From the author of the “thrilling” (The Christian Science Monitor) novel The Other Typist comes an evocative, multilayered story of ambition, success, and secrecy in 1950s New York.
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Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O’Nan
A frank and funny yet emotionally resonant tale set within a vivid work day world, from the author of Emily, Alone and Henry, Himself–named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Entertainment Weekly.