Fiction Titles Set in the Workplace

by Joshua Ferris

The funhouse mirror here reflects the office dynamic at its most petty and profound. Full review >

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by Jennifer Egan

Another ambitious change of pace from talented and visionary Egan, who reinvents the novel for the 21st century while... Full review >

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by Maria Semple

A fun beach read for urban sophisticates or those who think they are. Full review >

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by Sophie Kinsella

Screwball romance with a likable and vulnerable heroine. Full review >

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by Ed Park

Kind of like if Office Space ended with scenes from the Kevin Costner vehicle Mr. Brooks. Full review >

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by Stewart O’Nan

Very low-key, but haunting and quietly provocative. Full review >

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by Tom Rachman

Funny, humane and artful. Full review >

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by Christian Jungersen & translated by Anna Paterson

Jungersen raises moral questions tactfully, without trivializing the issues. Full review >

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by Ted Heller

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by James Hynes

By turns ominous, hilarious, and genuinely scary: Hynes (The Lecturer’s Tale, 2001, etc.) offers a highly original send-up... Full review >

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by Tom Wolfe

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by Lauren Weisberger

Weisberger writes with humor and authority, but her plot circles like a whirlpool—and by the time Andrea’s ready to face... Full review >

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