Holly Gramazio

The next one I'm going to mention is kind of a weird comp, I think, but I'm not sure that I would have immediately thought of Eleanor Oliphant either.

So depending on how light the subplot is and how dark the rest of it is, I would look at The Husbands by Holly Gramazio.

It's actually much edgier and sharper than it seems at first glance.

And much like the dreamies show up for Mac, these brand new husbands show up for the character in that book.

Mid-November.

And the last book of the, the year will be The Husbands by Holly Gramazio, and that's-

Ooh

... been chosen by Ally Lowe, another Australian author-

I'm turning to look at my bookshelves because I have so many good ones.

Honestly, I do feel like Holly Gramazio, who wrote The Husbands, would be a great one.

um because I think she also tends to write like the romance adjacent yep like sort of stuff um and collaboration so it's interesting one of the the ideas that's like floating around in my brain I think would be really great for like a collaborative writing experience yeah and I can't decide who would be a good fit for it because the two in my mind the two voices are like they're two sisters but one's like 30 and the other is 45.

And I feel like I would write the 45 year old really well.

It is the perfect time for a sharp contemporary workplace comedy.

Holly Gramazio, the author of the massive hit The Husbands, recommends a book called Word Salad by Susan Kahl.

Now, Gramazio explicitly notes that she thinks fall is the ideal time to read a workplace comedy, and she makes a bold claim.

Nobody does workplace comedy like Susan Kahl.

It's amazing, and I can't believe I waited so long to read it as well, so I am absolutely in the same boat.

But I will give a shout-out to The Husbands by Holly Gramazio.

It's such a sticky, fun idea, and I think she actually worked on game design, which is why the concept is so sticky.

She comes from home from bachelorette party, and she finds out that she has a husband in her home, and every time the husband goes into the attic, there's a new husband and a h- new life rearranges around her.