Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Best Offer Wins | 2025 | Buy |
Marisa Kashino spent 17 years as a journalist, most of that time at Washingtonian magazine, where she covered real estate, home design, and long-form features. She also wrote for The Washington Post before making the jump to fiction. Her debut novel, Best Offer Wins (2025), became a USA Today bestseller and was selected as a Good Morning America Book Club pick.
Best Offer Wins follows Margo Miyake, a 37-year-old publicist in Washington, DC, who becomes consumed by the desire to buy a particular house in the city’s ruthless real estate market. As Margo’s obsession grows, her behavior becomes increasingly erratic, and the novel plays out as a darkly funny look at ambition, envy, and what people will do to secure the life they think they deserve. Kashino’s journalism background gives the book a sharp eye for social detail and the absurdities of competitive homebuying.