Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best Offer Wins | 2025 | Marisa Kashino | Buy |
Marisa Kashino’s debut novel, Best Offer Wins, takes the familiar anxiety of house hunting and pushes it into darkly comic territory. Set in Washington, DC, the book follows Margo Miyake as she fixates on a dream home she cannot afford and begins infiltrating the lives of the people who own it. What starts as a relatable story about wanting a better life quickly spirals into something much stranger.
Kashino spent nearly two decades as a journalist covering real estate in the DC area, and that experience gives the novel a grounded, specific setting. The book was published in November 2025 and became a USA Today bestseller. It was also named a Good Morning America Book Club pick and one of ELLE’s best mystery and thriller titles of the year.