Hot Desk
  • Published: 9 September 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241729656
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $38.00
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Hot Desk

  • Laura Dickerman
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You've Got Mail meets The Hating Game meets The Office in this story of two rival editors fighting for the career opportunity of a lifetime - while sharing the same desk . . .

Rebecca Blume knows two things about Ben Heath: He’s a new editor at a rival publishing division, and he has terrible desk-sharing skills.


What starts as a battle of passive-aggressive Post-it notes escalates after the death of literary titan Edward David Adams, A.K.A. \"the Lion,\" when Rebecca and Ben are thrown into a fierce competition to land his estate.

But when secrets about the Lion emerge, they are forced to ask--what role do they want to play in his legacy?


And most importantly, is their Post-it war actually . . . flirting?
  • Published: 9 September 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241729656
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $38.00
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Praise for Hot Desk

The funniest novel I've read in ages! But also the most romantic! Hot Desk had me, by turns, laughing and swooning. This is a comedy of manners for anyone who loves Curtis Sittenfeld, Nora Ephron, Alison Espach or, well, anyone. So spot-on in its depiction of literary world mores, I nearly sprained my neck nodding in recognition. I challenge any reader not to fall in love with this charming debut.

Joanna Rackoff, author of MY SALINGER YEAR

Hot Desk is pure, grade-A, reader's delight. Dickerman's satire of the publishing industry across decades is pitch-perfect, revealing all of its blindspots and absurdities. But beneath all the laughs (and there's a lot of them) are serious and important questions about legacy, friendship, and who gets the right to tell a story. It's the sexiest, funniest book party you'll be invited to this year, and I promise you don't want to miss it.

Grant Ginder, author of THE PEOPLE WE HATE AT THE WEDDING

A fresh take on classic rom-coms, Laura Dickerman's clever comedy of manners captures the timeless romance of literary New York.

Jillian Medoff, bestselling author of WHEN WE WERE BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL