Take This Job and...

If you're a fan of the television show The Office, try one of these often satirical novels about working. Filled with egomaniacal bosses and quirky co-workers in dysfunctional workplaces, these novels may inspire a new appreciation of your own job! All of these titles are located in the Adult Fiction section of the Library unless otherwise noted.

Baird, Jonathan. Day Job: A Workplace Reader for the Restless Age. 1998.

Barry, Max. Company. 2006.

Barry, Max. Jennifer Government. 2003.
     Also available: CD

Bing, Stanley. Lloyd, What Happened: A Novel of Business. 1998.

Bing, Stanley. You Look Nice Today. 2003.

Buckley, Christopher. Thank You for Smoking. 1994.

Burke, Betsy. Hardly Working. 2005.

Candela, Margo. Good-bye to All That. 2010.

Clark, Bridie. Because She Can. 2007.
     Also available: eAudiobook

Coles, Robert and Albert LaFarge, ed. Minding the Store: Great Writing about Business, from Tolstoy to Now. 2008. (Adult Nonfiction 808.8393553 M).

Coupland, Douglas. JPod. 2006.

Ferris, Joshua. Then We Came to the End. 2007.
     Also available: Large Type, eBook, eAudiobook

Finder, Joseph. Company Man. 2005.
     Also available: Large Type, CD

Heller, Joseph. Something Happened. 1974.

Hynes, James. Kings of Infinite Space. 2004.

Hynes, James. Next. 2010.

Kellaway, Lucy. Who Moved My BlackBerry? 2006.
     Also available: CD

Kemske, Floyd. Labor Day: A Corporate Nightmare. 2000.

Kokoris, Jim. The Pursuit of Other Interests. 2009.

Koslow, Sally. Little Pink Slips. 2007.

Kunzru, Hari. Transmission. 2004.

Lessing, Stephanie. She’s Got Issues. 2005.

Lipsyte, Sam. The Ask. 2010.
     Also available: Large Type, CD, eAudiobook

Lyons, Daniel. Option$: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs: A Parody by Fake Steve Jobs. 2007.

Mamet, David. Glengarry Glen Ross. 1983. (Adult Nonfiction 812.54 M2647.gL)

Martin, Clancy W. How to Sell. 2009.

McLaughlin, Emma. Citizen Girl. 2004.
     Also available: CD

Mills, Kyle. Smoke Screen. 2003.
     Also available: CD

Mills, Magnus. The Scheme for Full Employment. 2002.

Park, Ed. Personal Days. 2008.

Rosenblatt, Roger. Beet. 2008.

Saknussemm, Kris. Zanesville. 2005.

Saramago, Jose. All the Names. 1999.

Sheehan, Aurelie. The Anxiety of Everyday Objects. 2004.

Spencer, Camika. Cubicles. 2002.

Vachon, Dana. Mergers & Acquisitions. 2007.

Weisberger, Lauren. The Devil Wears Prada. 2003.
     Also available: Large Type, CD, eAudiobook

Willett, Sabin. Present Value. 2003.

Wilson, Sloan. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. 1955.
     Also available: Large Type