a Good Morning America Buzz Pick!

A Best New Beach Read by Vogue!
Best Beach Read of 2022 by Harper’s Bazaar!
The Best Audible Books of 2022 by The New York Post!
A Best Book of 2022 by Buzzfeed!
Top 10 Women’s Fiction 2022 by Booklist!
”Beach Books—10 Choice Holiday Reads” by RTÉ Culture
Radio interview on WNYC’s “All of It with Alison Stewart”
”5 Books That Must Go On Your Beach Vacation Reading List” by The List
Literary Superlatives: The Women Are Not All Right recommended by Powell’s Books blog:
”A Novel Obsession is one of those meta-projects you read with horror and fascination. I kept thinking “oh honey, no,” whenever the narrator came up with another idea. It's a disaster, but at least it's a fun (relatable) disaster.”
Every Hot/Sad Girl Book We’ve Read, Ranked” recommended by the Books Are Magic blog:
”Now, you want to talk about women making some poor decisions, let me introduce you to maybe the most anxiety-inducing, thrilling woman protagonist I’ve read in the last year.”
Electric Literature “Naomi’s obsession with Rosemary grows huge and unmanageable, invasive, and quietly erotic. Barasch reminds us of all the ways we do so many of the very same things—compare, fixate and keep tabs. She is an honest and funny writer and this book was unputdownable.”
A Recommended Summer Read in Raleigh Magazine
“The Buzziest Books of 2022” by Mother.ly
Featured in “Current Bookish Trends” in Book Riot:
”The publishing industry is also an excellent setting for slightly grittier reads, too... A Novel Obsession by Caitlin Barasch is a great read about a bookseller who becomes obsessed with her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend and stalks her so that she can write about her.”

Reviews:
Associated Press
“A Novel Obsession” is unsettling, but surely that’s what a reader wants when they pick up a novel about a woman stalking her boyfriend’s ex. Barasch has a talent for balancing discomfort and empathy, pushing the reader away and pulling them right back… the characters are emotionally engaging, beckoning you to rubberneck the inevitable train wreck. Splendidly rich descriptions […] create unrequited anticipation throughout the novel.” 

Kirkus (STARRED)
“At once a compassionate portrait of someone so desperate for intimacy that she can’t help but sabotage it and an incisive study of female friendship at its most toxic and proprietary, this dread-laden psychological thriller is smart, jarring, and funny…. Propulsive storytelling and an irresistible narrator from a sharp new writer.”

Booklist (STARRED)
“Barasch peels back the layers of Naomi's obsessive behavior and apparent emotional detachment to reveal a deeply damaged but utterly compelling young woman.... Barasch's suspenseful puzzle-box tale should appeal to readers of the You series by Caroline Kepnes.” —Kristine Huntley

Buzzfeed
“A Novel Obsession easily holds a place as ‘best book of the year’ in my heart so far. It takes a sharp, thoughtful look at the depths of curiosity, obsession, and self-sabotage, and is bound to intrigue you from the very first chapter.” — Farrah Penn

BookRiot
”Naomi as a narrator is both entertaining and anxiety-inducing, as you know her actions won’t culminate into a good ending. But you’ll stay to see it through, in any case. This thriller can be both funny and smart and showcases such an unhealthy example of female friendship.”

Interviews, Profiles, & Podcasts
WNYC’s “All of It with Alison Stewart”
”The Shit No One Tells You About Writing”
Burned by Books
Debutiful
Kingdom of Thirst
BOMB Magazine
The Daily Nexus
Katonah-Lewisboro Times
Writer’s Digest
Stay Thirsty Magazine
Longleaf Review
Author2Author
Turn the Page—Syosset Public Library
Shi*t She Read
Colorado College’s The Peak
Her Campus