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Check out what our staff has been reading below and join us in welcoming our new intern, Alex Granato, onto the CRP blog! Share what you’re reading in the comments or on Twitter using the hashtag #CRPreads.

After my two previous reads, I wanted something a bit lighter and settled on the audiobook for Good Omens. I’ve sometimes found I don’t quite “get” British humor, but this has been a pretty amusing listen and a great first read of Neil Gaiman (Ed. note: And Terry Pratchett!). —Ashley Alfirevic, publicity associate

Not to turn my response into a PR plug, but I’m really engrossed in CRP’s forthcoming true crime book Convenient Suspect right now (out in November! On par with the works of Ann Rule, according to Booklist!). It’s a reexamination of the Katrinak murders of Pennsylvania in the ’90s and how the botched investigation may have led to the conviction of an innocent woman. —Caitlin Eck, publicity manager

Liam Baranauskas’s essay “Drink Seltzer, Live Forever” totally knocked me out this week. Nominally about the Instagrammy popularity of LaCroix and Polar, it’s a brilliant meditation on regionalism, online marketing, family, death, ghosts, and the strange poetry of social media. —Allison Felus, production manager

I’m currently working on a book called Moonglow by Michael Chabon. I’ve only just started but the author has this really amazing talent for building the story of a person’s life from fragments of memories and second-hand stories. Would definitely recommend! —Alex Granato, CRP intern

I’m almost finished with Krysten Ritter’s debut novel Bonfire, and it’s been a fun read. And then I’m looking forward to reading Genevieve Valentine’s The Girls at the Kingfisher Club — a fairy-tale reimagining set in the Roaring Twenties? Yes please! —Mary Kravenas, marketing manager

On my vacation last week, despite my ambitious reading goal, I only got through one book, Cinder by Marissa Meyer. I loved Cinder so much that I’m now working my way through the second book in the series, Scarlet. It’s been a while since I’ve been sucked into a good YA series so I’m excited to read the entire series now. —Emily Lewis, editorial and marketing assistant

Now that I’ve finished Elena Ferrante’s brilliant Neapolitan tetralogy, I’ve started another very long book (originally a trilogy), Peter Matthiessen’s Shadow Country. —Yuval Taylor, senior editor