Rona Jaffe’s The Best of Everything was a revelation when I read it back in the 1970s. A book about publishing when I worked in a publishing company. Wow. And how fun to see the name of a sister magazine, Publishers Weekly, mentioned in that very same book. Many years and much reading later, I am thrilled to recommend a novel that describes the writing and publishing process with clarity and vividness and reminds us why we love to read. Wendy Wax’s The Accidental Bestseller (Berkley Pub.) lets us see how books are put together, from the writing and rewriting (even not writing) to the vast number of people and departments required to get them into consumers’ hands. It’s funny and wry and tearful; it’s about women’s lives, insecurities, and ambitions, about loyalty and friendship and making mistakes. The Accidental Bestseller is no accident. But it deserves to be a best seller; buy multiple copies.