Reference 

The Writer's Notebook: Craft Essays from Tin House

This is an excellent read if you're struggling with your writing. It features insightful and intriguing essays on topics from dialogue to plot to setting by a bevy of esteemed authors. 

The Writer's Notebook II: Craft Essays from Tin House

Even more fascinating essays from writers of all genres, including a too-cool essay on suspense by Anthony Doer. 

What Editors Do: The Art, Craft & Business of Book Editing

This is a great book to check out if you're interested in knowing what editors really do. Editors of all genres and backgrounds share their experience. 

The Chicago Manual of Style 

The CMOS is the go-to guide for many editors, including myself. Brushing up on the rules (from punctuation to capitalization to hyphenation) and applying them to your writing, can better prepare your work for editors, potentially saving you money on editing services. 

Fiction 

Red Clocks 

In the world of tomorrow, abortion and gay marriage are outlawed, and only heterosexual couples who are married can adopt in this spec fic from Leni Zumas.

Dear Martin

A truly beautiful and heartbreaking book. After a false arrest, Justyce begins writing letters addressed to Martin Luther King Jr. 

This Mortal Coil

Emily Suvada is the new queen of the Plot Twist. Her book kept me guessing (I was always wrong) in this sci-fi thriller complete with a world-ending virus, cannibalism, and gene engineering.  

You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone

While planning for their futures, twin sisters Adina and Tovah both test for Huntington's, and one of their results is positive. This book will wreck you, but it'll be so so worth it.