“Fleishman Is in Trouble” by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Brodesser-Akner is best known for her celebrity profiles (do yourself a favor and read her Gwyneth Paltrow story ASAP), but her debut novel focuses on a slightly less glamorous subject: the difficulties of marriage. Here, she’ll talk fiction with fellow journo/novelist Jake Tapper—about whom, naturally, she once wrote an entertaining magazine article.