The Art of Fielding

Chad Harbach's 2011 novel is set on the Lake Michigan shore at Westish, a small college where shortstop Henry Skrimshander looks bound for the major leagues. When one routine throw goes badly wrong, five lives change course. Around Henry the novel follows college president Guert Affenlight, a longtime bachelor; Henry's roommate Owen Dunne; team captain Mike Schwartz, who has championed Henry's career; and Pella, Guert's daughter, who comes back to Westish after leaving a failed marriage. It earned a nomination for the Guardian First Book Award.

In an interview about her reading habits, Kapwing co-founder Julia Enthoven named it as a novel she had enjoyed recently.