The Winner is Leviathan Wakes
by James S.A. Corey aka "The Expanse Book by that guy where it's not called the expanse but something else that I don't remember." But other titles in the "hat" were:
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
The Winshaw Legacy: or, What a Carve Up! by Jonathan Coe
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson times two, because I believe this was "Adam's Pick!"
Moxie's Choice aka Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett