Over one million copies sold
Too many broken hearts to count
‘A book unlike any other’ – The Guardian
‘This novel challenged everything I thought I knew about love and friendship’ – Dua Lipa
JB, Jude, Malcolm and Willem.
Four young men move to New York broke, adrift and buoyed only by friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem; the sardonic painter JB; Malcolm, a frustrated architect; and Jude, brilliant and enigmatic – their centre of gravity.
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize
Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize
Winner of Fiction of the Year at the British Book Awards
Finalist for the US National Book Award for Fiction
Part of the Picador Collection, a series celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature.
“A singularly profound and moving work . . . It's not often that you read a book of this length and find yourself thinking "I wish it was longer" but Yanagihara takes you so deeply into the lives and minds of these characters that you struggle to leave them behind”The Times, The Times
“A book unlike any other . . . A devastating read that will leave your heart, like the Grinch's, a few sizes larger”The Guardian, The Guardian
“Exquisite . . . The book shifts from a generational portrait to something darker and more tender: an examination of the depths of human cruelty, counterbalanced by the restorative powers of friendship”The New Yorker, The New Yorker
“[A] wholly immersive unforgettable read . . . You won't stop reading. And it's a novel that changes you”Evening Standard, Evening Standard
