**A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEARA GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK**Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Vanity Fair, O, the Oprah Magazine, Esquire, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, Good Housekeeping, Refinery29, Real Simple, Kirkus Reviews, Electric Literature, and Lit Hub“A mast...

**A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'This feels like a vision for the 21st-century novel... It made me happy'**Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We're Briefly GorgeousBenson and Mike are two young guys who have been together for a few years - good years - but now they're not sure why they're still a couple. There's the sex, sure, and the meals Mike cooks for Benson, and, well, they love each other. But when Mike finds out his estranged father is dying in ...

Finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction**Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction“A heart-wrenchingly honest, often luminescent exploration of how to find and cultivate true connections, sometimes in the unlikeliest of places . . . [Palaver is] an unshakable triumph.” —The Washington Post**One of Time’s Must-Read Books of 2025 and Kirkus Reviews’ Best Fiction

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**"Achingly and beautifully etched. . . Washington is a generous and gentle writer, with a profound capacity to face the cruelty and pain of contemporary American life while simultaneously offering his characters—and readers—an expansive space for self-forgiveness, hope, and nourishment."—The Washington PostAn irresistible, intimate novel about how those know us longest—even when they hurt us most—can also set the benchmark for love, from the National Book Award finalist a...

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Cam è straziato dalla perdita di Kai, l'amore della sua vita, ucciso dalla polizia di Los Angeles durante un controllo. Il suo fantasma gli appare di continuo, regalandogli attimi di tenerezza e di profondo smarrimento. Senza più una direzione, Cam torna a Houston. Qui, orfano, è cresciuto insieme a TJ e ai suoi genitori, lavorando nella panetteria di famiglia che TJ continua a portare avanti dopo la morte del padre. Ma il legame tra i due ragazzi, fraterno eppure carnale, appartiene al pa...

From the bestselling author of Memorial, a novel that will 'break your heart twice over, with sadness, sure, but more unexpectedly, with joy.' Rumaan AlamGrowing up , TJ was Cam's boy next door. When Cam needed a home, TJ's parents - Mae and Jin - took him in. Their family bakery became Cam's safe place. Until he left, and it wasn't anymore.Years later, Cam's world is falling apart. The love of his life, Kai, is gone: but his ghost keeps haunting C...

FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION'Such a joy' Ocean Vuong'It'll break and remake your heart' Andrew Sean Greer'You want this gorgeous book' RO KwonIN TOKYO, the son works as an English tutor, drinking his nights away with friends at a gay bar. He's entangled with a married man, too. But while he has built a chosen family in Japan, he is estranged from his family...

Mike is een Japans-Amerikaanse kok in een Mexicaans restaurant, Benson een Afro-Amerikaan die werkt in de kinderopvang. Ze wonen samen in Houston, een uitgestrekte, cultureel en economisch diverse miljoenenstad, die levendiger is dan hun relatie op dit moment. Dan ontdekt Mike dat zijn vader, met wie hij geen contact heeft, op sterven ligt. Hij vertrekt naar Japan om hem te zoeken; zijn moeder, die net kwam logeren, laat hij achter bij Ben. En zo breekt voor beide mannen een periode aan wa...

Benson et Mike vivent à Houston et sont ensemble depuis quelques années – de nombreuses années – sans vraiment savoir pourquoi ils sont toujours en couple. Il y a le sexe, bien sûr, les petits plats que Mike cuisine pour Benson, et puis, bon, ils s’aiment, c’est comme ça.Alors que sa mère débarque au Texas, Mike apprend que son père est en train de mourir à Osaka et il part lui dire adieu. À l’autre bout du monde, il découvre la vérité sur sa famille et son passé.De retour ch...

**A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEARA GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK**Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Vanity Fair, O, the Oprah Magazine, Esquire, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, Good Housekeeping, Refinery29, Real Simple, Kirkus Reviews, Electric Literature, and Lit Hub“A mast...