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A Little Life

A Novel

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A Little Life

By: Hanya Yanagihara
Narrated by: Matt Bomer
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century.

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE

A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves.

©2025 Hanya Yanagihara (P)2025 Random House Audio Audible Essentials Coming of Age Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Sagas United States World Literature Emotionally Gripping Heartfelt Tearjerking Scary Friendship
Beautiful Writing • Profound Character Development • Phenomenal Performance • Emotional Depth • Compelling Storytelling
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this was one of the most beautifully written books i’ve ever expensive it was also the most heartbreaking. proceed with caution.

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this will be a book I will forever remember. it's raw, gripping, and tragic. so beautifully written and I felt each emotion from every person. the narration was superb.

thought provoking yet heart heaking

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Amazing book. Very sad. Beautifully written. The performance of the audio enhanced totally the experience.

The incredible story of Jude

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This book was extremely depressing. The only word I can use to describe this book is “sad”.

The writing was done well.

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This was my first audio book experience and this was a great way to start. I truly enjoyed how engaging the narrator was throughout the reading.

Great audio book experience

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Sad, very sad and full of love. I couldn’t stop listening to it. The writing and descriptions are amazing.
The sad, heartbreaking, horrific world of abuse and the unbelievable extreme damage that these people cause is devastating.

An amazing story

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Such a dark under current, with so much love intertwined. Will think about this book for a while.

Brutal

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Beautifully written, the characters are all very complex and compelling. But… everything bad that can happen to a person will happen to a person. So if you’re going through a rough time, and don’t wanna read about depression and tragedy and sexual abuse. Avoid.

Beautiful and depressing AF

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This audio book was incredible. Beautiful and sad. I highly recommend. Audible did a great job narrating.

Beautiful and sad.

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To me this book is a piece of art. Like an art piece with a devastating hidden meaning. It was beautifully told.

Just amazing

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