ONEOFTHEBESTBOOKSOFTHEYEARTheWashingtonPostO,TheOprahMagazinePublishersWeeklyWINNEROFTHEKIRKUSPRIZEAMANBOOKERPRIZEFINALISTALittleLifefollowsfourcollegeclassmates—broke,adrift,andbuoyedonlybytheirfriendshipandambition—astheymovetoNewYorkinsearchoffameandfortune.Whiletheirrelationships,whicharetingedbyaddiction,success,andpride,deepenoverthedecades,themenareheldtogetherbytheirdevotiontothebrilliant,enigmaticJude,amanscarredbyanunspeakablechildhoodtrauma.Ahymntobrotherlybondsandamasterfuldepictionofloveinthetwenty-firstcentury,HanyaYanagihara’sstunningnovelisaboutthefamiliesweareborninto,andthosethatwemakeforourselves.