A Little Life

A Little Life

by Hanya Yanagihara

5 mentors recommend this 760 pages

A Little Life is a 2015 novel by American novelist Hanya Yanagihara. The novel was written over the course of eighteen months. Despite the length and difficult subject matter, it became a bestseller.

ISBN: 9783446254718

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Andy Cohen

Andy Cohen

Entertainment

"I LOVE this book! A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanagihara. Highly recommend for your final summer read!…"

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Nate Berkus

Nate Berkus

Arts & Design

"July #NatesReads is here + this month I’ve chosen the 3 books I will NEVER give away. They are: “A Million Little Pieces” by James Frey, “After Visiting Friends” by @MichaelHainey, & “A Little Life” by @YanagiharaHanya. Head to to shop them now."

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"I will NEVER give away."

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Soman Chainani

Soman Chainani

Author

"The greatest work of fiction I’ve ever read, with the simplest theme: All of us come with baggage and wounds and pain; all of us."

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Jane McGonigal

Jane McGonigal

Technology

"@rhondakap @kellymcgonigal If you haven't read this only read it if you want to be emotionally brutalized. Virtuoso portrayal of compassion but Jesus you could not make worse things happen to your characters. Almost sadistic. Amazing book but traumatic read"

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Jack Edwards

Content Creator

"Probably the saddest piece of literature I have ever encountered."

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