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A Little Life
Interview: Hanya Yanagihara on Why Our Longing for Paradise Will Forever Disappoint
- To Paradise
- By:Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrated by:Edoardo Ballerini, Catherine Ho, BD Wong, and others
- To Paradise
- 'What if there could be this marriage story that wasn't gendered?'
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A Little Life is a 2015 novel known for its raw portrayal of trauma, friendship, and human resilience. This epic follows four college friends over several decades in New York City, centering on the brilliant but damaged character of Jude St. Francis. Yanagihara's unflinching exploration of abuse, self-harm, and chronic pain won praise for its emotional power.
Featured Article: 10 Great Contemporary Fiction Authors
If you like well-written novels that prioritize compelling timely storylines with artful prose and structure, then this is the genre for you. So, why is it called "contemporary"? Because it’s fiction set in the real world, in times contemporary to the date it was published, and the stories deal with real-world issues. Representing a diversity of backgrounds and nationalities, here are our picks for the best writers of contemporary fiction over the last 50 years.
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A Little Life
- A Novel
- By: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrated by: Matt Bomer
- Length: 28 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR), A Little Life is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century.
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A Little Life
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Matt Bomer
- Length: 28 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 02-04-25
- Language: English
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Tan poca vida [A Little Life]
- By: Hanya Yanagihara, Aurora Echevarría Pérez - traductor
- Narrated by: Víctor Velasco, Xavi Fernández
- Length: 29 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 287
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 272
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El fenómeno literario que ha roto el corazón de millones de lectores, mejor novela del año según la prensa y finalista del Man Book Prize y del National Book Award....
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- By Marisa Quiroz Lemus on 03-21-24
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Tan poca vida [A Little Life]
- Narrated by: Víctor Velasco, Xavi Fernández
- Length: 29 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 01-04-24
- Language: Spanish
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A Little Life
- By: Hanya Yanagihara
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- Length: 28 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara is an immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and the limits of human endurance. When four graduates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and...
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A Little Life
- Narrated by: Matt Bomer
- Length: 28 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 02-11-25
- Language: English
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To Paradise
- A Novel
- By: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Catherine Ho, BD Wong, and others
- Length: 28 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,123
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To Paradise is a fin de siècle novel of marvelous literary effect, but above all it is a work of emotional genius....
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Fabulous
- By Patty66215 on 01-15-22
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To Paradise
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Catherine Ho, BD Wong, Feodor Chin, Kurt Kanazawa
- Length: 28 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 01-11-22
- Language: English
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A Little Life
- The Million-Copy Bestseller
- By: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrated by: Matt Bomer
- Length: 28 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13
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Matt Bomer's heart-rending narration in this new audiobook edition offers a fresh and poignant listening experience of Hanya Yanagihara's timeless modern classic. Perfect if you're an A Little Life fan or a new listener. 'I'm not exaggerating when I say this novel challenged everything I thought...
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- By Anonymous on 08-28-25
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A Little Life
- The Million-Copy Bestseller
- Narrated by: Matt Bomer
- Length: 28 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 02-04-25
- Language: English
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To Paradise
- A powerful novel of love, freedom, and family, from the author of the Booker-shortlisted A Little Life
- By: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrated by: BD Wong, Catherine Ho, Edoardo Ballerini, and others
- Length: 28 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
The No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller from the author of A Little Life 'I’m not sure I’ve ever missed the world of a book as much' – The Observer To Paradise is a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the elusive idea of utopia; driven by Hanya...
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Lengthy and Verbose
- By Anonymous on 03-23-25
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To Paradise
- A powerful novel of love, freedom, and family, from the author of the Booker-shortlisted A Little Life
- Narrated by: BD Wong, Catherine Ho, Edoardo Ballerini, Feodor Chin, Kurt Kanazawa
- Length: 28 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 01-11-22
- Language: English
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The People in the Trees
- By: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall, BD Wong
- Length: 17 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 326
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 295
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A decade in the writing, this is an anthropological adventure story that combines the visceral allure of a thriller with a profound and tragic vision of what happens when cultures collide....
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How to talk about this....
- By Ruthanne Johnston on 04-30-21
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The People in the Trees
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall, BD Wong
- Length: 17 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 03-23-21
- Language: English
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The People in the Trees
- By: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 17 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 18
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In 1950, a young doctor call Norton Perina signs on with the anthropologist Paul Tallent for an expedition to the remote Micronesian island of Ivu’ivu in search of a rumoured lost tribe....
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Terrible but Incredible
- By Michael Ferguson on 08-29-23
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The People in the Trees
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 17 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 11-14-13
- Language: English
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Ein wenig Leben
- By: Hanya Yanagihara, Stephan Kleiner - Übersetzer
- Narrated by: Torben Kessler
- Length: 35 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
»Ein wenig Leben« handelt von der lebenslangen Freundschaft zwischen vier Männern in New York, die sich am College kennengelernt haben.
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Must read
- By Philippe_Schockweiler on 03-26-21
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Ein wenig Leben
- Narrated by: Torben Kessler
- Length: 35 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 01-30-17
- Language: German
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Zum Paradies
- By: Hanya Yanagihara, Stephan Kleiner - Übersetzer
- Narrated by: Torben Kessler
- Length: 30 hrs and 33 mins
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1893, in einem Amerika, das anders ist, als wir es aus den Geschichtsbüchern kennen: New York gehört zu den Free States, in denen...
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Zum Paradies
- Narrated by: Torben Kessler
- Length: 30 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 01-11-22
- Language: German
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Das Volk der Bäume
- By: Hanya Yanagihara, Stephan Kleiner - Übersetzer
- Narrated by: Matthias Bundschuh, Gunter Schoß, Thomas Hollaender, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Was als packende Expedition in der Dschungelwelt Mikronesiens beginnt, wird zur Begegnung mit den Abgründen des Menschlichen...
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Das Volk der Bäume
- Narrated by: Matthias Bundschuh, Gunter Schoß, Thomas Hollaender, Joachim Schönfeld
- Length: 17 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 01-28-19
- Language: German
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To Paradise
- The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller
- By: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Feodor Chin, Catherine Ho, and others
- Length: 28 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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The No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller from the author of A Little Life 'I’m not sure I’ve ever missed the world of a book as much' – The Observer To Paradise is a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the elusive idea of utopia; driven by Hanya...
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To Paradise
- The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Feodor Chin, Catherine Ho, BD Wong, Kurt Kanazawa
- Length: 28 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 10-29-24
- Language: English
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