Exquisite Things

De: Abdi Nazemian

Narrado por: Arya Shahi, Michael Crouch

From Stonewall Award-winning author Abdi Nazemian (Only This Beautiful Moment) comes the epic queer love story of a lifetime. Perfect for fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Shahriar believes he was born in the wrong time. All he’s ever wanted is to love and be loved, but 1895 London doesn’t offer him the freedom to be his true self, and Oscar Wilde’s trial for gross indecency has only reaffirmed that. But one night—and one writer—will grant Shahriar what he’s always wished for: the opportunity to live in a time and place where he can love freely. Rechristened as Shams and then as Bram, he finds what feels like eternal happiness. But can anything truly be eternal?

Oliver doesn’t feel that 1920s Boston gives him a lot of options to be his full self. He knows he could only ever love another boy, but that would break his beloved mother’s heart. Oliver finds freedom and acceptance in the secret queer community at Harvard that his cousin introduces him to. When he meets a mysterious boy with eyes as warm as a flame, his life is irrevocably changed, forever.

Spanning one hundred and thirty years of love and longing, this tale of immortal beloveds searching for their perfect place and time is a vibrant hymn to the beauty of being alive, a celebration of queer love and community, and a reminder that behind every tragic thing that ever existed, there is something exquisite.

©2025 Abdi Nazemian (P)2025 HarperCollins Publishers

Beautiful, sad, joyful, magical

Adbi has such a way with words, the story of these two flawed boys, who are so real and so magic at the same time, trying to live while unable to die.
I just finished and I am such a mess, I fell in love with them and everyone else in this story, not you Jack, just a group of queers just trying to live a happy life while being society actively making an effort to not let them, this sounds and it is sad but at the same time it’s a testament to the resilience of this group who always will fight for their right to happiness and love.