Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come

An Introvert’s Year of Living Dangerously

By: Jessica Pan

Narrated by: Jessica Pan

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come written by Jessica Pan.

What would happen if a shy introvert lived like a gregarious extrovert for one year? If she knowingly and willingly put herself in perilous social situations that she’d normally avoid at all costs? Jessica Pan is going to find out.

When she found herself jobless and friendless, sitting in the familiar Jess-shaped crease on her sofa, she couldn't help but wonder what life might have looked like if she had been a little more open to new experiences and new people, a little less attached to going home instead of going to the pub.

So, she made a vow: to push herself to live the life of an extrovert for a year. She wrote a list: improv, a solo holiday and... talking to strangers on the tube. She regretted it instantly.

Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come follows Jess's hilarious and painful year of misadventures in extroverting, reporting back from the frontlines for all the introverts out there.

But is life actually better or easier for the extroverts? Or is it the nightmare Jess always thought it would be?

Critic reviews

Tender, courageous and extremely funny, this book will make us all braver. (Daisy Buchanan)

Painfully hilarious

In a world of self-care and nights in, this book will inspire and remind you to do some things that scare you every so often. (Emma Gannon)

A chronicle of Pan’s hilarious and painful year of being an extrovert.

Absolutely bloody great. As a textbook, concrete, public changing, foghorn extrovert, I find Jessica Pan’s descriptions of introversion and shyness fascinating and she is very funny. (Nell Frizzell)

Well, I adored this. Beautifully written, fascinating and so, so funny. Had me properly guffawing on the bus. (Lauren Bravo)

Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come achieves what so many books claim (but then frankly fail) to do: making you laugh, while at the same time managing to inspire. Pan is a gem, and her introvert's exploration of extroversion is all at once delightful and deftly rendered. (Sara Barron)

Relatable, moving, and fantastically funny. (Rhik Samadder)

Hilarious, unexpected and ultimately life-affirming.

Beautifully written and so funny! I related to it A LOT.

The best books are sometimes those that we find accidentally.

And this books proves it all the way.
I honestly don’t even know how I found out that this piece or marvelous book exists. I guess it was meant to be.

Hardly ever do I love every bit of a book. Hardly ever do I want to become best friends with the author. Well, this is the case and let me tell you, that the lovely Jessica Pan just found herself a fan girl.

For us, introverts, life can get hard sometimes and we often don’t understand why. Are we weird? Do we not belong? Do we not deserve a life full of fun, friends and experiences?
This book sums our lives so well and more importantly it challenges us, introverts, to step outside our little bubble and do the unthinkable.

Not that I am planning of trying a stand-up comedy or even an improv class, but I feel like the book has actually taught me a lot. So much I actually started implementing some things in my office. And damn, it feels good to engage in random conversations. It really, really does.

Thank you, Jessica, for this amazing year long journey you took me on. It might as well be life changing for number of your readers. 🙏

Love a real life experiment

Interesting with some insights that can be applied in daily lives without being a self help or how to book