Wanting: A Novel PG_Gift_Guide in and out of the

in and out of the courtroom

the critically acclaimed author of How to Be Alone

Even here at the Empire’s borders

When They Tell You to Be Good shines a light on what we all must ask of ourselves

Could we eventually cheat disease and death and live for a very long time

Wanting: A Novel PG_Gift_Guide in and out of theA Best Literary Novel of 2025 from ELLE A searing debut novel of envy, longing, and regret across three lives and two countries that asks how far well go for a friendship, a romance, a dream. Ye Lian is thriving in Beijing. She has a well paid job, a nice boyfriend, and plans to marry and move into a luxury high rise apartment. Shes wanting for nothinguntil her childhood best friend, Luo Wenyu, comes whirling back into her life after a decade in