So Old, So Young: A Novel
Grant Ginder
Feb 2026 · Simon and Schuster · Narrated by Jill Paice, Christian Barillas, Santino Fontana, Greta Jung, Patti Murin, and Michael Urie
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A Most Anticipated Novel of 2026 by Time, Town & Country, Bustle, and Zibby Media • A Best New Book by People, New York Post, Library Journal, and BookBub • February Book Club Pick by Good Housekeeping
“An instant classic.” —Esquire (Best Books of the Year)
Six Friends.
Five Parties.
Twenty Years…
How did we get So Old, So Young?
From Grant Ginder comes a funny, deeply moving novel of contemporary literary fiction following six college friends through five parties over twenty years, exploring lifelong friendship, romantic love, and the millennial growing pains that reshape their relationships along the way.
A generation-defining novel that is part love story, part tragic comedy. Five parties over the course of twenty years bring six college friends together, exploring the ways we run from and cling to our friends through love, life, and death.
Grant Ginder’s resonant, funny, and deeply moving novel is a story about the growing pains of the Millennial generation and a celebration of how lifelong friendship can shift, stumble, and grow into something bigger than we ever could have imagined.
A Most Anticipated Novel of 2026 by Time, Town & Country, Bustle, and Zibby Media • A Best New Book by People, New York Post, Library Journal, and BookBub • February Book Club Pick by Good Housekeeping
“An instant classic.” —Esquire (Best Books of the Year)
Six Friends.
Five Parties.
Twenty Years…
How did we get So Old, So Young?
From Grant Ginder comes a funny, deeply moving novel of contemporary literary fiction following six college friends through five parties over twenty years, exploring lifelong friendship, romantic love, and the millennial growing pains that reshape their relationships along the way.
A generation-defining novel that is part love story, part tragic comedy. Five parties over the course of twenty years bring six college friends together, exploring the ways we run from and cling to our friends through love, life, and death.
Grant Ginder’s resonant, funny, and deeply moving novel is a story about the growing pains of the Millennial generation and a celebration of how lifelong friendship can shift, stumble, and grow into something bigger than we ever could have imagined.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A Most Anticipated Novel of 2026 by Time, Town & Country, Bustle, and Zibby Media • A Best New Book by People, New York Post, Library Journal, and BookBub • February Book Club Pick by Good Housekeeping
“An instant classic.” —Esquire (Best Books of the Year)
Six Friends.
Fiv...
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Grant Ginder is the author of five novels, including Let’s Not Do That Again and The People We Hate at the Wedding, now a major motion picture starring Allison Janney, Kristen Bell, and Ben Platt. Originally from Southern California, Ginder received his MFA from New York University, where he teaches writing.
Grant Ginder is the author of five novels, including Let’s Not Do That Again and The People We Hate at the Wedding, now a major motion picture starring Allison Janney, Kristen Bell, and Ben Platt. Originally from Southern California, Ginder received his MFA from New York University, where he teac...
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