So Old, So Young, Grant Ginder
So Old, So Young, Grant Ginder
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So Old, So Young

Author: Grant Ginder

Narrator: Jill Paice, Christian Barillas, Santino Fontana, Greta Jung, Patti Murin, Michael Urie

Unabridged: 11 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/17/2026


Synopsis

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

“The writing is so good it left me breathless. (Please someone make it into a series!) So Old, So Young is a triumph. I will never forget these characters." — Elin Hilderbrand

"I gulped it down on a plane, taking breaks to recall my own friend group from college. The people who are your real friends, the novel invites us to remember, often drive you completely crazy." — The New York Times

Six Friends.
Five Parties.
Twenty Years…
How did we get So Old, So Young?

From Grant Ginder, the bestselling author of The People We Hate at the Wedding, comes 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 in love, life, and death.

For Marco and Mia, Sasha and Theo, Richie and Adam, the one constant in life after college together has been change. New jobs. New cities. New spouses. New children. Through it all, one thing they thought would always stay the same is their friendship.

But time has a way of breaking even the strongest bonds, and testing what we thought we knew. From East Village apartment parties and disastrous destination weddings, to fortieth birthdays and suburban backyard barbecues, 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 love can shift, stumble, and grow into something bigger than we ever could have imagined.

About Grant Ginder

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lucia on January 21, 2026

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. For the first few chapters of this book, I was so worried that I wasn't going to like it. It felt a bit shallow, and there didn't really seem to be a plot. I was wrong. "So Old, So Young" is told over t......more

Goodreads review by Meagan on July 23, 2025

6 friends all trying to navigate adult life as they grow up and grow apart as they long for their old selves and who they used to be. Going in, I knew this would be a story you’d need to sink your teeth into because it is primarily character driven with a larger cast of characters. It took a minute......more

Goodreads review by Tell on February 19, 2026

Read this in two sittings and absolutely loved it. A strong entry into the decades spanning friendship novel genre, this book follows six friends across five parties and how their lives and friendships radically shift across twenty years of Millennial touchpoints. Ginder has a way of evoking time and......more

Goodreads review by dani on February 08, 2026

4.5 stars wow cause WOW. this made me super emotional and a bit weepy and also a bit existential? this is a story of six friends who we follow along with throughout five different parties in the span of twenty years. it has you loving characters, hating them, and loving them again. i absolutely ADORE......more

Goodreads review by Angie on February 18, 2026

The best thing about this book is the off handed references to current events over the course of the book. Things everyone was talking about at the time that you forgot about. The nostalgia and remembering is well done. There are many characters and it is difficult to keep them straight, but over ti......more