So Old, So Young

A Novel

By: Grant Ginder

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

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

“Grant Ginder has written The Big Chill of our times...and possibly done an even better job. So Old, So Young is a triumph. I will never forget these characters.” —Elin Hilderbrand

“So Old, So Young is a story of romantic love, professional jealousy, misplaced longing, and—above all—the gift of lifelong friendship. You will laugh on every page, except for when you find yourself moved to tears.” —Jenny Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street

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.

Loved every second

I completely disagree with the negative comments about this book. Very smart insights and riveting storytelling. Perfect for long car rides and can’t wait for the movie to come out!!

Ok the narration wasn’t great but I overlooked it pretty early on.

Impossible to get into

Do not recommended. Literally the hardest time ever had trying to follow a storyline and audible refused to let me return because I purchased it.

Horrible

Ridiculous content!!! Sophomoric and too silly to listen to! Difficult to follow and I totally don’t know what to say, boring and couldn’t tolerate listening to it

So hard to follow and dull

Narration is awful and story very immature. Tried to return but I was not allowed.

So. Very. Boring. (And poorly narrated.)

The NYT said this was SO GOOD and likened it to The Big Chill. Um, huh? Besides being nothing whatsoever like that seminal movie (other than college friends reconvening at a funeral), this book is excruciatingly slow and lacking of anything remotely interesting. Coupled with the fact that, aside from Michael Urie (did he lose a bet??), the narrators are tantamount to second graders learning to read aloud. The woman who reads Sasha MUST be married to Ginder or have some serious dirt on him — she is truly THAT bad. I only managed to finish the book because my husband defied me to.

Woof. Hard pass.