Eight books about the ups & downs of friendship

Lillian Li is the author of the novel Number One Chinese Restaurant, which was an NPR Best Book of 2018, and longlisted for the Women’s Prize and the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize.

Her work has been published in the New York Times, Granta, One Story, Bon Appetit, Travel & Leisure, The Guardian, and Jezebel. Originally from the D.C. metro area, she lives in Ann Arbor.

[Writers Read: Lillian Li (June 2018)]

Li's new novel is Bad Asians.

At Lit Hub the author tagged eight titles about the ups and downs of friendship. One book on the list:

Elizabeth Ames, The Other’s Gold

Complicated characters? A story structured around their worst mistakes? A book spanning college to motherhood? Sign me up! Ames’ character study of four young women—Lainey, Ji Sun, Margaret, and Alice—is a brave and ambitious exploration of how flawed people can find the grace they need in their friends.

Read about another entry on the list.

The Other’s Gold is among Emily Layden's nine top campus novels.

The Page 69 Test: The Other’s Gold.

--Marshal Zeringue