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MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK of 2026 by Publishers Weekly, People, TIME, USA Today, Oprah Daily, British Vogue, Audible, Harper’s Bazaar, Washington Square Review, Literary Hub, She Reads, PureWow, Book Riot, The Story Exchange, Nerd Daily, The Everymom, and more!
Early Praise for Last Night in Brooklyn
“Thrillingly alive and electrically entertaining from start to finish.”
—Coco Mellors, NYT bestselling author of Blue Sisters
“Seizes you from the first page and never lets go. A stunning achievement.”
—Rachel Khong, NYT bestselling author of Real Americans
“Brooklyn to the bone.”
—Jonathan Lethem, NYT bestselling author of Motherless Brooklyn
“A thrilling portrait of a city, a country, and a group of friends.”
—Nathan Hill, bestselling author of Wellness and The Nix
“As the old saying goes, money can only get you so far.”
—People
“One of our sharpest chroniclers of ambition, class, and the hidden costs of ‘making it.’… a glittering time capsule of pre-recession Brooklyn—right before the bill comes due.”
—Oprah Daily
“Gonzalez invokes the creative ferment in Fort Greene during the run-up to Barack Obama’s election…the end of an era as bankers move in like sharks.”
—TIME
“A fantastic meditation on a very particular moment in Brooklyn history.”
—Book Riot
“Gonzalez really knows how to render time and place… a story about being a person who knows people in a way that feels valuable.”
—LitHub