The Chosen and the Beautiful

<p><b>An Instant National Bestseller!<br>An Indie Next Pick!<br></b><b>A B&N Reads April Pick!<br><br>A Most Anticipated in 2021 Pick for <i>Oprah Magazine | USA Today | Buzzfeed | Greatist | BookPage | PopSugar | Bustle | The Nerd Daily | Goodreads | Literary Hub | Ms. Magazine | Library Journal | Culturess | Book Riot | Parade Magazine | Kirkus | The Week | Book Bub | OverDrive | The Portalist | Publishers Weekly</i><br><br></b><b>A Best of Summer Pick for <i>TIME </i>Magazine <i>| CNN | NBC News | CBS News | Book Riot |</i><i> The Daily Beast </i><i>| Lambda Literary | </i><i>The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Goodreads | Bustle | Veranda Magazine | The Week | Bookish | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Den of Geek | LGBTQ Reads | Pittsburgh City Paper | Bookstr | Tatler HK</i></b><br><b><br>A Best Fantasy Novel from the Last 10 Years for Book Riot<br></b><br><b>A Best of 2021 Pick for NPR<br></b><br><b>“</b><b>A vibrant and queer reinvention of F. Scott Fitzgerald''s jazz age classic. . . . I was captivated from the first sentence.</b><b>”</b><b>—NPR</b><br><br><b>"Nghi Vo is one of the most original writers we have today."—Taylor Jenkins Reid on<i> Siren Queen</i></b><br><br><b>“</b><b>A sumptuous, decadent read.</b><b>”</b><b>—<i>The New York Times</i></b><br><br><b>“Vo has crafted a retelling that, in many ways, surpasses the original.</b><b>”</b><b>—<i>Kirkus Reviews, </i>starred review<br><br>Immigrant. Socialite. Magician.<br></b><br>Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society—she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She’s also queer and Asian, a Vietnamese adoptee treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her.<br><br>But the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. In all paper is fire, and Jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of a man. She just has to learn how.<br><br>Nghi Vo’s debut novel, <i>The Chosen and the Beautiful</i>, reinvents this classic of the American canon as a coming-of-age story full of magic, mystery, and glittering excess, and introduces a major new literary voice.</p>