First published 2025
Nick Carraway arrives in New York's West Egg, a newcomer to the glittering world of 1920s Long Island society. His mysterious neighbor Jay Gatsby hosts extravagant parties every weekend, drawing Manhattan's elite to his mansion—but Gatsby has one obsession: rekindling a lost romance with Nick's cousin Daisy Buchanan. As Nick is drawn into Gatsby's elaborate pursuit, he discovers the dangerous undercurrents beneath the era's glamorous surface. Wealth, passion, and social status collide in a dangerous game where past and present cannot be separated. Someone will pay the price for impossible dreams.
Genres: fiction, classics, american-fiction, 20th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: forbidden-love, unreliable-narrator
Setting: United States
Period: 20th Century
180 pages · Paperback · Scribner