I Want You to Be Happy

First published 2026 · debut

I Want You to Be Happy Jem Calder

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The New Yorker · 3 August 2026

Briefly Noted

Also reviews The Renoir Girls by Catherine Ostler, Little Blue Dot by Katherine Dunn and Air by Christian Kracht

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Times Literary Supplement · 22 July 2026

Too much texting

Little treats and boundless ennui in the digital age

By Lily Isaacs

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The New York Times · 16 July 2026

‘I Want You to Be Happy,’ by Jem Calder

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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