RecentAudiobook
Cover of I Want You to Be Happy

I Want You to Be Happy

Jem Calder

Narrated by Gemma Lawrence , Christopher Bonwell

Released
May 19, 2026
Length
6 hrs 59 mins
Format
Unabridged Audiobook
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Follow Jem Calder View on Audible
"I Want You to Be Happy" by Jem Calder is a vivid and nuanced exploration of connection and aspiration, following the intersecting lives of Chuck, a disillusioned copywriter, and Joey, a hopeful barista with dreams of becoming a poet. Set against contrasting backgrounds, their brief encounter sparks reflections on modern relationships and the pursuit of happiness. The novel is praised for its humor, honesty, and sharp insight into contemporary life.
generalliterary fiction

RecentAudiobook tracks Jem Calder and over 137,000 other authors for new releases.

Follow the authors you love and hear about every new audiobook the day it lands.

Get startedBrowse authors

Related audiobooks

Cover of The Ultimate Modern Classics Collection: Volume 2 - 19 Novels and Stories from George Orwell, Thomas Mann, Josephine Tey, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, & Many More

The Ultimate Modern Classics Collection: Volume 2 - 19 Novels and Stories from George Orwell, Thomas Mann, Josephine Tey, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, & Many More

James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Thomas Mann, Somerset Maughm, O. Henry, Willa Cather, Katherine Mansfield, George Orwell, Josephine Tey, James Weldon Johnson, M R James, E.F. Benson, F Scott Fitzgerald, Richard Hughes, William Somerset Maugham

Cover of The 20th Century Modern Classics Collection: 1900-1950 - 11 Stories From Arthur Conan Doyle, F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Orwell, Franz Kafka, Virginia Woolf, Edith Wharton, & More

The 20th Century Modern Classics Collection: 1900-1950 - 11 Stories From Arthur Conan Doyle, F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Orwell, Franz Kafka, Virginia Woolf, Edith Wharton, & More

Arthur Conan Doyle, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, D. H. Lawrence, Edith Wharton, Jack London, Franz Kafka, W. B. Yeats, George Orwell, Josephine Tey, D H Lawrence, F Scott Fitzgerald, W B Yeats

Cover of The 19th Century Classics Collection: 13 Stories From Tolstoy, Brontë, Dickens, Dostoyevsky, Eliot, Verne, & Much More

The 19th Century Classics Collection: 13 Stories From Tolstoy, Brontë, Dickens, Dostoyevsky, Eliot, Verne, & Much More

Jules Verne, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Thomas Hardy, George Eliot, H.G. Wells, Anne Brontë, Bram Stoker, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Herbert George Wells

Cover of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Full-Cast Edition)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Full-Cast Edition)

J.K. Rowling

Cover of Reward System

Reward System

Jem Calder

Cover of The Big Book of Christmas

The Big Book of Christmas

Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, L.M. Montgomery, L. M. Montgomery

Cover of Reward System

Reward System

Jem Calder

Cover of Better Days on Dressmakers' Alley

Better Days on Dressmakers' Alley

Rosie Clarke

Cover of The Girl Who Took Flight

The Girl Who Took Flight

Lizzie Page

Cover of The Airline Girl

The Airline Girl

Lizzie Page

Cover of Death Times Seven (Daniel Pitt Mystery 7)

Death Times Seven (Daniel Pitt Mystery 7)

Anne Perry

Cover of The Goldsmith and the Master Thief

The Goldsmith and the Master Thief

Tonke Dragt