You First

In this highly anticipated prequel to Caroline Kepnes's bestselling You series, readers dive into the origins of Joe Goldberg, a seventeen-year-old navigating life in a New York bookstore while searching for love. As he becomes infatuated with Vail Gunderson, a twenty-four-year-old production assistant, Joe grapples with his identity and the lengths he'll go to win her affection—even if it means embellishing the truth. With dark humor and sharp prose, Kepnes explores Joe's journey into adulthood and the shaping of his complex character against the backdrop of the city's brutal dating scene.