"Wickedly funny...A fizzy escapist thrill ride with real insights on the isolation of celebrity, the community of fandom, and the liberation of middle age." —Oprah Daily

“Vividly conjured and frequently hilarious...Themes [of] the inexorable march of time, complicated family dynamics, the power of reinvention...give American Fantasy its emotional heft.” —Wall Street Journal

“Deftly sketches out the contours of fandom, especially as they relate to the commodification of nostalgia and niche subcultures for Gen X and millennials.” —New York Times

“Nobody mixes modern reality with old school comedy of manners vibes like Emma Straub, part Jane Austen and part VH1. So funny and wise and perfectly done.” —Lena Dunham

“The premise is instantly appealing… [A] laugh-out-loud book." —Minnesota Star Tribune

“Escapism…links arms with edgy social commentary.” —Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air

“American Fantasy...is dripping with joy. It’s so darn fun to read." —USA Today

“Straub depicts a wonderfully immersive world…A delightfully nostalgic novel about how the things we loved in the past have the power to shape our future.” —Kirkus (STARRED REVIEW)

“Funny, wise, and nostalgic, Straub’s latest…is a total delight.” —Real Simple

“A heartfelt, joyful, and often laugh-out-loud exploration of identity, reinvention, and reconnecting with the youthful spirit.” —Parade

"Brilliantly conceived…For readers drawn to cultural commentary and the sociology of fandom, American Fantasy offers humor, melancholy, and moments of piercing recognition.” —Chicago Review of Books

"Straub's hordes of fans will happily fall for Annie on her journey to figuring out what's next, and the very recognizable zeitgeist Straub captures so effortlessly." —Booklist

“I absolutely inhaled this delicious, heartfelt, treasure of a novel." —Literary Hub

"Straub is a master of the 'incisive but laugh-out-loud' genre." —Brit + Co

"A funny and poignant work about the pull of nostalgia and the appeal of second chances...American Fantasy is another Straub delight, a work whose light tone masks deeper meanings...[a] gift of a book.” —BookPage

"I can hardly remember the last time I read anything that brought me such pure joy. I was up too late reading, then got up too early to go back to reading. All I wanted was American Fantasy. It brims with truth and humanity and insight, and it made me snort like a pig. I loved it. I think the entire country will love it.” —Ann Patchett, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"An unmitigated pleasure from start to finish, I did not want to return to dry land!" —Coco Mellors, New York Times bestselling author of Blue Sisters

“American Fantasy is such a fun, delicious, big-hearted book.” —Taylor Jenkins Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“Emma Straub is the most empathetic and open-hearted writer in literature. It is pure joy to see her turn to the emotionally complicated territory of teenage nostalgia and what it means to reconnect with the feelings of youth from the realities of middle age.” —Kevin Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here

“A delicious novel about being a grown-up girl who once loved something very, very much. You don't have to be a fan of something to love American Fantasy, but if you've ever truly devoted yourself to a boy band or a TV show or even a series of books, you will feel so understood by this novel.” –Rainbow Rowell, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Cherry Baby

“Peak intelligence, and criminally readable.” —Maria Semple, New York Times bestselling author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette