'A nuanced, page-turning portrait.' Zadie Smith
'Brilliant.' Marian Keyes
'A sharp, darkly funny comment on modern relationships.' Sunday Telegraph

The critically-acclaimed debut novel from the globally bestselling author of Normal People and Beautiful World, Where Are You.

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 25 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. At night she performs spoken word with her best friend Bobbi, who used to be her girlfriend. When they are befriended by Melissa, a well-known journalist who is married to Nick, an actor, they enter a world of beautiful houses, raucous dinner parties and holidays in Provence, beginning a complex ménage-à-quatre. But when Frances and Nick get unexpectedly closer, Frances is forced to honestly confront her own vulnerabilities for the first time.

Readers love Conversations with Friends:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Completely engulfs you. I missed it when I finished reading.'

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Sucked me in and didn't let me go until the very end.'

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Portrays love and obsession and friendship and anxiety in such accurate detail, I feel like I've lived it.'

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Rooney's writing is completely addictive.'

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I wish I could read it for the first time all over again.'

About the Author

Sally Rooney is an Irish novelist. She is the author of Conversations with Friends, Normal People and Beautiful World, Where Are You.