Come and Get It: One of 2024's hottest reads chosen for Fearne Cotton's Happy Place Book Club

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THE UNMISSABLE NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF BESTSELLING PHENOMENON SUCH A FUN AGE

I couldnt put it down, and I didn't want to either EMILY HENRY
The drama is just too juicy how could anyone resist a binge GUARDIAN
Razor-sharp Packs a huge emotional punch DAILY MAIL

Everything comes at a price. But not everything can be paid for

Millie is a college student, determined to graduate, get a job and buy a house. Agatha is a visiting professor, researching attitudes towards weddings and money for her new book. The thing is, in Millies world, the best material is unfolding behind closed doors.

When Agatha offers Millie an unusual opportunity to make some extra money, the two women find themselves embroiled in a world of vengeful pranks, illicit intrigue and bad behaviour. But how much of themselves are they willing to trade to get what they want

Smart, funny and perceptive i
A perfect read STYLIST
Wonderfully immersive, propulsive and beautifully paced PAUL HARDING
Quiet and intense A joy to read JESSICA GEORGE
Witty and nuanced RED
[An] incisive novel everyone will be talking about TOWN AND COUNTRY

*A 2024 Book of the Year for the Washington Post, New Yorker, Elle, Vulture and Harpers Bazaar *
* THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *
* FEARNE COTTON'S HAPPY PLACE BOOK CLUB PICK FOR FEBRUARY *

Reviews

In her sophomore effort, the much-lauded author of 2019s Such A Fun Age takes clever aim at the social stratifications and warped value systems of academia * Harper's Bazaar *
Reids follow-up to Such a Fun Age employs the same smart satire that made her debut a hit * Washington Post *
After making her mark with 2019s Such a Fun Age, Kiley Reid wanted to tackle young people and money for her second novel. Come & Get It does just that, taking us to the University of Arkansas, where the lives of a professor and three students collide in a page-turning read about consumption, social status, and race * Elle *
This Arkansas-set campus tale about students with money and students without has arguably more to say about the hang-ups and have-nots of modern America. Reid wields a needle not a hammer, gradually loading her minutely observed human relationships with tension over class, race and power. Ive spent the past three months in America feeling haunted by this novels final scene, one of the most devastating excoriations of consumerism youre likely to read * Sunday Times *
A brilliant book ... Really interesting, looks at the lengths well go to get money, and how it informs our decision making and also our relationships. Its a really good read -- Fearne Cotton, Happy Place Book Club
Kiley Reid has such a way with words This book tackles money, privilege, race, and power dynamics ... A book thats begging to be discussed as Kiley explores these topics and leaves the reader to draw their own conclusions. I couldn't stop thinking about it after I finished reading and the more I marinated on this book, the more I appreciated Kileys ambition * Glamour *
A deliciously chewy, politically charged novel ... The kind of book I want to debate with a room full of women drinking fishbowl-sized glasses of cheap Pinot Grigio with too much ice in it * Vogue *
A zippy, laugh-out-loud campus novel ... Reids writing is so very funny, always rooted in the everyday * i *
This is a book about how money shapes peoples lives, and its for you if you enjoy a character-driven narrative in which everyone introduced comes with an elaborate backstory * Harpers Bazaar *
Reading Kiley Reids fiction feels a bit like watching a prestige TV series. There are expansive casts of characters ... The plots are pacy and compelling, motored by flashbacks and cliffhangers and twists, while also dealing with social issues particularly race and class that add intellectual heft. Dialogue is hyper-realistic ... so that you can hear it aloud in your head ... Reid is a talented comic writer. But it also raises deeper questions about how we view the lives of other people, as material for our own consumption. Are the attractions of books and TV so different from those of eavesdropping * Guardian *
A master storyteller ... As fun to read as it is thought-provoking ... In heart-breaking and deeply recognisable details ... we see Reids pen at its sharpest * Stylist *
A master plotter whos engineering a spectacular intersection of class, racism, academic politics and journalistic ethics. Reid spots all the grains of irritation and deceit that get caught in the machinery of social life until the whole contraption suddenly lurches to a calamitous halt. Come and get it, indeed! * Washington Post *
A biting comedy of campus manners * Mail on Sunday *
An utter joy * Sunday Times *
With her perceptive eye and ear, Reid imbues her novel with the stuff, literally and figuratively, of life ... As I read Come and Get It I found myself thinking of certain writers who have, over the years, elected themselves as capital C Chroniclers of contemporary America. With this book, Reid demonstrates that she deserves a place in the running * New York Times Book Review *
At once highly readable and an important comment on the lose-lose decisions millennials face in a bleak economy, this is a book you'll devour in days * Harper's Bazaar *
It gets to the heart of what Reid is: a consummate storyteller * Service 95 *
Reid brings her sharp gaze to the classic campus novel, and university life provides her with similarly rich material when it comes to deconstructing privilege ... She also cleverly turns some of the genres dustier tropes on their heads ... Part of what has always made campus stories so captivating is that they show us character as a work in progress because our university days have always been about working out our sense of self. But contemporary tales like Reids are a necessary reminder: this leisurely exploration is a luxury not everyone can afford * Independent *
Reid has an excellent ear for speech: you get the impression that she, like Agatha, has put in the hours listening to 20-year-olds chatter, bitch and plot. Shes also a sharp observer of the way in which money confers power or withholds it, and how this can intersect with race ... The decision to foreground money is unusual, yet Reid pulls it off * Telegraph *
A wonderfully written and intimate portrayal of entwined lives on campus. Quiet and intense all at the same time, it was a joy to read -- Jessica George, author of MY NAME IS MAAME
Exploring hustle culture and capitalist attitudes, it weaves a compelling story that confronts the consequences of insatiable appetites for success * Elle *
Kiley Reid is an expert at teasing apart the messy, complicated, nuanced layers of social dynamics, and has a rare gift for making the unknown feel intimately familiar and the familiar feel brand new. In Come and Get It, she's crafted a story that moves with the momentum and inevitability of a snowball rolling down a mountain. I couldn't put it down, and I didnt want to either -- Emily Henry, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of HAPPY PLACE
Kiley Reids books make me feel lucky to be a reader. Im in awe Come and Get It is a page-turning pleasure stylish, sharp and breathtakingly smart. I cant believe that one book can be this clever, cool and this much fun to read -- Daisy Buchanan, author of INSATIABLE
Another razor-sharp, character-driven, coming-of-age story, which packs a huge emotional punch * Daily Mail *
Smart, funny and perceptive * i news, Best Books to Read in January *
Multi-layered and complex relationships between seriously flawed characters once again take centre stage as its narrative smartly delves into racism, social and economic status, and university campus politics in the 21st century. A perfect read for anyone who loved Netflixs brilliant The Chair and Jean Hanff Korelitzs Admission * Stylist *
Wonderfully immersive, propulsive, and beautifully paced. On page one, there is a story that is already happening, and youre plunged right into the novels world, already up and running, full of real people, and complicated that is, substantive as all hell. Just great -- Paul Harding, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THIS OTHER EDEN and TINKERS
Come and Get It is an engrossing novel full of intimately portrayed characters and the seemingly innocuous choices that lead to life-altering mistakes -- Elizabeth Acevedo, author of FAMILY LORE and THE POET X
The book has a Netflix box-set breezy pace and knowing tone as it satirises staff and student attitudes towards money, hierarchy and status An absorbingly twisty page-turner * i paper *
The pleasure of Come and Get It lies in its plunge into the unfamiliar. This is a society in which poorer students work for richer ones the Tyler types can call up Millie at all hours to settle dorm disputes or shift furniture or save money by camping overnight outside a new branch of Chick-fil-A to win a years worth of free fried chicken. The tone is breezy and comic, but whats really happening is shocking * The Times *
Reid...masterfully captures the quiet misalignments that stem from a varying sense of whats at stake[A] novel of manners that acutely captures the modern moment * Vogue, The Best Books of 2024 So Far *
A witty and nuanced exploration of race and female-occupied spaces I loved the thread of menace running through it * Red *
Kiley Reid's next must-read ... It's packed with those awkward moments Reid is so talented at creating, making your toes curl as you read * Grazia, Hot to Drop *
A brilliant author who creates ultra-memorable characters * Glamour, Best New Books of January 2024 *
If you loved the smash hit Such a Fun Age, don't sleep on Reid's newest ... This is a story of indiscretions and gray areas, power dynamics and privilege that's wound as tight as a violin string. Just don't forget to breathe while you're reading (go ahead and thank us later) * Good Housekeeping *
A deft exploration of how microaggressions can lead to macro consequences, Reids second outing will appeal to readers who enjoy slow-burn, character-driven novels * Booklist *
Kiley Reid returns with another incisive novel everyone will be talking about A riveting and fascinating tale * Town & Country, Best Books of Winter *
Kiley Reid's characters are always layered with ethical dilemmas Subterfuge, sex and self-seeking make things compellingly messy * Sainsburys Magazine *
A sardonic and no-holds-barred comedy of manners ... Reid is a keen observer every page sparkles with sharp analysis of her characters. This blistering send-up of academia is interlaced with piercing moral clarity * Publishers Weekly, starred review

Author Bio

Kiley Reid is the author of Such a Fun Age, which was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize. Her writing has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Playboy, Guardian and others. Reid is currently an assistant professor at the University of Michigan.