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People Pleaser
  • Published: 19 April 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241752838
  • Imprint: Viking Fiction
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $38.00

People Pleaser

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Tr. Paperback
19 Apr 2026
Hardback
12 Apr 2026
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Fiercely funny and instantly relatable, this is the first novel from the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Bryony Gordon – the most joyfully honest feminist in journalism.

\"You’re so desperate to make everybody else happy that you’ve forgotten what makes you happy. You’ve not just forgotten it, you’ve abandoned it, on a bonfire full of all your other hopes and dreams. A bonfire you’re too scared to light in case the neighbours report you to the council.\"

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Olivia Greenwood has been trying very hard to please people for a very long time.

But today is going to change Olivia in a big way. A soul-crushing career disappointment, a fiery young woman with a chip on her shoulder and a cigarette in her hand, and one single blue hallucinogenic gummy all lead to a raucous night out and one hell of a hangover. And when Olivia wakes up the next morning, it seems she’s unable to please anyone but HERSELF.

So who actually is Olivia Greenwood, when she’s not trying to be what everyone else wants her to be?
  • Published: 19 April 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241752838
  • Imprint: Viking Fiction
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $38.00
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About the author

Bryony Gordon

Bryony Gordon is an award-winning journalist, bestselling author and mental health advocate. She writes a column for the Daily Mail and is the author of The Wrong Knickers, Mad Woman, and the Sunday Times No. 1 bestsellers You Got This and Mad Girl. Founder of the peer support network Mental Health Mates, she has received both the MIND Making A Difference Award and the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ President’s Medal for her work to improve mental health. People Pleaser is her debut novel. She lives in south London with her husband and daughter.
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Praise for People Pleaser

I absolutely ADORED People Pleaser. I have never related so much to a book!

Briony May Williams

Riotously funny and sharply observed, it is a must read for any woman who has ever tried so hard to please everyone else that they’ve ended up losing themselves

Jennie Godfrey

People Pleaser is like therapy in rom-com form

Beth O’Leary

Insightful, inspirational and SO much fun

Marian Keyes