Ada Calhoun

Feb 26, 2025 | nytimes.com | Ada Calhoun

The love child of Elizabeth Gilbert's "Eat Pray Love" and Carrie Bradshaw's "Sex and the City" column, Ada Calhoun's debut novel, "Crush," tells the promising story of an unnamed Gen X woman whose husband, Paul, suggests she kiss a few other men to regain her "sparkle." Slay, droned my rotted Gen Z brain on reading this. Unfortunately, not so. She spends the rest of the book trying not to cheat on him with a hot, nerdy religion professor named David, and feeling bad about it instead.

Feb 25, 2025 | lithub.com | Ada Calhoun

Late one Saturday night this fall, I hurtled through Cape Cod in a Sprinter van, dressed in a sparkly dress, on the way home from my friends Eric and Frank’s wedding. A fellow guest asked the driver to put on some music. “September” poured out of the speakers and we cheered. How did I wind up smiling tipsily and bobbing along with new friends to an Earth, Wind, and Fire song? Blurbing.

Feb 25, 2025 | barnesandnoble.com | Ada Calhoun |Isabelle McConville

The Factual vs the True: A Guest Post by Ada Calhoun There’s nothing like the blood-rushing feel of a crush — especially when you’re married. Ada Calhoun’s latest is a gripping, witty and wry exploration of modern love and marriage. Read on for an exclusive essay from Calhoun on what led her to write Crush. Don’t stop there — check out this carefully curated Spotify playlist to pair perfectly with your reading.

Feb 20, 2025 | redcarpetcrash.com | Ada Calhoun |Penn Cole |Sophie Sullivan

The book is in stores Tuesday, Feb. 25th from Viking. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/4gLDExjWhen a husband asks his wife to consider what might be missing from their marriage, what follows surprises them both—sex, heartbreak and heart rekindling, and a rediscovered sense of all that is possibleShe’s happy and settled and productive and content in her full life—a child, a career, an admirable marriage, deep friendships, happy parents, and a spouse she still loves.

Feb 20, 2025 | redcarpetcrash.com | Sophie Sullivan |Ada Calhoun

The book is in stores on Tuesday, February 25th from Berkley. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/3AUDvYrJennifer Worth lives to escape into the world of her favorite romantasy series Elytheum Courts, where the romance is sweeping and the men are brave, chivalrous . . . and winged.