Claire Jia

Public Picks 2025 - Public Books What were the books of 2025 that dazzled, challenged, and inspired us?

Our 2025 Editors’ Picks are here! Contributing editor Stephanie Wong recommends Wanting by @clairejia.bsky.social.

honored to be an @npr.org favorite book of 2025 🤩 if you’re looking for a great holiday gift for someone you love or have a crush on or want to befriend or are embroiled in a one-sided parasocial frenemyship with please consider gifting WANTING!!!!!! 🩷🏡 tinhouse.com/book/wanting/

I wrote on this game and it’s coming out in 2026!!!!!! 💐🌺🌹🌷🌸🌻🌼🥀

thank you electric literature and @wendyjfox.bsky.social for reading WANTING and writing so beautifully about it!!! 🥹💓

tonight I gloriously end my tour in San Francisco at green apple @booksonthepark.bsky.social at 7 pm!!!!!!!!!!! in conversation with @jonvhickey.bsky.social!!!!!!!!!!! I demand your presence

extremely belated bc I forgot my bluesky password but EVERYONE LISTEN TO ME AND BRAD GAB!!!!!! WE ARE VERY HILARIOUS AND PERSONABLE!!!!!!!!

see you tonight Chicago!!!!!!! 6:30 city lit books ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

definitely felt like the annoying baby brother of this group 😇 thank you literary hub!!!!!!!

Claire Jia, author of the debut novel WANTING (Tin House).

WANTING, the debut novel by Claire Jia (Tin House), is the official July pick of the Otherppl Book Club.

📚 This month, the Otherppl Book Club is reading WANTING, the excellent debut novel by @clairejia.bsky.social, available from @tinhouse.bsky.social .

🎧 Stay tuned for my conversation with Claire on the podcast later this month.

Books Over Drinks with Claire Jia | M. Judson Booksellers A searing debut novel of envy, longing, and regret across three lives and two countries that asks how far we’ll go for a friendship, a romance, a dream. If

we end the east coast tour in Greenville, SC TOMORROW AT M JUDSON AT 7:30!!!!!!!!!!! COME THROUGH!!!!!!!! Tickets here 🩷 mjudsonbooks.com/event/books-...

DC WE TALK WANTING TONIGHT AT 7 PM @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social H STREET LOCATION WITH NINI BERNDT

PHILLY TONIGHT 6:30 PM HEAD HOUSE BOOKS WITH @eshanisurya.bsky.social SEE YOU THERE!!!!!!!!!!!

Wanting - Tin House A searing debut novel of envy, longing, and regret across three lives and two countries that asks how far we’ll go for a friendship, a romance, a dream.

and as always grab your wanting here <3 tinhouse.com/book/wanting/

NYC! SEE YOU TONIGHT AT THE STRAND!!!!!! 7 PM! DOORS OPEN AT 6:30!!! come listen to me and @tingrolls.bsky.social gab all things wanting!!! 🩷🩷🩷

get your tickets now if you haven't already!!! www.eventbrite.com/e/claire-jia...

SEE YOU TONIGHT SOUTH HADLEY 7 PM ODYSSEY BOOKSHOP

Who am I seeing in Boston tonight!!!!!!! 7 pm Porter Square Books Cambridge!!!!!!

nyc event requires tickets (www.eventbrite.com/e/claire-jia...) if this is a barrier let me know!!!

I’M OFF ON TOUR!!!!! THE SUMMER OF WANTING BEGINS!!!!! TONIGHT in Portland, Maine!!! Here’s what’s coming up first this week 🥰🚙

7/7: Portland/PRINT 7 pm
7/8: Cambridge/Porter Square Books 7 pm 
7/9: South Hadley/Odyssey Bookshop 7 pm
7/11: NYC/Strand 7 pm

More details at tinyurl.com/mryxmd5w 🩷🏡🌷

The book WANTING on a pink cloth with two pink flowers next to it on either side

So excited to keep digging into @clairejia.bsky.social’s WANTING, out this week from @tinhouse.bsky.social! I’m loving it so far—this is clearly complex girlhood relationships done right! 💓🌸

THANK YOU TIN HOUSE FOR MAKING MY DREAM COME TRUE!!!!!!!!!! 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

Happy Pub Day! 🏊‍♀️💜

Wanting by Claire Jia @clairejia.bsky.social is out today!

“Dives deep into the layers of envy, regret & longing that pierce through even the strongest friendships.”
—⭐Harper’s Bazaar, A Best Book of Summer

tinhouse.com/book/wanting/

my novel is out today. here I am, holding the last draft and the first draft, 10 years apart. thank you, thank you all for reading 🏡🩷

Wanting: A Novel by @clairejia.bsky.social‬ is almost here! 🏊‍♀️ 💜

🏊‍♀️ 💜 An Oprah Daily Most Anticipated Book of 2025!

Read more & order now!
tinhouse.com/book/wanting/

i made a front-facing video. hope you’re all happy now

join @clairejia.bsky.social and me as we misbehave live on @therumpus.net’s IG account in an hour!!!! 😼😼😼

come watch me and greg mania talk my new book and life at large at the rumpus IG on tuesday june 10!!! 🥰

one week from today! ✨ so excited to chat with the marvel that is @clairejia.bsky.social on #ShowUsYourDesk, LIVE from @therumpus.net IG on tues, july 10th @ 6pm ET/3pm PT! join us or i’ll cry homophobia!!!!!!! 🪩

Show Us Your Desk promotion featuring host Greg Mania and Claire Jia in circles against a light blue background. In the lower righthand corner is the book cover for Wanting.

Join us Tuesday, June 10 at 6 pm ET / 3 pm PT on Instagram LIVE for the latest Show Us Your Desk! ‪@gregmania.bsky.social‬'s next desk belongs to @clairejia.bsky.social‬, author of Wanting (@tinhouse.bsky.social‬).

preorder from barnes & noble now 🫶💐🏡 t.co/rjYOqhl9OI

8 hours before barnes & noble 25% off preorder sale ends! sooo: wanted to explain why preorders are important! more preorders = larger orders from booksellers, better placement in bookstores, and higher chances of landing on a bestseller list!! pls make WANTING a bestseller! 🥹🩷📚