Version Zero: A breathtaking debut action and adventure crime thriller from the New York Times bestselling author

‘This propulsive, visceral, tech-rich tale is both all head and all heart’ Caroline Kepnes, author Netflix smash hit You\nThe blockbuster thriller from New York Times bestseller David Yoon. 
Sometimes you have to break the world in order to fix it…\nMax is fortunate enough to be employed by Wren, the world’s most powerful social media company. He works in a sprawling campus made of glass on a project so secret he can tell no one about it.\nBut one day he discovers something sinister going on beneath the surface of the company. A terrible secret that makes him rethink not only his work but also the true consequences of modern technology.\nWhen Max is fired from Wren for asking the wrong questions, he joins up with his two best friends to form Version Zero, a top-secret group with a simple goal: break the internet and build something better and kinder in its place… 
‘A high-speed, edge of your seat adventure with stakes higher than you can measure’ Sylvain Neuvel, author of SLEEPING GIANTS

Literature & Fiction

Yoon, David

Literary

The blockbuster debut adult thriller from New York Times bestseller David Yoon. 
Three friends. One broken world. And a quest to save it. 
‘A high-speed, edge of your seat adventure with stakes higher than you can measure’ Sylvain Neuvel, author of SLEEPING GIANTS 
Sometimes you have to break the world in order to fix it…\nMax is fortunate enough to be employed by Wren, the world’s most powerful social media company. He works in a sprawling campus made of glass on a project so secret he can tell no one about it.\nBut one day he discovers something sinister going on beneath the surface of the company. A terrible secret that makes him rethink not only his work but also the true consequences of modern technology.\nWhen Max is fired from Wren for asking the wrong questions, he joins up with his two best friends to form Version Zero, a top-secret group with a simple goal: break the internet and build something better and kinder in its place… 
‘With Version Zero David Yoon holds up a mirror to our ways of life, our hardships and vulnerabilities. As he lures us into the story of a smart, naive young man’s desire to make the world a better place, the mirror turns black. This propulsive, visceral, tech-rich tale is both all head and all heart , which is to say, it’s all David Yoon’ Caroline Kepnes, author of You

Frank Li is a high school senior living in Southern California. Frank's parents emigrated from Korea, and have pretty much one big rule for Frank - he must only date Korean girls. 
But he's got strong feelings for a girl in his class, Brit - and she's not Korean. His friend Joy Song is in the same boat and knows her parents will never accept her Chinese American boyfriend, so they make a pact: they'll pretend to date each other in order to gain their freedom. 
Frank thinks fake-dating is the perfect plan, but it leaves him wondering if he ever really understood love - or himself - at all.

Frankly in Love

Teen & Young Adult

Penguin

Super Fake Love Song

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

An Instant New York Times Bestseller and #1 Indie Bestseller! Two friends. One fake dating scheme. What could possibly go wrong? Frank Li has two names. There's Frank Li, his American name. Then there's Sung-Min Li, his Korean name. No one uses his Korean name, not even his parents. Frank barely speaks any Korean. He was born and raised in Southern California. Even so, his parents still expect him to end up with a nice Korean girl--which is a problem, since Frank is finally dating the girl of his dreams: Brit Means. Brit, who is funny and nerdy just like him. Brit, who makes him laugh like no one else. Brit . . . who is white. As Frank falls in love for the very first time, he's forced to confront the fact that while his parents sacrificed everything to raise him in the land of opportunity, their traditional expectations don't leave a lot of room for him to be a regular American teen. Desperate to be with Brit without his parents finding out, Frank turns to family friend Joy Song, who is in a similar bind. Together, they come up with a plan to help each other and keep their parents off their backs. Frank thinks he's found the solution to all his problems, but when life throws him a curveball, he's left wondering whether he ever really knew anything about love—or himself—at all. In this moving debut novel—featuring striking blue stained edges and beautiful original endpaper art by the author—David Yoon takes on the question of who am I? with a result that is humorous, heartfelt, and ultimately unforgettable.

Listening Library

From the brilliant mind of New York Times bestselling author David Yoon comes a lightning-fast and scorchingly observant thriller about how we can save ourselves from the very real perils of a virtual world. Max, a data whiz at the social media company Wren, has gotten a firsthand glimpse of the dark side of big tech. When he questions what his company does with the data they collect, he's fired...then black-balled across Silicon Valley. With time on his hands and revenge on his mind, Max and his longtime friend (and secretly the love of his life) Akiko, decide to get even by rebooting the internet. After all, in order to fix things, sometimes you have to break them. But when Max and Akiko join forces with a reclusive tech baron, they learn that breaking things can have unintended--and catastrophic--consequences.

Version Zero

United States

G.P.Putnam's Sons

City of Orange

Review\n"Very few postapocalyptic novels have the literary qualities of this one. City of Orange belongs in a very narrow category, alongside Emily St. John’s Station Eleven, Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. Like all the best authors in the genre, David Yoon is willing to ask what ‘the End of the World’ really means — and provide the reader with a thoughtful, heartfelt answer." 
—SF Chronicle\n"Haunting." 
—TIME magazine\n"Yoon finds the tension in the smallest of acts—like heating up a can of soup—and builds suspense by teasing out information about the world, forcing readers to question everything. Fans of The Martian will enjoy this new take on the struggle to survive in an unfamiliar land." 
—Publishers Weekly\nOne of Crime Reads' "10 Most Captivating Apocalypse Novels"\n“Whether it’s discovering shelter, finding food or simply managing in brutal conditions, the ever-challenging backdrop of City of Orange makes the determining of reality a mystery readers will want to solve alongside the main character. That’s this novel’s biggest feat: By giving just enough vivid detail but keeping key elements ambiguous, a reader can easily morph into the main character and become a part of this world.” 
—USA Today\n“City of Orange is a fast-paced read, and Yoon’s ability to lighten the mood keeps it from becoming as dread-inducing as some end-of-the-world novels can be.” 
—LA Times\n“In this new novel, a nameless man wakes up in an apocalyptic landscape with no idea how he got there. Suffice to say, nothing is as it seems in this thought-provoking read.” 
—Country Living\n“Very few postapocalyptic novels have the literary qualities of this one…David Yoon is willing to ask what ‘the End of the World’ really means — and provide the reader with a thoughtful, heartfelt answer.” 
—SF Chronicle\n“City of Orange also raises questions about time and money and the stuff humans accumulate, while sharpening the focus on what really matters: family, love and enduring friendships. Despite its dark premise, City of Orange insists on hope and continuity in the face of tragedy.” 
—Shelf Awareness (starred)\n“Much more compelling and heartfelt than the end of the world could ever be.” 
—Kirkus Reviews\n“An ambitious novel that takes some big risks...they pay off dramatically in the end.” 
—Booklist\n“Post-apocalyptic but with a sense of humor.” 
—Betches\n“A thoughtful apocalyptic story with a slight twist.” 
—BuzzFeed\n“Subtle and stark twists push an often unhurried narrative more sharply into focus so that, by its conclusion, readers realize that the end of life as we know it might just be the end of life as we thought we knew it.” 
—Vulture\n“Yoon’s care for his character is evident in each word. Motions as mundane as opening up a tin can, or running out to relieve oneself can become as intense as a knife fight.” 
—Locus Magazine\n“David Yoon has written a tale of love and survival, perfect for the untethered nature of our times.” 
—The Mystery of Writing\nA man wakes up in an unknown landscape, injured and alone.\nHe used to live in a place called California, but how did he wind up here with a head wound and a bottle of pills in his pocket?\nHe navigates his surroundings, one rough shape at a time. Here lies a pipe, there a reed that could be carved into a weapon, beyond a city he once lived in.\nHe could swear his daughter’s name began with a J, but what was it, exactly?\nThen he encounters an old man, a crow, and a boy—and realizes that nothing is what he thought it was, neither the present nor the past.\nHe can’t even recall the features of his own face, and wonders: who am I?\nHarrowing and haunting but also humorous in the face of the unfathomable, David Yoon’s City of Orange is a novel about reassembling the things that make us who we are, and finding the way home again.

A man wakes up in an unknown landscape, injured and alone. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He used to live in a place called California, but how did he wind up here with a head wound and a bottle of pills in his pocket? &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; He navigates his surroundings, one rough shape at a time. Here lies a pipe, there a reed that could be carved into a weapon, beyond a city he once lived in. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He could swear his daughter's name began with a J, but what was it, exactly? &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Then he encounters an old man, a crow, and a boy--and realizes that nothing is what he thought it was, neither the present nor the past. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He can't even recall the features of his own face, and wonders: who am I? &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Harrowing and haunting but also humorous in the face of the unfathomable, David Yoon's City of Orange is a novel about reassembling the things that make us who we are, and finding the way home again.

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Version Zero: A breathtaking debut action and adventure crime thriller from the New York Times bestselling author

Version Zero: A breathtaking debut action and adventure crime thriller from the New York Times bestselling author

Frankly in Love

Super Fake Love Song

Frankly in Love

Version Zero

Version Zero

City of Orange

City of Orange

Frankly in Love (Thorndike Press Large Print Young Adult)