Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Hate Everyone But You | 2017 | Gaby Dunn | Buy |
| 2 | Please Send Help | 2019 | Gaby Dunn | Buy |
I Hate Everyone But You (2017) and Please Send Help (2019) form a two-book YA series by Gabe Dunn and Allison Raskin, co-hosts of the Just Between Us podcast and YouTube show. The books are told entirely through emails, texts, and social media messages exchanged between two best friends, Gen and Ava, who go to different colleges after graduation and try to maintain their friendship across the distance.
The epistolary format allows the authors to write in distinct voices for each character, and the books address mental health, identity, sexuality, and the specific pressures of early adulthood with a frank, comedic tone that reflects Dunn and Raskin’s background in online comedy. The first book made the New York Times bestseller list.
The format also meant that readers who followed Just Between Us already had a sense of the dynamic between the two real authors before picking up the fiction, which contributed to the series finding an audience quickly on publication.