Housemates

“A beautiful novel about art, community, and connection.” 

—Rachel Khong, author of New York Times bestselling Real Americans

 “An intimate portrait of a burgeoning relationship against the vast landscape of the open road, Housemates is a warm and inviting novel. Like the large format camera her character wields, Eisenberg captures the complexity of both people and places with precision and generosity. And finally a book about Pennsylvania and Philly that looks like the place I know and love!" —Sara Nović, New York Times bestselling author of True Biz

"Radiant and invigoratingly truthful, Housemates invites us to think about the community and country that are possible when we love." —Megha Majumdar, New York Times bestselling author of A Burning

“My favorite book of the year. . . a wise and beautiful and gorgeously gay exploration of America, art, and the rugged vast country that is love itself.” —Sarah Thankam Matthews, author of All This Could Be Different

“Gorgeous. . . A novel as full as life itself, about art-making and love and friendship and making a way in the world, complicated, funny, questioning, moral. Bernie and Leah are still with me. I won’t ever forget them.” —Elizabeth McCracken, author of The Hero of This Book

“Eisenberg has a poet’s eye for truth, and her prose is gorgeously precise and empathetic while remaining cleareyed. Emotionally rich and quietly thought-provoking, this is simply a stunning debut.” —Kirkus, starred review

“A debut novel that’s part The Price of Salt and part Just Kids, in which two friends journey across America in pursuit of art and love.” —Electric Lit

“A brilliant book about friendship, found family, and jawns. It’s an ode to our bonds told through exquisite character work that makes the world feel so lived in.” —Debutiful, most anticipated debut debut books of 2024

“This celebration of queer life can’t get into our hands soon enough!” —Hey Alma, most anticipated debut books of 2024

“A perfect novel about making art, making a life, and how to do those things at the same time with other people.” —Hilary Leichter, ‘A Year in Reading’ in The Millions

“Housemates is the brilliant, queer, abundant, art-drunk, soulful, sexy American road trip novel we've needed for so long. Eisenberg writes about the way we live now with tremendous insight and a wide, wide heart. Believe me: this is one journey you don't want to miss." —Stacey D'Erasmo, author of The Complicities

“Ripe and undeniably rich. . . a full-on sensory experience. The novel delights in rendering its bodies–human and landscape alike–as wholly, queerly complex. Characters are both the voyeur and the exhibit here; they encounter twin licks of fear and desire, experiencing the acute ache that comes from creating painfully good art. I fell deeply in love with this book, marveling at its lushness and its attention to detail, happy to follow wherever I was led. Emma Copley Eisenberg is a brilliant writer and Housemates is superb.” —Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author of Mostly Dead Things