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Erik J. Brown

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Erik J. Brown is the internationally-bestselling author of All That's Left in the World and the sequel The Only Light Left Burning.

His books have received starred reviews from Kirkus, The Bulletin of the Center of Children's Books, and ALA Booklist.

His second novel, Lose You to Find Me, became a USA Today Bestseller.

Erik is also the co-host of the YA Book Podcast YA-OK where he and Alyssa Ljub of Netflix's The Circle talk with new and established YA authors about writing, publishing, and all things YA!

He lives in Philadelphia with his family.

You can find him on Instagram @ErikJB and TikTok @ErikJBrown ...more

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Average rating: 4.17 · 53,021 ratings · 9,485 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	All That’s Left in the World (All That's Left in the World, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 42,041 ratings — published 2022 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 7,011 ratings — published 2024 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lose You to Find Me: A USA Today Bestselling Queer Coming-of-Age Romance 3.78 avg rating — 3,817 ratings — published 2023 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Better the Devil 4.17 avg rating — 134 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All That’s Left in the World Duology: love begins when the world ends in the hit genre-bending queer dystopian romance about courage, hope and humanity, for fans of The Last of Us and Heartstopper 4.33 avg rating — 18 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Erik Brown said: " I’m Erik J. Brown and I wrote this book. If I’m being honest it’s absolutely top five best books of all time about a runaway teen forced to steal the identity of a missing (presumably dead) kid.

Real chill stuff. Shouldn’t stress out or terrify/distur ...more "

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Erik Brown said: " This is a sequel to my Goodreads Choice Award nominated book, ALL THAT'S LEFT IN THE WORLD.

Like the original, it's very scary and cute and sad and romantic and heartbreaking and hopeful. And also like the original I'd say it's top five best books of ...more "

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Erik Brown said: " I wrote this. So I think it's definitely top five best books of all time about queer kids surviving the apocalypse. I also think you'd agree so give it a read! ...more "

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“Oh my fucking God, is that adorable or are my standards apocalyptically lowered?”
― Erik J. Brown, All That’s Left in the World

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“But then I look at him; I hear his laugh, I see his smile, and the darkness melts away. Then I do have hope--even just for a little while--because I know that there is something in this world I can fight for. Something I will fight for if I have to.”
― Erik J. Brown, All That’s Left in the World

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“We're going to be okay,' I repeated to him.
If things get hard again, I'll carry him. And he'll carry me.
And we'll be okay.”
― Erik J. Brown, All That’s Left in the World

tags: gay, love, mlm, queer, romance

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by Erik J. Brown

9 votes 40.9%

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