Tell Me My Name

by Amy Reed

About the book

A near-future, gender-flipped retelling of The Great Gatsby, Tell Me My Name is a dark, seductive literary novel about the dangerous allure of wealth, fame, and belonging.

Fern has spent eighteen years being good: a dutiful daughter, a loyal friend, an invisible girl living safely at the edge of other people’s lives. On Commodore Island, where the wealthy shelter from a world of climate disasters, mass displacement, and widening inequality, she has always been close enough to see privilege, but never quite close enough to touch it.

Then Ivy Avila arrives.

Fresh out of treatment and retreating from a lifetime in the spotlight, the world-famous actress and singer chooses Fern as her confidante. Soon Fern is swept into Ivy’s intoxicating orbit of extravagant parties, dangerous secrets, and obsessive desire.

As the summer grows hotter and Ivy’s glittering world begins to fracture, Fern finds herself becoming more than an observer. But in a place built on performance, privilege, and lies, it is increasingly difficult to know what is real—or where Ivy’s story ends and Fern’s begins.

Book Details

Format: Paperback, E-book, & Audiobook
Release Date: November 10, 2026
Dimensions: 5.5″ x 8.25″
Page Count: 338
Price: (Paperback) $17.99, (E-book) $9.99
ISBN: (Paperback) 9798904530082, (E-book) 9798904530099, (Audiobook) 9798904530129

A Look Inside

For readers of Emma Cline’s The Girls, Tell Me My Name is a fever dream of female desire and power, exploring what it means to come of age in a world that demands everything from young women—and the consequences of refusing to remain a supporting character in someone else’s story.

About the author

Amy Reed

Amy Reed is the award-winning author of several acclaimed novels for young adults, including The Nowhere Girls, Beautiful, and Clean. She also co-authored the adult nonfiction book The Culting of America with Daniella Mestyanek Young. After a lifetime on the West Coast, Amy now lives in Asheville, North Carolina, where she enjoys gardening, ignoring her phone, and running very slowly. 

Words of praise

Only Amy Reed could write a novel this dark, this gorgeous, this forward-looking while speaking to our present moment.
Wiley Cash
Author of A Land More Kind Than Home
A kaleidoscope of light and shadow that will keep you flipping page after page.
Amber Smith
Author of The Way We Used to Be
A lush, gorgeously crafted page-turner.
Jennifer Mathieu
Author of Moxie
The best kind of literary thriller—one with as much conscience as pulse.
Brendan Kiely
Co-author of All American Boys