Gatsby by Jane Crowther (2026)
A gender-flipped Gatsby now: Nic is a woman, Gatsby is an it-girl, and the old flame is Danny Buchanan.
New money, a murky past and a huge online following. The story fits the present with the genders turned around.
You want a summer novel set now, with an old plot in new clothes.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: Long Island, the summer lease, the parties and the old flame.
Changes: the decade and the genders: Nic Carraway, who does not belong among the super-rich; Jay Gatsby, an it-girl with an online following; and Nic’s married cousin Danny Buchanan, Gatsby’s old flame.
A gender-flipped modern retelling: Nic Carraway takes a cheap summer lease on Long Island next to the it-girl Jay Gatsby, and helps Gatsby reconnect with Nic’s married cousin, Danny Buchanan.
Whose story is it?
Nic’s.
How much time does it ask?
288 pages in The Borough Press paperback, published March 2026.
The Borough Press: “Everyone knows Gatsby. New money. Murky past. Huge online following.”
Where to find it
Buy the paperback — Bookshop.org
Other ways to get it: Paperback — Amazon · Ebook — Kobo · Kindle — Amazon
Borrow it free: Borrow on Libby · Find at your library — WorldCat
More ways into West Egg: The Scribner paperback (“The Only Authorized Edition”) · The Penguin Classics edition, introduction by Min Jin Lee · The Norton Critical Edition, ed. David Alworth