Author

Stephen Chbosky

We've read and reviewed Stephen Chbosky's coming of age and literary fiction book The Perks of Being a Wallflower on Book of the Day — scored and written up in full, with a clear verdict on who it's for.

Cover of The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Stephen Chbosky

Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower is an epistolary coming-of-age novel narrated by Charlie, a watchful freshman who writes letters to a stranger he'll never meet. It's quiet, tender, and quietly devastating, a book about standing on the outside of your own adolescence and slowly learning to step in.