Romantic Comedy / Coming of Age
Somewhere Beautiful
Genre: Voice-driven literary fiction
Sub-label: Campus / romantic existentialism
A post-millennial teenager stumbles through the summer before college, until a girl he meets on a family vacation in Paris—and a death-defying event back home—reshape his sense of the world and his place in it.
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“This is a novel written by someone who understands exactly how it feels to be young, gifted, and unwilling to surrender to the world. But it is also clear that Marks went down that road far enough to understand its limits, and its costs.
You don’t close Somewhere Beautiful thinking about what the title means. You recognize the place. And you understand why it’s a place you want to stay.”
— Emma Russel - Feb 3, 2026
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