Garth Greenwell Books in Order

An American teacher in Sofia becomes involved with Mitko, a young man he initially pays for sex. Their increasingly unsettling relationship forces him to confront childhood rejection, queer desire, and the ways shame, loneliness, and unequal circumstances shape intimacy.

An American teacher in Sofia reflects on love, sexual encounters, and his impending departure amid political unrest. Connections with a student, strangers, and another foreigner revive memories of earlier wounds, exploring how desire and vulnerability influence his understanding of himself and others.

A poet enters intensive care after sudden, devastating pain disrupts his ordinary life. Confronting illness and medical uncertainty, he reflects on art, memory, care, and his intimate relationships as bodily vulnerability changes his sense of what matters.