Call Me by Your Name (MTI): A Novel

Now a Major Motion Picture from Director Luca Guadagnino, Starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet, and Written by Three-Time Oscar™ Nominee James Ivory

The Basis of the Oscar-Winning Best Adapted Screenplay


A New York Times Bestseller
A USA Today Bestseller
A Los Angeles Times Bestseller
A Vulture Book Club Pick


An Instant Classic and One of the Great Love Stories of Our Time

Andre Aciman's Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents’ cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. Each is unprepared for the consequences of their attraction, when, during the restless summer weeks, unrelenting currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion and test the charged ground between them. Recklessly, the two verge toward the one thing both fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy. It is an instant classic and one of the great love stories of our time.

Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Fiction

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year • A Publishers Weekly and The Washington Post Best Book of the Year • A New York Magazine "Future Canon" Selection • A Chicago Tribune and Seattle Times (Michael Upchurch's) Favorite Favorite Book of the Year

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Published Oct 3, 2017

256 pages

Average rating: 7.51

315 RATINGS

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Readers say *Call Me by Your Name* offers stunning, poetic writing and compelling, deeply felt characters that explore obsessive young love, self-disc...

Khris Sellin
Jul 05, 2024
6/10 stars
A heartbreaking love story that's surrounded by a lot of tedious mundanity.
yammy
Oct 30, 2025
7/10 stars
Beautiful flowery prose, was a delight to read. I enjoyed the novel more than the film although they do complement each other well. The novel is able to explore Elio’s internal dialogue a lot more and his father’s speech at the end is one of my favorite character monologues
Alexander Óli Vídalín Knudsen
Mar 01, 2025
10/10 stars
I love it so much, so much better than the movie! Its so raw, so real, so emotional, so sad, so human. Will 100% read it again and could not recommend it more!
Whitneyy
Feb 03, 2025
8/10 stars
A charming and sweet romance and coming of age novel. I loved the energy between Oliver and Elio and I felt like I was rooting for them the entire novel. Great and easy read.
SHoffa
Dec 03, 2024
7/10 stars
The book was a bit hard to follow at times and this may be one occasion where the movie did such a phenomenal job encompassing the two main characters, that I actually enjoyed the book more because of the movie.

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