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Join Brooke Averick on her
PHOEBE BERMAN'S GONNA LOSE IT
book tour!

May 26 2026 (Tue)
New York, NY
The Strand at Gramercy Theatre
7:00 PM EDT
May 27 2026 (Wed)
Philadelphia, PA
Barnes and Noble at First Unitarian Church
7:00 PM EDT
May 28 2026 (Thu)
Boston, MA
Brookline Booksmith at Coolidge Corner Theatre
6:00 PM EDT
May 30 2026 (Sat)
Los Angeles, CA
Barnes and Noble The Grove
2:00 PM PDT
Jun 1 2026 (Mon)
Chicagoland, IL
Lake Forest Bookstore afternoon luncheon at The Gallery
11:30 AM CDT
Jun 1 2026 (Mon)
Chicagoland, IL
Anderson’s at Pfeiffer Hall
7:00 PM CDT
Jun 2 2026 (Tue)
Charlotte, NC
Trope Bookshop at Central Piedmont Community College
5:00 PM EDT
Jun 3 2026 (Wed)
Louisville, KY
A Novel Romance at The Jeffersonian
6:30 PM EDT
Jun 4 2026 (Thu)
Dallas, TX
Blush Bookstore at Texas Theatre
7:00 PM CDT
Jun 5 2026 (Fri)
Austin, TX
BookPeople
6:00 PM CDT
Jun 6 2026 (Sat)
St. Louis, MO
The Novel Neighbor with St. Louis County Library at Clark Family Library
7:00 PM CDT
Jun 8 2026 (Mon)
Los Angeles, CA
Diesel Bookstore at Santa Monica Bay Woman’s Club
6:30 PM PDT
Jun 9 2026 (Tue)
Seattle, WA
Third Place Books at Third Place Commons
7:00 PM PDT
Jun 10 2026 (Wed)
Portland, OR
Powell’s Books
7:00 PM PDT
Jun 11 2026 (Thu)
San Francisco, CA
Kepler's Books
7:00 PM PDT
Jun 18 2026 (Thu)
Los Angeles, CA
The Ripped Bodice
Brooke's Birthday Bash!
7:00 PM PDT
Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It

Meet Phoebe Berman: despite being a hopeless romantic, she’s about to be a thirty-year-old virgin. With one month before her milestone birthday, she's determined to finally lose it...if her own anxiety doesn’t slow her down. The can’t miss debut novel from podcaster and comedian Brooke Averick.

Because is it possible to find true love when going on a date makes you want to throw up?

Phoebe Berman fears the one thing she wants the most: love. Thanks to an extremely unfortunate first kiss attempt, crippling intimacy anxiety has plagued her since she was a teen.

Phoebe has so much going for her: a dream teaching job, a supportive and hilarious group of best friends, and all the romance novels a girl could want at her fingertips—but she can’t help but beat herself up over the one thing she can’t quite seem to figure out. Determined to change this, she drafts up the ultimate "Guide to Losing My Virginity" checklist with the hope of finally getting laid.

Suddenly, she goes from a relatively boring (basically non-existent) dating life to juggling three romantic prospects at once. There's the gorgeous new fourth grade teacher at her school, a former high school classmate that resurfaces through Words with Friends, and there will always be her roommate, who might just be the best friends-to-lovers situation of her dreams.

Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It is a brutally honest and completely relatable story for anyone who’s ever felt stuck between coming of age and coming apart.

Brooke Averick
Photo: © Courtesy of the author

Brooke Averick is best known for her podcast, Brooke and Connor Make a Podcast, where she speaks candidly and humorously about her struggles with OCD, anxiety, and depression, as well as her latest celebrity crushes, all while trying to convince her co-host to appreciate the magic of musical theatre. She's amassed a social media following of over 1.5M across numerous platforms. She studied Early Childhood Education at Boston University, and currently lives in Los Angeles with her two cats, Jonathan and Robert. This is Brooke's debut novel, with a release date set for approximately one month before her thirtieth birthday.

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