Darius the Great Is Not Okay

Darius the Great Is Not Okay is SJSU's Campus Reading book for the fall 2023 incoming class of first-year students. "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" is in essence a coming-of-age story with family at the center. Throughout the narrative, readers will encounter Persian customs, traditions, and foods, many of them for the first time, just as Darius does.

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Adib Khorram is the author of Darius the Great Is Not Okay, which earned the William C. Morris Debut Award, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature, and a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor, as well as a multitude of other honors and accolades. His followup, Darius the Great Deserves Better received three starred reviews, was an Indie Bestseller, and received a Stonewall Honor. When he isn’t writing, you can find him learning to do a Lutz jump, practicing his handstands, or steeping a cup of oolong. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri, where people don’t usually talk about themselves in the third person. Read Adib Khorram's full biography on adibkhorram.com.