Book Happy-Go-Lucky

It was published on May 31, 2022, by Little, Brown and Company. 13 of the 18 essays were previously published in a magazine or through Amazon Original Stories; some of these were published under a different title or in a different form.

Happy-Go-Lucky

First edition cover
Author	David Sedaris
Audio read by	David Sedaris
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date	May 31, 2022 (2022-05-31)
Media type	Print, e-book, audiobook
Pages	272
ISBN	978-0-316-39245-7
Preceded by	Calypso

In Happy-Go-Lucky, Sedaris continues where he left off in Calypso, writing about his transition into late midlife during the final years of the Trump administration and into the COVID-19 pandemic. He writes about his life and the lives of his family—including his siblings, his longtime partner Hugh, and the decline of his 98-year-old father, with whom he had a fractured relationship.

Happy-Go-Lucky debuted at number one on The New York Times nonfiction best-seller list for the week ending June 4, 2022.

Happy-Go-Lucky received favorable reviews from critics, with a cumulative "Positive" rating at the review aggregator website Book Marks based on a sample of 12 reviews. Publishers Weekly wrote, "Sedaris's tragicomedy is gloomier than usual, but it's as rich and rewarding as ever." In a rave review, Anita Snow of the Associated Press wrote, "Writing about his teen years, Sedaris is simultaneously amusing and brutal while unflinchingly exposing the ironies of his family and life in general." In a mixed review, Houman Barekat of The Guardian criticized Sedaris as coming across as "glib on racial politics", "cranky" toward the younger generation, and "petty" and "bitter", but admitted "it is partly because of these flaws that people relate to him." Barekat concluded, "On the page he's a somewhat diminished presence: engaging but rarely captivating."