This novelette version of Mark and Margaret living August 4th over and over preceded the Amazon movie by about three years, but the charm of both teens and their growth through the repeating day was evident even in this original version. If you read the standalone Kindle version of the story, you’ll be rewarded with an epilogue where Gooseman talks about the path he took from the novelette to his first screenplay that became the movie, which we awarded a Gold Eloi Medal.
—Michael Main
“Look, I don’t know how to put this exactly,” I said, “but would you happen to be trapped in a temporal anomaly? Like right now? Like there’s something wrong with time?”

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  1. “The Map of Tiny Perfect Things” by Lev Grossman, in Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories, edited by Stephanie Perkins (St. Martin’s Griffin, May 2016).
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Lev Grossman
  2. audio reading.
    “The Map of Tiny Perfect Things” by Lev Grossman, in Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories, edited by Stephanie Perkins (Recorded Books, May 2016).
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Lev Grossman
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . narrated by Michael Bakkensen
  3. audio reading.
    “The Map of Tiny Perfect Things” by Lev Grossman (Little, Brown Young Readers, February 2021).
    4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Lev Grossman
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . narrated by Michael Crouch

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  1. Bulgarian.
    “Картата на мъничките съвършени неща,” as by Лев Гросман, in Летни дни и летни нощи: 12 любовни истории Summer days and summer nights: 12 love stories, edited by Stephanie Perkins (Ciela, June 2016) [The publisher, Ciela (aka Сиела), uses its Latin spelling on covers, title pages, and its website.].
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Lev Grossman as by Лев Гросман
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  2. Czech.
    “Mapa perfektních maličkostí” by Lev Grossman, in Letní dny a noci: Dvanáct prázdninových políbení, edited by Stephanie Perkins (CooBoo, August 2017).
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Lev Grossman
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  3. Italian.
    “La mappa delle piccole cose perfette” by Lev Grossman, in Cosa resta dell’estate: storie d’amore lunghe un anno, edited by Stephanie Perkins (EaA Planeta Libri, May 2019).
    4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Lev Grossman
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by unknown persons
  4. Norwegian.
    “Kartet over bitte små perfekte ting” by Lev Grossman, in Sommerdager og sommernetter: tolv fortellinger om kjærlighet, edited by Stephanie Perkins (Gyldendal, 2017).
    5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Lev Grossman
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  5. Persian.
    “نقشه ی لحظات کوچک و فوق العاده,” as by لو گروسمان, in کتاب روزها و شبهای تابستان : دوازده عاشقانه تابستانی Summer days and nights book: twelve summer romances, edited by Stephanie Perkins (آذرباد, 2017).
    6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Lev Grossman as by لو گروسمان
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  6. Polish.
    “Mapa maleńkich wspaniałości” by Lev Grossman, in Ktoś mnie pokocha: 12 wakacyjnych opowiadań, edited by Stephanie Perkins (Otwarte, 2017).
    7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Lev Grossman
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  7. Portuguese.
    “O Mapa das Pequenas Coisas Perfeitas” by Lev Grossman, in Aconteceu Naquele Verão: Doze Histórias de Amor, edited by Stephanie Perkins (Intrinseca, January 2017).
    8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Lev Grossman
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  8. Romanian.
    “Harta lucrurilor perfecte” by Lev Grossman, in Zile & nopți de vară: 12 povestiri de dragoste, edited by Stephanie Perkins (Epica, October 2017).
    9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Lev Grossman
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  9. Spanish.
    “El mapa de la pequeñas cosas perfectas” by Lev Grossman, in Días de sol y noches de verano: Doce historias de amor, edited by Stephanie Perkins (Alfaguara Juvenil, May 2017).
    10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Lev Grossman
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  10. Turkish.
    “Küçük Mükemmel Şeyler Haritası” by Lev Grossman, in Yazdan Geriye Kalanlar, edited by Stephanie Perkins (Yabancı Yayınları, October 2016).
    11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Lev Grossman
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