The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is a historical drama novel by American novelist Taylor Jenkins Reid, and published by Atria Books in 2017.

It tells the story of the fictional Old Hollywood star, Evelyn Hugo, who, at age 79, gives a final interview to unknown journalist, Monique Grant.

Evelyn Hugo, a reclusive former Hollywood star, announces the auction of her collection of famous gowns to raise money for a breast cancer charity in honor of her late daughter.

She then marries him in order to reach Hollywood and escape her abusive father in Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, New York City.

Evelyn seduces a Sunset executive in order to advance her career and divorces Ernie when the studio sets her up with popular actors for publicity.

Evelyn discovers that Don has been unfaithful to her, at which point he divorces her and sabotages her career by getting studio executives to blacklist her.

To revive her career, Evelyn goes to Paris and stars in a racy film by French director Max Girard.

To distract the press, Evelyn goes to Las Vegas with Mick and convinces him that she will not have sex outside of marriage, at which point they get married.

They stay married for a few years, but after Rex impregnates his girlfriend, Joy, Evelyn spins a story that she and Harry Cameron were having an affair.

Evelyn marries Harry, and they move to Manhattan and live closely with Celia and John, posing as two heterosexual couples.

During the Stonewall Riots, the four of them agree to start secretly funding LGBT pioneers since they are unable to publicly take part.

In her late thirties, Evelyn stars in another Max Girard movie, in which she agrees to an explicit sex scene opposite Don Adler.

Together, they prepare to move to Spain with Connor and Harry to live out Celia's final years in relative obscurity and peace.

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo was also translated for print into Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Serbian, Greek, Turkish, Lithuanian, Swedish, Croatian, Czech, French, Slovak, Hungarian, German, Dutch, Italian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Russian, Icelandic, Hebrew, Vietnamese and Chinese.

[9] On March 24, 2022, it was announced that Netflix will be adapting the novel into a feature film with Liz Tigelaar[10] writing and Margaret Chernin executive producing.

The Globe and Mail called it "a cinematic tale with hardscrabble roots, staggering highs and sickening lows.