The Midnight Library: A GMA Book Club Pick

By Matt Haig

Publisher Description

The #1 New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon

Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick | Independent (London) Ten Best Books of the Year

"A feel-good book guaranteed to lift your spirits."—The Washington Post

The dazzling reader-favorite about the choices that go into a life well lived, from the acclaimed author of How To Stop Time and The Comfort Book.

Don’t miss Matt Haig’s latest instant New York Times besteller, The Life Impossible, available now

Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better?

In The Midnight Library, Matt Haig's enchanting blockbuster novel, Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision. Faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist; she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place.

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Believable Relatable Action-packed Well-structured Beautiful Enchanted Captivating Motivational Moving Easy to follow Flows well

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Change and grow Memorable Multilayered Clever plotting Gripping/exciting Suspenseful Atmospheric Eerie Futuristic Captivating Engaging Moving Thought-provoking Death Grief Self-harm

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Kayleigh

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“"You don't have to understand life. You just have to live it." This book is packed full of thought provoking concepts and hard hitting one liners. If you’ve ever felt lost in life, harbored regrets, or hang on to the “what if” moments - this book will hit you hard. While Nora was a bit insufferable at times, witnessing and feeling her character growth was inspiring as someone who has often felt lost. It was a bit repetitive at times and sometimes the immense detail of certain avenues Nora took were overwhelming, while some I wish we would have experienced more of. But overall I thought this was a great read and I appreciated the beautifully written takes on life and living.”

Change and grow Repetitive Beautifully-written Motivational Thought-provoking Self-harm

About Matt Haig

Matt Haig is the author of the instant New York Times Bestseller The Comfort Book; two memoirs, Notes on a Nervous Planet and the internationally bestselling Reasons to Stay Alive; along with six novels, including How to Stop Time, and several award-winning children’s books. The Midnight Library, a number one New York Times Bestseller, is his latest novel and has sold more than six million copies world-wide. His work has been translated into more than forty languages.