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The Midnight Library

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The Midnight Library

By: Matt Haig
Narrated by: Carey Mulligan
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Summary

*THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN, Matt Haig's new novel from the world of The Midnight Library, is out now*

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON
READERS' MOST LOVED BOOK OF 2021
WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR FICTION

'BEAUTIFUL' Jodi Picoult, 'UPLIFTING' i, 'BRILLIANT' Daily Mail, 'AMAZING' Joanna Cannon, 'ABSORBING' New York Times, 'THOUGHT-PROVOKING' Independent

Nora's life has been going from bad to worse. Then at the stroke of midnight on her last day on earth she finds herself transported to a library. There she is given the chance to undo her regrets and try out each of the other lives she might have lived. Which raises the ultimate question: with infinite choices, what is the best way to live?

 Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Indigenous Creators Magical Realism Mental Health Awareness Magic Inspiring Heartfelt Thought-Provoking Feel-Good
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Critic Reviews

"A beguiling read, filled with warmth and humour, and a vibrant celebration of the power of books to change lives"
"A beautiful fable, an It's a Wonderful Life for the modern age – impossibly timely when we are all stuck in a world we wish could be different" (JODI PICOULT)
"A celebration of life's possibilities . . . A beautiful concept . . . Charming"
"A rare and welcome light of hope and wisdom in the darkness" (JOANNE HARRIS)
"A wonderful story . . . Such a beautiful book to get lost in" (Zoe Ball, BBC Radio 2)
"I can’t describe how much his work means to me. So necessary . . . The king of empathy" (JAMEELA JAMIL)
"Warm and humorous"
"A brilliant premise and great fun to have so many stories within one book"
"Amazing and utterly beautiful, The Midnight Library is everything you'd expect from the genius storyteller who is Matt Haig" (JOANNA CANNON)
"Absorbing . . . A vision of limitless possibility, of new roads taken, of new lives lived, of a whole different world available to us somehow, somewhere, might be exactly what's wanted in these troubled and troubling times"
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Beautiful story, wonderful narrator, poor Volts, ask Ash out for coffee. Please. Loved it.

Might have saved my life.

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I wouldn't normally read fiction but this was free on Audible. I will share this book with everyone that I care about.

Everyone should read this

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great book, hard to stop listening to. A different way to get a way out of depression

loved it

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This book came to me at a time when I needed it the most. I will be forever grateful. Thank you Matt Haig.
Carey Mulligan was also an exceptional narrator.

Exceptional

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I feel that this story has given me a different way to view regrets and "what ifs". Definitely worth reading/listening.

Rather life changing

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