Good Midnight

“As sharp and lucent and alarming as a piece of broken crystal.”— Deborah Eisenberg, author of Your Duck Is My DuckThe last of the four novels Jean Rhys wrote in interwar Paris, Good Morning, Midnight

For readers of Station Eleven and The Snow Child, Lily Brooks-Dalton’s haunting debut is the unforgettable story of two outsiders—a lonely scientist in the Arctic and an astronaut trying to return to

"Good Midnight, Insomniacs" is a spontaneous collage of life-writing and photographs put together in one breath and hastening to document the early stages of the author's recovery from addiction and d

An unforgettable portrait of a woman bravely confronting loneliness and despair in her quest for self-determination, Jean Rhys's Good Morning Midnight includes an introduction by A.L. Kennedy in Pengu

Saved, rescued, fished-up, half-drowned, out of the deep, dark river, dry clothes, hair shampooed and set... Set in a 1930s Paris of shabby hotel rooms, seedy bars and drunken encounters, Jean Rhys's

Sasha Jensen has returned to Paris, the city of both her happiest moments and her most desperate. Her past lies in wait for her in cafes, bars, and dress shops, blurring all distinctions between nigh

The #1 New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenonWinner 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 PostThe 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 nowSomewhere 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 Midnig

For readers of Station Eleven and The Martian, Lily Brooks-Dalton’s haunting debut is the unforgettable story of two outsiders—a lonely scientist in the Arctic and an astronaut trying to return to Ear

★ 全球熱銷17萬冊，自出版傳奇逆襲國際書市！★ 讀者4.8星壓倒性好評，淚崩推薦「此生必讀」★ 療癒系經典潛力之作，媲美《The Midnight Library》與《A Man Called Ove》★ 一封寫給善意與相遇的情書，溫柔卻震撼人心「如果一件事物沒有愛作為核心，它就無法成為真正美好的存在。」某個清晨，一名陌生人來到名為Golden的小鎮。沒有人知道他從哪裡來，也沒有人明白他為何出現。他叫西奧（Theo）。在鎮上的咖啡館裡，牆上掛著九十二幅素描肖像──那是本地畫家為鎮民留下的身影。西奧開始一幅幅買下這些畫，再悄悄把它們交還給「真正的主人」。每一次歸還，都是一次凝視與被凝視；每一次交換，都改寫一段人生。這是一部關於「看見」與「被看見」的小說。關於創造的慷慨、對世界的驚奇，以及那些無形卻真實存在的善意之線，如何悄悄將我們繫在一起。THE GLOBAL BESTSELLING PHENOMENONTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING PHENOMENON'For anything to be truly good, there must be love in it. Nothing is what it's supposed to be if love is not at the core.'One morning, a stranger arrives in the town of Golden. No one knows who he is or where he came from…His name is Theo and he's arrived there by chance – or has he? He visits the local coffeehouse, where ninety-two pencil portraits hang on the walls, portraits by a local artist of the people of Golden. He begins purchasing them, one at a time, and putting them back in the hands of their 'rightful owners'. With each exchange, a s

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK!For fans of The Ministry of Time and The Midnight Library, a sweeping, unforgettable novel following two remarkable women moving between postwar and Cold War-era America and the mysterious time space, a library filled with books containing the memories of those who bore witness to history.Enter the time space, a soaring library filled with books containing the memories of those have passed and accessed only by specially made watches once passed from father to son-but mostly now in government hands. This is where eleven-year-old Lisavet Levy finds herself trapped in 1938, waiting for her watchmaker father to return for her. When he doesn't, she grows up among the books and specters, able to see the world only by sifting through the memories of those who came before her. As she realizes that government agents are entering the time space to destroy books and maintain their preferred version of history, she sets about saving these scraps in her own vol

因為有你在，寒日裡會覺得溫暖；暗夜中也能看見光 在靜謐夜晚裡旅行的少年們，逐漸步入故事的核心謎團感受滲入心中的鈷藍色淡淡孤寂Good Midnight！在不知是過去亦或未來的宇宙某處，一種名為「托比亞斯樹」的植物所散發出的毒素令人們陷入「不會醒來的睡眠」，並在各個星球間蔓延擴散。名叫303的主角，因為有著不受毒素影響的特異體質，便擔任著宇宙文化保存派遣員，又名「星旅人」的職務。本作便是他在宇宙各處遊歷，將當大多數的人入睡後，各星球上即將消亡的文化遺產和重要事物記錄保存下來的故事…… 承接第二集故事尾聲，一位叫做「托比亞斯」的神祕人物突然出現在303的身前。他不光外貌長得和303如出一轍，彼此也都知悉對方的過往。在托比亞斯對303「下達指令」，令他的意識進入休眠狀態之後，托比亞斯暫時代管了303的身體，並展開了短暫的冒險。過程中各自的久遠回憶也逐一交錯閃現。303與托比亞斯的關係、相片中不知名的[哥哥]，還有那處靜謐、美麗，又令人懷念的之地…… 期盼你有個美好的夜晚，宛若遙遠星辰般隱透微光的暖科幻漫畫第３集！

The charming international bestseller about an elderly bookseller who delivers his recommendations door-to-door and an unlikely friendship with a nine-year-old girl that changes his life, for fans of The Midnight Library and A Man Called Ove.The bookseller Carl Christian Kollhoff delivers books to special customers in the evening hours after closing time, walking through the picturesque alleys of the city. These people are almost like friends to him, and he is their most important connection to the world.When Kollhoff unexpectedly loses his job, it takes the power of books and a nine-year-old girl to make them all find the courage to rebuild their bonds with each other.A bestselling phenomenon internationally, Carsten Henn's The Door-to-Door Bookstore is a feel-good novel about books and friendship.

For fans of Disney Twisted Tales and Serena Valentino's Villains comes the next book of the Disney Prince Young Adult series where Prince Charming tells his side of Disney's Cinderella. Ever since the death of his mother, Prince August of Charmant has sworn off love. Now with only a few months until he inherits the throne, August is unable to delay conversations of marriage any longer. But news of a magical memory curse plaguing a nearby village--the same village he used to spend his summers with his mother--offers August a reprieve. He convinces his father to give him one week to lead the royal investigation before returning to the palace for good. Despite feeling relief, August dreads confronting his own bittersweet memories of the village, his mother, and Ella, the childhood friend he hasn't spoken to in nearly six years. But maybe the best person to help him restore the town's memories is the girl he hasn't been able to forget. Once reunited, August is surprised to see how Ella has

Stunning artwork from the acclaimed illustrator of The Midnight Fair illuminates a sweet cautionary tale about a rabbit whose fabled soup-making gets away from him. Mr. Lepron is a rabbit who lives in a cozy burrow with many offspring. Every year on the first day of autumn, he reaps vegetables from the farmer's garden--carrots, onions, celery, beans, aromatic herbs, and much more--and makes the best soup on earth, adored by his family. As it simmers, he dozes and dreams of being a famous cook, hosted by kings. And sure enough, his soup is so good that it starts drawing creatures from all over--until one day a factory springs up in the woods, with Mr. Lepron presiding day and night and soup cans for sale in all the most renowned shops. But as demand rises, Mr. Lepron's dreams become fretful, and soon he starts hearing complaints: his soup is not as good as it was. Has his recipe changed--or has Mr. Lepron? How can he recapture the joy he once shared with his family? Mariachiara Di Giorg

感受沁入心中的鈷藍色淡淡孤寂，在今晚結束之前，啟程踏上一段如夢似幻的星辰旅行 ★日本2023「這本漫畫真厲害！」女性類別組 第5名★日本讀者評價猶如《小王子》與《銀河鐵道之夜》的綜合體 [關於本書] Good Midnight(夜安)，這裡是PGT管制室定時聯繫時刻── 在這個不知時間地點的宇宙某處，一種名為「托比亞斯樹」的植物正在各星球間蔓延，祂所散發出來的毒素會讓人們陷入了「不會醒來的睡眠」，並在最終皆被同化成托比亞斯樹。 任職於宇宙大型企業「星辰魂遊旅行社」(Planetarium Ghost Travel，簡稱為PGT) 的文化保存派遣員，編號303的「星旅人」，因為身上有著不會受到毒素影響的體質，他的任務便是造訪宇宙各處，將每顆星球上即將消失的文化遺產和重要事物保存下來。 本作便是講述主角303，隻身一人在廣袤的宇宙間四處遊歷、記錄保存珍貴的事物，並和不同人事物展開相遇的「一期一會」，以及感受別離時「侘寂」的故事。 敬請享受這趟旅程，並祝你有個愉快的夜晚。

Nur and Yasmina are in loveThey’ve been together for four happy yearsBut Nur’s parents don’t know that Yasmina existsAs Nur’s family counts down to midnight on New Year’s Eve, Nur is watching the clock more closely than most: he has made a pact with himself, and with his girlfriend, Yasmina, that at midnight he will finally tell his Pakistani parents the truth. That he has spent years hiding his personal life from them to preserve his image as the golden child. That he has built a life with a woman he loves and she is Black.Nur wants to be the good son his parents ask him to be, and the good boyfriend Yasmina needs him to be. But as everything he holds dear is challenged, he is forced to ask, is love really a choice for a second-generation immigrant son like him?Deftly exploring family obligation and racial prejudice alongside the flush of first love, Good Intentions is a captivating and powerful modern love story that announces a thrilling new voice in British fiction.

"An old-school (in every sense) yarn... Bishop pulls it off with humour and aplomb." Financial Times A captivating boarding school mystery from Sylvia Bishop, author of Erica's Elephant, The Bookshop Girl and The Secret of the Night Train. Transplanted from her exciting life as an explorer's daughter, Freya finds herself miserable at a posh boarding school.Freya hates all the boring rules, the other girls are mean to her, and the headmistress is frosty good manners personified. When a bat removal expert is called in to deal with an infestation, Freya meets his irrepressible children - and finds herself making friends at last. Together they explore the city, with particular interest in the grand exhibition showing priceless artefacts for the first time.When the objects are stolen in a dramatic heist, Freya is sure her new friends are responsible - but the true culprit might be closer to home... Warm, witty and packed full of gorgeous characters, this is a boarding school mystery with a

Winner of the 2021 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Collection"Unsettling in the best way." -- KIRKUS, Starred Review"Wonderfully terrifying." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, Starred Review"Gets under your skin." -- GEEK MOM"Striking drawings and suspenseful storytelling." -- io9A masterful collection of tales from the faded border between our day-to-day world and the horrifying unknown on the other side of midnight.An old woman living alone on the edge of a bog gets an unexpected -- and unsettling -- visitor, throwing her quiet life into a long-buried mystery. An isolated backwoods family stumbles into good fortune for a time with a monstrous discovery in the lake behind their house, but that time is running short. And a misfit little girl, struggling to make friends, meets an understanding soul one day at the beach: but why will he only play with her alone at night? All these lonely souls -- and more -- have reached out into the darkness, not knowing what they might find.Around the dark edges of r