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Name: The Midnight Library
Rating: 4.046511627906 (43 reviews)
Author: Matt Haig

Matt Haig’s Midnight Library presents a surreal premise: a library beyond life and death contains infinite books, each chronicling an alternate life a reader could have lived by making different choices. The story follows Nora Seed, who, after a crisis, is invited to explore these possibilities. As she steps through countless versions of her life—some darker, some brighter—she confronts questions of regret, fulfillment, and the paths that shape identity, ultimately learning that the choices worth making are those that bring personal meaning, rather than perfection.

First publish date: 2020

Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction

Authors: Matt Haig

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