The Last Bookstore on Earth
By (Author) Lily Braun-Arnold
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Penguin Books Ltd
14th January 2025
9th January 2025
United Kingdom
Young Adult
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Romance and love stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+
Childrens / Teenage social topics: Environment, sustainability and green issues
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: First / new experiences and grow
Childrens / Teenage social topics: Accidents, disasters or emergencies
Paperback
320
Width 127mm, Height 197mm, Spine 19mm
223g
A timely story of queer love and survival set against the backdrop of a climate change apocalypse, this book is Station Eleven and The Last of Us meets All that's Left in the World. A heartbreaking and high-stakes story of queer love and survival set against the backdrop of a climate change apocalypse, this book is Station Eleven and The Last of Us meets All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown. The world is about to end. Again. It's been a year since a devastating storm ripped Liz's world apart. Haunted by the memories of those she couldn't save, Liz is holed up in the only place she felt safe before her world fell away- the bookstore where she used to work. Now she spends her days trading books for supplies and collecting stories from the remaining survivors who pass by. Until she learns that another earth-shattering Storm is coming . . . and everything changes. Enter Maeve, a spiky out-of-towner who breaks into the bookstore looking for shelter one night. When Maeve's secrets and Liz's inner demons come back to haunt them both, they find themselves fighting for their lives as their world crumbles around them and asking themselves one big question. As the end of the world approaches, is there time for one final love story 'A thoroughly original, intimate and sometimes harrowing meditation on survival, forgiveness and learning how to love again at the almost end of the world' #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicola Yoon 'Hopeful, thrilling, and twisty, The Last Bookstore on Earth is the snarky sapphic dystopian of our dreams' Jennifer Dugan, author of Some Girls Do 'A hauntingly beautiful story of love, loss and the raw fight for survival' Jarrod Shusterman New York Times Bestselling author of Dry
Lily Braun-Arnold is nineteen years old. She is a sophomore at Smith College and works at her own local independent bookstore in New Jersey. The Last Bookstore on Earth is her debut novel.