The Book of Lost Hours: The global phenomenon historical fantasy that readers are loving
Aug 2025 · Atlantic Books
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A sweeping, cinematic historical fantasy for fans of The Ministry of Time, The Midnight Library and The Book Thief.
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'If you loved The Ministry of Time, you'll adore this!' SUN ON SUNDAY
'Cold-war spy thriller, soaring fantasy and heart-rending romance' IRISH INDEPENDENT
'An astounding debut' Jamie Ford
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Nuremberg, 1938. Lisavet Levy's watchmaker father saves her from the Nazis by pushing her through a mysterious doorway. There, she discovers the Time Space - a vast, magical library where the memories of everyone who has ever lived are stored in books. Her father promises to follow, but he never comes.
Trapped in the library, she encounters timekeepers, who decide whose memories survive and whose are destroyed.
Lisavet tries to save as many memories as she can, but when she falls in love with a timekeeper, the whole course of history could be at stake...
Unputdownable and completely breath-taking, this heart-rending fantasy is perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab, Matt Haig and Philip Pullman
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Readers are loving The Book of Lost Hours
'Truly such an incredible book'
'It soars because of the characters'
'Hard to put down'
'Clever, beautiful, genre-bending'
'A fabulous debut'
_________________
'If you loved The Ministry of Time, you'll adore this!' SUN ON SUNDAY
'Cold-war spy thriller, soaring fantasy and heart-rending romance' IRISH INDEPENDENT
'An astounding debut' Jamie Ford
_________________
Nuremberg, 1938. Lisavet Levy's watchmaker father saves her from the Nazis by pushing her through a mysterious doorway. There, she discovers the Time Space - a vast, magical library where the memories of everyone who has ever lived are stored in books. Her father promises to follow, but he never comes.
Trapped in the library, she encounters timekeepers, who decide whose memories survive and whose are destroyed.
Lisavet tries to save as many memories as she can, but when she falls in love with a timekeeper, the whole course of history could be at stake...
Unputdownable and completely breath-taking, this heart-rending fantasy is perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab, Matt Haig and Philip Pullman
___________________
Readers are loving The Book of Lost Hours
'Truly such an incredible book'
'It soars because of the characters'
'Hard to put down'
'Clever, beautiful, genre-bending'
'A fabulous debut'
A sweeping, cinematic historical fantasy for fans of The Ministry of Time, The Midnight Library and The Book Thief.
_________________
'If you loved The Ministry of Time, you'll adore this!' SUN ON SUNDAY
'Cold-war spy thriller, soaring fantasy and heart-rending romance' IRISH INDEPENDENT
'An...
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Hayley Gelfuso is an author and poet who works in the environmental non-profit sector. As a writer, she is drawn to stories of the wild and wonderful that are rooted in real world history and science. Her poetry about her experiences working in the conservation field has been published in the Plumwood Mountain Journal. She lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband.
Hayley Gelfuso is an author and poet who works in the environmental non-profit sector. As a writer, she is drawn to stories of the wild and wonderful that are rooted in real world history and science. Her poetry about her experiences working in the conservation field has been published in the Plu...
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