Atmosphere

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AN EPIC NOVEL SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE 1980S SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM ABOUT THE EXTRAORDINARY LENGTHS WE GO TO LIVE AND LOVE BEYOND OUR LIMITS.


In the summer of 1980, astrophysics professor Joan Goodwin begins training to be an astronaut at Houston’s Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond; mission specialists John Griffin and Lydia Danes; warmhearted Donna Fitzgerald; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer. As the new astronauts prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined and begins to question everything she believes about her place in the observable universe.

Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, everything changes in an instant.

Atmosphere is Taylor Jenkins Reid at her best: transporting readers to iconic times and places, creating complex protagonists, and telling a passionate and soaring story about the transformative power of love – this time among the stars.

'Tipped to be this summer's big read' Sunday Times

'Quite possibly our favourite TJR novel yet...Even if you're not a big space fan, you can't help but fall for this cosmic tale.' Cosmopolitan

'An ambitious novel that explores human limitation, sacrifice and the essence of love itself.' Woman & Home

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Critics Review

Tipped to be this summer's big read
Sunday Times
A richly drawn page-turner ... It would take a stony reader to turn away from its pleasures ... Melding action thriller emergency with star-crossed romance ... I'd be lying if I said my eyes weren't wet by the end
Observer
Quite possibly our favourite TJR novel yet ... Even if you're not a big space fan, you can't help but fall for this cosmic tale
Cosmopolitan
A breathtaking, quietly staggering tale of female empowerment, desire, and our place in the universe
Heat
Is there a popular fiction writer alive who conveys falling in love better than Taylor Jenkins Reid?
Daily Mail
You'll see this one on every sun lounger this summer
iPaper
An ambitious novel that explores human limitation, sacrifice and the essence of love itself
Woman & Home
Takes you on a journey to show the lengths we go to for love. Sure to be a must-read
Fabulous
Atmosphere is at once epic and intimate, heart-wrenching and hopeful. It's an escapist novel of the best kind with a final few pages that will leave you utterly breathless
Culturefly
Moving, pacey and a read that will stick with you
Press Association

User Reviews

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Loved this! I'd been in a reading rut for a couple of months but this pulled my right out of it and I flew through it! The characters are well developed, the story is beautiful and you can just tell how much research the author out into it. Would highly recommend
katewhale 05/10/2025
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Another great love story from TJR. Want to know what all of these characters do next!
marieiram 23/06/2025
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silvie 11/06/2025

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