The Astral Library
- Author Kate Quinn
- Narrator Kate Quinn, Saskia Maarleveld
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 26 February 2026
- Run Time 10 hours and 14 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Contemporary fantasy, Humorous fiction, Romance: fantasy and paranormal, Speculative fiction.
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What to expect
Have you ever wished you could live inside a book?
Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are doors to new worlds.
Alix Watson knows one thing: unlike people, books will never let her down. Working dead-end jobs to make ends meet, she takes nightly refuge in the reading room at the Boston Public Library, dreaming of far-off lands.
Until she stumbles through a hidden door and is transported to The Astral Library, a place where the lost find sanctuary within their beloved stories.
But when a shadowy enemy threatens to destroy the library, Alix must flee from danger through the Regency drawing rooms of Jane Austen and the back alleys of Sherlock Holmes’ London as danger closes in …
Critics Review
Praise for Kate Quinn:
n‘Recommend it to all lovers of smart historical fiction’ Booklist
n‘Exciting … historical fiction fans will be riveted’ Publishers Weekly
n‘Readers looking for a new and unique viewpoint of World War II with a mystery to solve and a light touch of romance will dive deep into this story’ Library Journal
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