The past cannot be changed, but a magical train can carry a man back into it. Matt Haig's new novel, set in the world of The Midnight Library, puts Wilbur aboard.
Readical Key Points
- A time-travel romance set in the same world as The Midnight Library, part of the publisher's Midnight World series
- A New York Times bestseller, according to the publisher; reviewed in Booklist, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews and Library Journal
- Themes: marriage, regret and second chances
- Hardcover, 304 pages, Viking, 2026
Wilbur's best days were the ones he spent with Maggie, whom he loved above anyone, among them their honeymoon in Venice. Later he threw that life away, and now he longs to return and do it another way. The Midnight Train offers him a return to the turning points of his life and a clear look at the man he really was, but trying to live any of it differently could cost him everything.
Readers who came to Haig through The Midnight Library will find this novel set in the same world. It suits readers of time-travel fiction, second-chance love stories and novels about marriage and regret. Each stop on the line is a moment from Wilbur's own past, and changing any of them could put everything else at risk.
About the Author
A native of Sheffield, England, Matt Haig wrote The Humans, How to Stop Time and The Midnight Library; his publisher reports that the last reached number one on the New York Times list and has sold over fourteen million copies. His other books include the memoir Reasons to Stay Alive and, for children, A Boy Called Christmas, and his work has appeared in fifty-six languages.
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