Matt Haig
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Pub. Date
2016
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Description
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library.
"Destined to become a modern classic." —Entertainment Weekly
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FEEL TRULY ALIVE?
At the age of 24, Matt Haig's world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him and learned to live again.
A moving,...
"Destined to become a modern classic." —Entertainment Weekly
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FEEL TRULY ALIVE?
At the age of 24, Matt Haig's world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him and learned to live again.
A moving,...
Author
Pub. Date
2021
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An instant New York Times Bestseller!
The new uplifting book from Matt Haig, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library, for anyone in search of hope, looking for a path to a more meaningful life, or in need of a little encouragement.
Named by The Washington Post as one of the best feel-good books of the year
“It is a strange paradox, that many of the clearest, most comforting...
The new uplifting book from Matt Haig, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library, for anyone in search of hope, looking for a path to a more meaningful life, or in need of a little encouragement.
Named by The Washington Post as one of the best feel-good books of the year
“It is a strange paradox, that many of the clearest, most comforting...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2016
Description
2018 Odyssey Honor
2018 ALSC Notable Children’s Recording
Roald Dahl meets Elf in this warmhearted Christmas caper about the boy who would one day be Santa Claus, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library.
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Kristen Wiig, Maggie Smith and Henry Lawfull!
Eleven-year-old Nikolas—nicknamed "Christmas"—has received only one toy...
2018 ALSC Notable Children’s Recording
Roald Dahl meets Elf in this warmhearted Christmas caper about the boy who would one day be Santa Claus, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library.
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Kristen Wiig, Maggie Smith and Henry Lawfull!
Eleven-year-old Nikolas—nicknamed "Christmas"—has received only one toy...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2017
Description
"If somewhere in the afterlife Roald Dahl met Charles Dickens and they cooked up a new Christmas tale, it couldn’t have much on this fleet, verbally rambunctious, heart-stealing follow-up to A Boy Called Christmas."—The New York Times
Amelia Wishart was the first child ever to receive a Christmas present. It was her Christmas spirit that gave Santa the extra boost of magic...
Amelia Wishart was the first child ever to receive a Christmas present. It was her Christmas spirit that gave Santa the extra boost of magic...
5) The Humans
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc. by arrangement with Simon and Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2014
Description
The critically acclaimed author of The Radleys shares a clever, heartwarming, and darkly insightful novel about an alien who comes to Earth to save humans from themselves. When an extraterrestrial visitor arrives on Earth, his first impressions of the human species are less than positive. Taking the form of Professor Andrew Martin, a leading mathematician at Cambridge University, the visitor wants to complete his task and go back home, to the planet
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Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Ratatouille meets Roald Dahl in the funny and fantastical story of a determined mouse on a mission to procure the world's tastiest cheese. From the author of A Boy Called Christmas–now a Netflix movie starring Kristen Wiig, Maggie Smith and Henry Lawfull!
When Nikolas left the only home he had ever known, it was a mouse named Miika who kept him company, and it was Miika who accompanied him on his journey to the Far North,...
When Nikolas left the only home he had ever known, it was a mouse named Miika who kept him company, and it was Miika who accompanied him on his journey to the Far North,...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Appears on list
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"'Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices... Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?' ... Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another...
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Tom Hazard has just move back to London to settle down and become a history teacher. But while he may look like an ordinary forty-one-year-old, owing to a rare condition, he's been alive for centuries. Unfortunately for Tom, the Albatross Society, the secretive group that protects people like him, has one rule: Never fall in love.
Author
Publisher
Canongate Books
Pub. Date
2023
Description
Academy Award winner Olivia Colman returns to tell the enchanting adventure of Aada and the Truth Pixie in the sequel to the bestselling children's story by Matt Haig. Proceeds from the sale of this audiobook will be donated to Unicef UK.
New school. New friends. Same old pixie.
'Don't try to be something
You really are not.
Your one true self
Is the best thing you've got.'
In...
10) The Truth Pixie
Author
Publisher
Canongate Books
Pub. Date
2023
Description
A very special edition of Matt Haig's bestselling children's story, read by Olivia Colman. Proceeds from the sale of this exclusive Audible edition will be donated to Unicef UK. From number one bestselling author Matt Haig comes a hilarious and heartwarming story. Wherever she is, whatever the day, She only has one kind of thing to say. Just as cats go miaow and cows go moo, The Truth Pixie can only say things that are true. A very funny and lovable...
Author
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Publisher
Canongate Books
Pub. Date
2023
Description
It isn't always easy, growing up as a human in Elfhelm, even if your adoptive parents are the newly married Father Christmas and Mary Christmas. For one thing, Elf School can be annoying when you have to sing Christmas songs everyday - even in July - and when you fail all your toy-making tests. Also it can get very, very cold. But when the jealous Easter Bunny and his rabbit army launch an attack to stop Christmas, it's up to Amelia, her new family...