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PUBLISHER: Penguin
ISBN: 9781804992395
RRP: £9.99
PAGES: 528
PUBLICATION DATE:
April 17, 2025
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The Book of Doors
By Gareth Brown
Because some doors should never be opened.
New York bookseller Cassie Andrews is not sure what she’s doing with her life. She lives quietly, sharing an apartment with her best friend, Izzy. Then a favourite customer gives her an old book. Full of strange writing and mysterious drawings, at the very front there is a handwritten message:
This is the Book of Doors. Hold it in your hand, and any door is every door.
Cassie is about to discover that the Book of Doors is a special book – a magic book. A book that bestows extraordinary abilities on whoever possesses it. And she is about to learn that there are other magic books out there that can also do wondrous – or dreadful and terrifying – things.
Because where there is magic there is power and there are those who will stop at nothing to possess it.
Suddenly Cassie and Izzy are confronted by violence and danger, and the only person who can help them is Drummond Fox who has a secret library of magical books hidden in the shadows for safekeeping, a man fleeing his own demons. Because there is a nameless evil out there that is hunting them all . . .
Because this book is worth killing for.
Addictive, brilliantly written and utterly irresistible, The Book of Doors is the spell-binding, mind-bending, heart-pounding new adventure that is perfect for fans of The Binding, The Midnight Library and A Discovery of Witches . . .
Reviews of The Book of Doors
ONE OF GOODREADS' TOP 6 MOST-READ DEBUTS OF 2024
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING DEBUT AND ONE OF THE BBC’S BEST DEBUTS OF 2024
A WOMAN & HOME 'Book of the Year'
‘Joyful, exuberant, and crackling with adventure.' STUART TURTON
'A truly magical book: exciting, intricately plotted and emotionally compelling.' THE GUARDIAN
‘A clever and beautiful novel about the power of books.’ SUNYI DEAN
‘Full of magic, wonder and heart.’ ANITA FRANK
‘A magical, mesmerising adventure from the very first page.’ A. J. WEST
‘A stunning fever dream of a story.’ LEE CHILD
‘A beautiful, unputdownable love letter to books.’ BETH LEWIS
‘A real page-turner – incredibly ambitious and inventive.’ ROSIE ANDREWS
Gareth Brown
Gareth Brown’s debut novel – The Book of Doors – was first published in the UK (Bantam) and USA (William Morrow) in February 2024. It became an instant Sunday Times Bestseller and also hit the USA Today bestseller list. Foreign language rights for The Book of Doors have also been sold to over twenty other territories including Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, South Korea and Brazil. The book was an Amazon Editors’ Best Books of 2024 and was also a finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards for Readers’ Favourite Fantasy and for Readers Favourite Debut Novel in 2024.
Gareth’s second novel – The Society of Unknowable Objects – will be published in the UK and the US in summer 2025.
Gareth spent many years working in the UK Civil Service, but is currently the Director of Screening for NHS Scotland. When not working or writing Gareth loves travel, barbecues, playing bass guitar and watching snooker. He also enjoys falling asleep in front of the television like an old man.
Gareth lives with his wife and two Skye terriers near Edinburgh in Scotland.