{"isbn": "9781786892737", "book": {"idtitle": 6244252, "isbn": "9781786892737", "family_id": null, "title": "Midnight Library", "author": "Matt Haig", "shorttitle": "Midnight Library", "il1": "310", "il2": "865", "il3": "AP1", "il5": "A16", "publisher": "TBURNAL", "imprint": "AP2", "series": "", "pubdate": "2023-02-07", "nz_pubdate": null, "instore_date": "2023-02-07", "coverurl": "Y", "format": "B", "height": 198, "width": 129, "page_extent": 304, "retail_price_aus": "24.99", "retail_price_nz": "27.99", "subtitle": null, "stock_status_code": "B", "pages": null, "kids_readership_from": null, "kids_readership_to": null, "edition": null, "ins_pp": "0", "num_in_series": null, "previous_title": null, "nonsortprefix": "The", "editor": null, "locked": null, "stock_on_order": 3600, "wordcount": null, "illustrator": null, "title_notes": null, "quote_file": null, "primary_book_f": null, "full_format_description": null, "created": "2022-06-07T15:20:01.948740+10:00", "updated": "2026-03-31T13:35:15+11:00", "weight": 0, "depth": 21, "stock_status_change_date": "2026-03-31", "edition_reference_code": null, "packagetype": "PB", "publisher_book": 44, "editor_sup": null, "secondary_book": [], "retail_price_uk": 0.0}, "awards": [], "categories": {"id_title_category": 420971, "isbn": "9781786892737", "cat_type": "BIC1", "value": "FA", "priority": 4, "category": "BIC"}, "bic1": {"idmd_bic_mappings": 346, "code": "FA", "description": "Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)", "marketing_main_code": "F", "marketing_main_description": "Fiction", "marketing_sub_code": "F", "marketing_sub_description": "Popular Fiction", "back_cover_cat": "Fiction", "type_mapping": "BIC"}, "imprint": {"idimprint": "AP2", "description": "Canongate PBS", "related_il3": "AP1", "screen_id": 4, "url_logo": "https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/dimo.allenunwin.com/logos/Canongate.png", "manual_isbn": false, "hide_from_user": false, "publisher_id": 44, "visiblity": 1}, "blurb": {"idblurbs": 3427898, "idtitle": 6244252, "isbn": "9781786892737", "short_description": "", "cover_blurb": "THE BESTSELLING WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON <br>WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR FICTION<br><br><b>'BEAUTIFUL' - Jodi Picoult</b><br><b>'UPLIFTING' - <i>i</i></b><br><b>'BRILLIANT' - <i>Daily Mail</i></b> <br><b>'AMAZING' - Joanna Cannon</b> <br><b>'ABSORBING' - <i>New York Times</i></b> <br><b>'THOUGHT-PROVOKING' - <i>Independent</i><br></b><br>Nora's life has been going from bad to worse. Then at the stroke of midnight on her last day on earth she finds herself transported to a library. There she is given the chance to undo her regrets and try out each of the other lives she might have lived. Which raises the ultimate question: with infinite choices, what is the best way to live?  <br><br><b>'A charming book' - DOLLY PARTON</b> ", "product_description": "", "author_bio": "<b>Matt Haig</b> is the number one bestselling author of <i>Reasons to Stay Alive</i>, <i>Notes on a Nervous Planet</i> and seven highly acclaimed novels for adults, including <i>How to Stop Time</i>, <i>The Humans</i> and <i>The Radleys</i>. <i>The Midnight Library </i>was an instant bestseller and a BBC Two <i>Between the Covers </i>Book Club pick and was winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction 2020. The audiobook is read by Carey Mulligan.<br><br>Haig also writes award-winning books for children, including <i>A Boy Called Christmas</i>, which is being made into a feature film with an all-star cast. He has sold more than two million books in the UK and his work has been translated into over forty languages.<br><br>@matthaig1 | @mattzhaig | matthaig.com", "table_of_contents": "", "sales_points": "<ul><li>The TPB has sold almost 115,000 copies across ANZ</li><li><i>The Midnight Library </i>will appeal to fans of up-lit fiction, such as Haig's <i>How to Stop Time</i>, as well as <i>Life After Life</i> by Kate Atkinson, <i>Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine</i> by Gail Honeyman and <i>The Trouble with Goats and Sheep</i> by Joanna Cannon</li></ul>", "quotes": "'A beguiling read, filled with warmth and humour, and a vibrant celebration of the power of books to change lives' - <b>Sunday Times</b><br><br>'A beautiful fable, an <i>It's a Wonderful Life </i>for the modern age - impossibly timely when we are all stuck in a world we wish could be different' - <b>JODI PICOULT<br></b><br>'A celebration of life's possibilities . . . A beautiful concept . . . 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