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What it's about
Louisa Clark is twenty-six, cheerful and stuck in a small English town, until she loses her job at the café. She takes a six-month position as caregiver to Will Traynor, a wealthy, sharp-tongued former banker left paralyzed by a motorcycle accident. Will is angry and has no interest in her. Lou is determined to make him smile. As they grow close, she learns why her job only lasts six months, and sets out to change his mind about the future.
Why it's worth reading
It spent weeks at #1 on the New York Times list, has sold millions of copies and became a film with Emilia Clarke. It's funny, romantic and a guaranteed cry.
You'll love it if you liked
The Fault in Our Stars, It Ends with Us or The Lucky One
Good to know
It deals with assisted dying, and disability advocates criticized its portrayal of life with paralysis. It has two sequels.
By the numbers
- Readers86 out of 100 · counts 40%+39
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller74 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+27
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero.
#1 New York Times bestseller (7 weeks at #1). 4.26★ from 1.9M Goodreads ratings.
Where it ranks
- #11 of the 108 romances we rank
- #15 of the 209 literary novels we rank
- #68 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #161 of the 1,404 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (7 weeks at #1)
Reads as
Moving
