The Last Bookstore on Earth

A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection!
An ALA Rainbow Book List Pick!

A thoroughly original, intimate, and sometimes harrowing meditation on survival, forgiveness, and learning how to love again at the almost end of the world. Nicola Yoon #1 New York Times bestselling author

In a post-apocalyptic world, The Last Bookstore on Earth tells a hauntingly beautiful story of love, loss, and the raw fight for survival. Jarrod Shusterman, New York Times bestselling author of Dry

Hopeful, thrilling, and twisty, The Last Bookstore on Earth is the snarky sapphic dystopian of our dreams. Jennifer Dugan, author of Some Girls Do

Just the right amount of action, balancing the introspective scenes, a blossoming queer romance, and a well-executed slow doomsday reveal . . . A beautifully realized addition to the genre. Kirkus Reviews, starred review

[A] poignant sapphic debut dystopia turns a suburban New Jersey bookstore into a haven for survival and romance in a world of death, and rot, and memories. Publishers Weekly, starred review

" [Braun-Arnold] manages to create a sweet romance amid the chaos of the climate impacted world, and the conversations in flashbacks about climate and how close humans are to the point of no return will invoke a familiar anxiety." Booklist

"A solid standalone dystopian." School Library Journal

" A slow-burn sapphic love story....The Last Bookstore on Earth explores our need for human connection and hope in dark times. Paste Magazine