One of the 18 best novels of the year for the Sunday Times A book of the year pick in the Guardian , Observer , Independent , Mail on Sunday , GQ, Good Housekeeping , NetGalley and Red ''David Nicholls''s most satisfying love story yet . . . it''s a romantic comedy full of longing and doubt that hits the sweet spot between pathos and bathos. Nicholls puts the reader into a perfect, pleasurable mood'' SUNDAY TIMES , The 18 best novels of the year ''Nicholls not only beautifully evokes quintessential British landscapes, but also maps a will-they-or-won''t-they love story between two midlifers (fans will be reminded of One Day''s Dexter and Emma) . . . Rest assured, you''ll be very invested in a happy ending'' INDEPENDENT , Best new books to read in 2024 ''Witty and moving at the same time, it''s a figurative and literal journey that might even have you hunting for your walking boots'' GQ , Best books of 2024 ''Nobody writes a love story quite like David Nicholls and I thought You Are Here was even better than One Day'' RED , Best books of the year ''Written with charm and wit, it even made me consider walking the Northumberland Coast Path'' JACQUELINE WILSON, SPECTATOR ''A comforting antidote to the grimness of our grim world'' GUARDIAN ''Nicholls''s knack for warm characters, funny dialogue and superb scene-setting is as spot-on as ever'' DAILY MAIL ''A great comic novel . . . The reader becomes so invested in the outcome of this romance that it makes the whole world shimmer with a kind of secret possibility'' OBSERVER ''A novel that will make you feel terrific'' FINANCIAL TIMES ''Few contemporary writers make characters feel as human as David Nicholls does'' BBC.com ''The irresistible feel of a classic romance'' MAIL ON SUNDAY ''Romantic, funny and hopeful'' DOLLY ALDERTON, author of Good Material The new novel by the author of One Day , now a major Netflix series Winner of the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Fiction 2024 Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction 2024 Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way Marnie is stuck. Stuck working alone in her London flat, stuck battling the long afternoons and a life that often feels like it''s passing her by. Michael is coming undone. Reeling from his wife''s departure, increasingly reclusive, taking himself on long, solitary walks across the moors and fells. When a persistent mutual friend and some very English weather conspire to bring them together, Marnie and Michael suddenly find themselves alone on the most epic of walks and on the precipice of a new friendship. But can they survive the journey? A new love story by beloved bestseller David Nicholls, You Are Here is a novel of first encounters, second chances and finding the way home. ONE OF BRITAIN''S MOST ACCLAIMED WRITERS ''One of the most astute chroniclers of England as it is now'' FINANCIAL TIMES ''An uncanny ability to make us laugh out loud, but also care passionately about his characters'' DAILY TELEGRAPH ''Nicholls writes with such tender precision about love'' THE TIMES ''No one else writes novels that are both relatable and revelatory in the way he does'' EVENING STANDARD ''Genuinely brilliant'' NEW STATESMAN David Nicholls, You Are Here Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller May 2024 (UK) ...

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David Nicholls is the bestselling author of Starter for Ten, The Understudy, One Day, Us, Sweet Sorrow and You Are Here. One Day was published in 2009 to extraordinary critical acclaim: translated into 40 languages, it became a global bestseller, selling millions of copies worldwide. His fourth novel, Us, was longlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction.
On screen, David has written adaptations of Far from the Madding Crowd, When Did You Last See Your Father? and Great Expectations, as well as of his own novels, Starter for Ten, One Day and Us. His adaptation of Edward St Aubyn's Patrick Melrose, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, was nominated for an Emmy and won him a BAFTA for best writer. The Netflix adaptation of One Day was executive-produced by David.

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⭐ The love story of the year makes the perfect Christmas gift ⭐
'A triumph, a real gift of a novel'
Sunday Times

'Pure pleasure in a paperback'
Guardian

'It makes you want to tell someone - anyone - that you love or care about them'
Independent

Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way...
Marnie is stuck.
Stuck working alone in her London flat, stuck battling the long afternoons and a life that often feels like it's passing her by.

Michael is coming undone.
Reeling from his wife's departure, increasingly reclusive, taking himself on long, solitary walks across the moors and fells.

When a persistent mutual friend and some very English weather conspire to bring them together, Marnie and Michael suddenly find themselves alone on the most epic of walks and on the precipice of a new friendship.

But can they survive the journey?

'Undoubtedly the defining book of summer 2025'
The Bookseller

'Romantic, funny and hopeful'
Dolly Alderton

'Such a lovely book!'
Nigella Lawson

'You become so invested in the outcome of this romance that it makes the whole world shimmer with a kind of secret possibility'
Observer

'The irresistible feel of a classic romance'
Mail on Sunday
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One of the 18 best novels of the year for the *Sunday Times
*A book of the year pick in the Guardian, Observer, Independent, Mail on Sunday, GQ, Good Housekeeping, NetGalley and Red
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Winner of the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Fiction 2024
Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction 2024
Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award 2025
Shortlisted for Best Fiction Book at the British Book Awards 2025

ONE OF BRITAIN'S MOST ACCLAIMED WRITERS
'One of the most astute chroniclers of England as it is now'
***FINANCIAL TIMES

• 'An uncanny ability to make us laugh out loud, but also care passionately about his characters'
  *DAILY TELEGRAPH***

  'No one else writes novels that are both relatable and revelatory in the way he does'
  EVENING STANDARD