How to Stop Time: A Novel

by Matt Haig

3.75 of 5 stars 12 ratings • 5 reviews • 33 shelved
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library, “a quirky romcom dusted with philosophical observations….A delightfully witty…poignant novel.” (The Washington Post)

Soon to be a TV series starring Benedict Cumberbatch

How many lifetimes does it take to learn how to live?

Don’t miss Matt Haig’s new novel The Life Impossible, coming September 2024


Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old history teacher, but he's been alive for centuries. From Elizabethan England to Jazz-Age Paris, from New York to the South Seas, Tom has seen it all. As long as he keeps changing his identity he can keep one step ahead of his past - and stay alive. The only thing he must not do is fall in love . . .
  • ISBN10 0525522891
  • ISBN13 9780525522898
  • Publish Date 11 June 2019 (first published 6 July 2017)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
  • Imprint Penguin USA