The Book Of Lost Hours

The Book Of Lost Hours
Genre : Fiction
Published : 6 Nov 2025 - Atlantic Books

A sweeping, cinematic love story about memory and community for fans of THE MINISTRY OF TIME, THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY and THE BOOK THIEF.

Nuremberg, 1938. Lisavet Levy's watchmaker father saves her from the Nazis by pushing her through a mysterious doorway. There, she discovers the Time Space - a vast, magical library where the memories of everyone who has ever lived are stored in books. Her father promises to follow, but he never comes.

Trapped in the library, she encounters timekeepers, who decide whose memories survive and whose are destroyed.

Lisavet tries to save as many memories as she can, but when she falls in love with a timekeeper, the whole course of history could be at stake...

Reviews

A love story that defies the boundaries of time, memory and reality

Patti Callahan Henry

The Book of Lost Hours performs actual magic

Daria Lavelle

An astounding debut

Jamie Ford

A very unusual and special combination of gritty 1960s Cold War spy thriller, soaring fantasy and heart-rending romance...A captivating debut novel.

The Irish Independent

If you loved THE MINISTRY OF TIME, you'll adore this!