Lily Braun-Arnold is currently an undergraduate at Smith College studying English. When she isn't writing, she can be found working at her local independent bookstore, Watchung Booksellers, or daydreaming about living in outer space.

"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

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Pub date: 2025-01-07

Length: 320 pages