The Project
$42.61
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
16 August 2026
Summary
The hot summer romcom from Vogue dating columnist and author of Notes on Heartbreak, Annie Lord.
Modern dating’s a mess. Unfortunately, so are they.
Daisy and Maya bounce around the city like they own it, from all-night house parties to sticky-floored smoking areas, drinks in hand. But after a particularly regrettable one-night stand with her annoying friend James, Daisy starts to look around and wonder why, in a sea of intelligent, gorgeous women, all their prospects seem so …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787305465 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1787305465 |
| Author: | Annie Lord |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Harvill |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 16 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 596g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 164mm x 242mm |
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Critics Review
Lord has an uncanny knack for turning the private observations of a group chat into compelling material. The novel captures the texture of dating with anthropological precision, in the way that Dolly Alderton, Helen Fielding or Nora Ephron did for previous generations of women * Guardian *
A delicious romcom… Funny, tender and insightful, The Project cracks open the dynamics and dilemmas inherent to modern heterosexual dating * VOGUE *
Funny, wry and piercingly wise, this is a rom com of real-life experience * Stylist *
This clever friends-to-lovers romcom soon becomes about more than dating * i *
Annie Lord is a phenomenal talent – Dolly Alderton, author of GOOD MATERIAL
Searingly honest, always hilarious and the type of hopeless romantic the world needs right now, Annie Lord is a breath of fresh air – Yomi Adegoke, author of THE LIST
A joyful novel which shoots for the heart – Nicola Dinan, author of BELLIES
A defining romcom for the millennial British woman. These characters are people I felt I already knew. Their world was one I recognised but rendered with unique brilliance by Annie Lord’s keen observations of modern romance – Shon Faye, author of LOVE IN EXILE
Funny, knowing, and full of heart - this is a modern romcom where London feels vivid and alive… It’s like if Helen Fielding wrote The Taming of The Shrew – William Rayfet Hunter, author of SUNSTRUCK
Raw, funny and sexy. When Harry Met Sally for the club smoking area. Nora Ephron if she loved ketamine and sambuca – Róisín Lanigan, author of I WANT TO GO HOME BUT I’M ALREADY THERE
The Project was impossible to peel out of my hands. The read a generation of women have been waiting for – Moya Lothian-McLean
A sweet, raunchy story of two hot, funny twenty-somethings figuring out what real love and a healthy relationship look like, brimming with empathy for people with different social pressures and experiences. Lord expertly balances emotional richness alongside humor and scene-building descriptions of bodies, haircuts, trendy clothing, and chaotic late-night parties. A standout debut * Booklist *
Annie Lord
Annie Lord is a writer for Vogue and the author of the memoir Notes on Heartbreak. She also writes for the Sunday Times, Guardian, New Statesman, i-D, Independent, and Dazed.
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