Under Story

A rapturously beautiful novel. I was in awe of Chloe Benjamin’s universe-straddling imagination, her profound writing on love and grief, and her telescopic vision that lets her zoom into the smallest chambers of the human heart and far out again into the laws of theoretical physics. I loved Under Story * Kaliane Bradley, Sunday Times Bestselling Author of The Ministry of Time *Under Story is phenomenal, and one of the best books I’ve read in years. Wondrous, wildly ambitious, an epic love story that I’m so grateful exists in the world * Ann Napolitano, New York Times Bestselling Author of Hello Beautiful *Under Story is a spectacular novel. It is utterly transporting, with an imaginative scope that feels both breathtaking and profound. I was blown away by it * Clare Leslie Hall, Sunday Times bestselling author of Broken Country *A fiendishly clever, utterly original novel that gets to the heart of what it means to be alive. Under Story is dazzling, it will change you * Emilia Hart, Sunday Times bestselling author of Weyward and The Sirens *A mind-bending, head-popping sci-fi love story full of intrigue and tenderness * Claire Fuller, Author of Our Endless Numbered Days and Hunger and Thirst *Count on Benjamin to ask the big questions-what makes a life worth living? What is the nature of time? Where do we belong?-and entertain us fully all the while. Cannot wait to read… * Lit Hub, Most Anticipated Reads 2026 *Under Story is a book that contains multitudes. Stunning and moving and ludicrously inventive, it’s a remarkable feat of imagination. I’ve never read anything like it, and I won’t soon forget it. * Bobby Palmer, author of Isaac and the Egg and Main Characters *The best book I have read in years, a brilliant speculative novel * Gillian McAllister, multi-million copy bestselling author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time *A head spinning novel, daringly imaginative. Even as she plays with physics and fantasy, Chloe Benjamin has much to say about the nature of friendship, family, mortality and love * Geraldine Brooks, author of A Year of Wonders *Chloe Benjamin is a time-bending, heart-breaking, head-spinning writer who has conjured an entire parallel universe to illuminate one family’s loss. Under Story is the most imaginative novel I’ve read in a long time, and yet its scenes depicting the ordinary joys and sorrows of parenthood, marriage, and friendship are perhaps most magical. This speculative masterpiece has only one flaw: at 500 pages, it’s much too short * Anthony Marra, author of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena *Masterful, original, and powerful. Chloe Benjamin’s Under Story is a mind-blowingly clever novel that packs an emotional punch. You’ll be pressing copies into the hands of everyone you know * Lucy Clarke, author of The Castaways *I read books for a living and this is hands down the best thing I’ve read in 2026. A complete freaking masterpiece * Jordy Moblo, Jordy’s Book Club *

Chloe Benjamin is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Immortalists, and The Anatomy of Dreams. The Immortalists was a Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, and NPR Best Book of 2018. Her work has been translated into 30 languages. She lives with her husband in the San Francisco Bay area.

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