The Bookshop Book opens a new doorway into Mark Lawrence’s Library world

[Mark Lawrence’s The Bookshop Book reaches its US publication date today](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/815801/the-bookshop-book-by-mark-lawrence/), bringing a new adventure set in the world of his Library Trilogy. Ace lists the hardcover and ebook for October 20, with the print edition running to 224 pages. The publisher also lists an audiobook edition, giving readers a choice of ways into the story.

Mark Lawrence’s The Bookshop Book reaches its US publication date today, bringing a new adventure set in the world of his Library Trilogy. Ace lists the hardcover and ebook for October 20, with the print edition running to 224 pages. The publisher also lists an audiobook edition, giving readers a choice of ways into

the story. Frederick “Red” Archer wanders into a bookshop at a precarious point in his life. Rose Penrose is in a more literal literary predicament: violence has trapped her inside a book written by her mother. Pursued there, she discovers she can leap into another book, opening a connection to Red’s world. The premise

moves between familiar bookshops and the interiors of classic literature, making the boundary between reading a story and inhabiting one the central adventure. For Library readers, today’s release offers a new route back into that setting. Image: Ace / Penguin Random House; publisher-supplied book cover.

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