Lessons in Chemistry
THE FUNNY AND INSPIRING, MULTI-AWARD-WINNING BESTSELLER WITH MORE THAN 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD, now a major Apple TV+ series starring Brie Larson
A Book of the Year for: Guardian, Times, Sunday Times, New York Times, Good House Keeping, Woman & Home, Stylist, TLS Oprah Daily, Newsweek, Mail on Sunday, NPR, India Knight, Hay Festival, Waterstones, Amazon, Books Are My Bag, and many more!
'The most charming, life-enhancing novelā Sunday Times
'Funny, thought-provoking and stylish' Guardian
āThe best book I've read recently. I loved itā - SARA COX, BBC 2 Between the Covers
āEveryone needs to read thisā 5-star reader review
___________
A woman ahead of her time.
But exactly right for ours
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, she would be the first to point out that there is no such thing.
But it's the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans, the lonely, brilliant, Nobel-Prize-nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with - of all things - her mind.
Like science, life is unpredictable. Forced to leave her job at the institute, Elizabeth Zott soon finds herself the reluctant star of America's most beloved cooking show, Supper at Six. Elizabeth's unusual approach to cooking ('Combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride') proves revolutionary.
But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn't just teaching women to cook.
She's daring them to change the status quo. One molecule at a time.
__________
A New York Times āTop 100 Best Books of the 21st Centuryā Reader's Pick
Author of the Year at the British Book Awards
Author of the Year, Waterstones
Winner of the Goodreads Choice Best Debut Novel Award
Winner of the Books are My Bag Reader's Choice Award
Winner of the Books are My Bag Breakthrough Author Award
Shortlisted for the HWA Crown Award
PRAISE FOR LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY:
'Laugh-out-loud funny and brimming with life, generosity and courage' Rachel Joyce, bestselling author of The Homemade God
āFull of humour, heartbreak and characters who feel like real peopleā Red Magazine
āPage-turning and highly satisfyingā ā Maggie Shipstead, bestselling author of Great Circle
'I loved Lessons in Chemistry and am devastated to have finished it!' Nigella Lawson
'A novel that sparks joy with every page' Elizabeth Day, bestselling author of Magpie
'Witty and sometimes hilarious ... the Catch-22 of early feminism' Stephen King
āA beautiful, sharp, funny and dark modern classic. I adored it' Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of All the Colours of the Dark
āThe best book that I have read this year ā a funny, warm, unique bookā 5-star reader review
āWitty, poignant, clever, brilliantly plottedā¦believe the hypeā 5-star reader review
āFunny, honest and heart-wrenching this book had me hooked until the end.ā 5-star reader review
Lessons in Chemistry has sold over 8 million copies worldwide across all formats, People, January 2025
Front cover may vary
Lessons in Chemistry
THE FUNNY AND INSPIRING, MULTI-AWARD-WINNING BESTSELLER WITH MORE THAN 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD, now a major Apple TV+ series starring Brie Larson
A Book of the Year for: Guardian, Times, Sunday Times, New York Times, Good House Keeping, Woman & Home, Stylist, TLS Oprah Daily, Newsweek, Mail on Sunday, NPR, India Knight, Hay Festival, Waterstones, Amazon, Books Are My Bag, and many more!
'The most charming, life-enhancing novelā Sunday Times
'Funny, thought-provoking and stylish' Guardian
āThe best book I've read recently. I loved itā - SARA COX, BBC 2 Between the Covers
āEveryone needs to read thisā 5-star reader review
___________
A woman ahead of her time.
But exactly right for ours
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, she would be the first to point out that there is no such thing.
But it's the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans, the lonely, brilliant, Nobel-Prize-nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with - of all things - her mind.
Like science, life is unpredictable. Forced to leave her job at the institute, Elizabeth Zott soon finds herself the reluctant star of America's most beloved cooking show, Supper at Six. Elizabeth's unusual approach to cooking ('Combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride') proves revolutionary.
But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn't just teaching women to cook.
She's daring them to change the status quo. One molecule at a time.
__________
A New York Times āTop 100 Best Books of the 21st Centuryā Reader's Pick
Author of the Year at the British Book Awards
Author of the Year, Waterstones
Winner of the Goodreads Choice Best Debut Novel Award
Winner of the Books are My Bag Reader's Choice Award
Winner of the Books are My Bag Breakthrough Author Award
Shortlisted for the HWA Crown Award
PRAISE FOR LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY:
'Laugh-out-loud funny and brimming with life, generosity and courage' Rachel Joyce, bestselling author of The Homemade God
āFull of humour, heartbreak and characters who feel like real peopleā Red Magazine
āPage-turning and highly satisfyingā ā Maggie Shipstead, bestselling author of Great Circle
'I loved Lessons in Chemistry and am devastated to have finished it!' Nigella Lawson
'A novel that sparks joy with every page' Elizabeth Day, bestselling author of Magpie
'Witty and sometimes hilarious ... the Catch-22 of early feminism' Stephen King
āA beautiful, sharp, funny and dark modern classic. I adored it' Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of All the Colours of the Dark
āThe best book that I have read this year ā a funny, warm, unique bookā 5-star reader review
āWitty, poignant, clever, brilliantly plottedā¦believe the hypeā 5-star reader review
āFunny, honest and heart-wrenching this book had me hooked until the end.ā 5-star reader review
Lessons in Chemistry has sold over 8 million copies worldwide across all formats, People, January 2025
Front cover may vary
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THE FUNNY AND INSPIRING, MULTI-AWARD-WINNING BESTSELLER WITH MORE THAN 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD, now a major Apple TV+ series starring Brie Larson
A Book of the Year for: Guardian, Times, Sunday Times, New York Times, Good House Keeping, Woman & Home, Stylist, TLS Oprah Daily, Newsweek, Mail on Sunday, NPR, India Knight, Hay Festival, Waterstones, Amazon, Books Are My Bag, and many more!
'The most charming, life-enhancing novelā Sunday Times
'Funny, thought-provoking and stylish' Guardian
āThe best book I've read recently. I loved itā - SARA COX, BBC 2 Between the Covers
āEveryone needs to read thisā 5-star reader review
___________
A woman ahead of her time.
But exactly right for ours
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, she would be the first to point out that there is no such thing.
But it's the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans, the lonely, brilliant, Nobel-Prize-nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with - of all things - her mind.
Like science, life is unpredictable. Forced to leave her job at the institute, Elizabeth Zott soon finds herself the reluctant star of America's most beloved cooking show, Supper at Six. Elizabeth's unusual approach to cooking ('Combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride') proves revolutionary.
But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn't just teaching women to cook.
She's daring them to change the status quo. One molecule at a time.
__________
A New York Times āTop 100 Best Books of the 21st Centuryā Reader's Pick
Author of the Year at the British Book Awards
Author of the Year, Waterstones
Winner of the Goodreads Choice Best Debut Novel Award
Winner of the Books are My Bag Reader's Choice Award
Winner of the Books are My Bag Breakthrough Author Award
Shortlisted for the HWA Crown Award
PRAISE FOR LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY:
'Laugh-out-loud funny and brimming with life, generosity and courage' Rachel Joyce, bestselling author of The Homemade God
āFull of humour, heartbreak and characters who feel like real peopleā Red Magazine
āPage-turning and highly satisfyingā ā Maggie Shipstead, bestselling author of Great Circle
'I loved Lessons in Chemistry and am devastated to have finished it!' Nigella Lawson
'A novel that sparks joy with every page' Elizabeth Day, bestselling author of Magpie
'Witty and sometimes hilarious ... the Catch-22 of early feminism' Stephen King
āA beautiful, sharp, funny and dark modern classic. I adored it' Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of All the Colours of the Dark
āThe best book that I have read this year ā a funny, warm, unique bookā 5-star reader review
āWitty, poignant, clever, brilliantly plottedā¦believe the hypeā 5-star reader review
āFunny, honest and heart-wrenching this book had me hooked until the end.ā 5-star reader review
Lessons in Chemistry has sold over 8 million copies worldwide across all formats, People, January 2025
Front cover may vary
