The Book Eaters
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean is a fantasy novel published by Tor Publishing Group on June 27, 2023. This reprint edition spans 304 pages and is presented in English. The story unfolds in a hidden community on the Yorkshire Moors where certain individuals consume books as sustenance, absorbing their content in the process. The narrative follows Devon, a member of a secretive clan known as The Family, who navigates the complexities of her upbringing and the unexpected challenges that arise when her son exhibits a troubling appetite.
Readers will encounter a unique blend of fantasy and horror as Devon grapples with her son’s unusual hunger for human minds, contrasting sharply with the fairy tales and cautionary tales that shaped her childhood. The book explores themes of family, identity, and the darker aspects of desire within a richly imagined world. With elements of folklore and mythology interwoven throughout, The Book Eaters offers a thought-provoking experience that delves into the consequences of consuming stories in both literal and metaphorical senses.
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“I devoured this.”—V. E. Schwab, New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue
An International Bestseller
An NPR Best Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction Book of 2022
A Book Riot Best Book of 2022
A Vulture Best Fantasy Novel of 2022
A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee
A Library Journal Best Book of 2022
Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book’s content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet and delicious. Eating a map can help them remember destinations, and children, when they misbehave, are forced to eat dry, musty pages from dictionaries.
Devon is part of The Family, an old and reclusive clan of book eaters. Her brothers grow up feasting on stories of valor and adventure, and Devon—like all other book eater women—is raised on a carefully curated diet of fairy tales and cautionary stories.
But real life doesn’t always come with happy endings, as Devon learns when her son is born with a rare and darker kind of hunger—not for books, but for human minds.
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