Atmosphere

Author Taylor Jenkins Reid
Narrator Kristen Dimercurio, Julia Whelan, Taylor Jenkins Reid, TBD
Publisher Random House
Publish Date 3 June 2025
Run Time 9 hours and 57 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Astronautics, Historical fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Love and relationships.

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AN EPIC NOVEL SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE 1980S SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM ABOUT THE EXTRAORDINARY LENGTHS WE GO TO LIVE AND LOVE BEYOND OUR LIMITS.

In the summer of 1980, astrophysics professor Joan Goodwin begins training to be an astronaut at Houston’s Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond; mission specialists John Griffin and Lydia Danes; warmhearted Donna Fitzgerald; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer. As the new astronauts prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined and begins to question everything she believes about her place in the observable universe.

Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, everything changes in an instant.

Atmosphere is Taylor Jenkins Reid at her best: transporting readers to iconic times and places, creating complex protagonists, and telling a passionate and soaring story about the transformative power of love – this time among the stars.

© Taylor Jenkins Reid 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

Critics Review

Tipped to be this summer's big read

Sunday Times

A richly drawn page-turner ... It would take a stony reader to turn away from its pleasures ... Melding action thriller emergency with star-crossed romance ... I'd be lying if I said my eyes weren't wet by the end

Observer

Quite possibly our favourite TJR novel yet ... Even if you're not a big space fan, you can't help but fall for this cosmic tale

Cosmopolitan

A breathtaking, quietly staggering tale of female empowerment, desire, and our place in the universe

Heat

Is there a popular fiction writer alive who conveys falling in love better than Taylor Jenkins Reid?

Daily Mail

You'll see this one on every sun lounger this summer

iPaper

An ambitious novel that explores human limitation, sacrifice and the essence of love itself

Woman & Home

Takes you on a journey to show the lengths we go to for love. Sure to be a must-read

Fabulous

Atmosphere is at once epic and intimate, heart-wrenching and hopeful. It's an escapist novel of the best kind with a final few pages that will leave you utterly breathless

Culturefly

Moving, pacey and a read that will stick with you

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