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Heart the Lover

Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2026, A Sunday Times Bestseller

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Heart the Lover

Yazan: Lily King
Seslendiren: Rebecca Lowman
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'You knew I’d write a book about you someday'

Our narrator understands good love stories – their secrets, their highs and free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the rules.

She was in her senior year of college when star students Sam and Yash swept her into an intoxicating world of academic fervour, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. Their lives became quickly intertwined – with friendship but also with unpredictable passions and the intimations of first love.

Decades later, she is a successful writer, living a comfortable life with her husband and children, when a surprise visit brings the past crashing into the present, forcing her to confront the decisions and deceptions of her youth.

Written with the precision of poetry and the emotional tide of an epic, Heart the Lover is a celebration of literature and the life-long echoes of young love. This is King at her very best, affirming her as a masterful chronicler of the human experience and one of the finest novelists at work today.

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"Touching, thoughtful, a deeply affecting love story about time and regret" (DAVID NICHOLLS)
"Lily King has written another masterpiece. This book overflows with her brilliance and her heart. We are so lucky" (EMMA STRAUB)
"Time moves like memory in Heart the Lover - urgent, intimate, elusive. What does it means to carry a story you never get to finish? With breathtaking precision, Lily King writes about love that lingers and choices that haunt. I read it in a single, breathless sitting" (RUTH OZEKI)
"A tender and memorable novel about love loss and friendship that lifts and undoes you equally" (SUSIE BOYT)
"Indescribably good. It is incredible that Lily has managed to tell such an epic love story in just 250 pages, and I emerged feeling ruined for all other books. I adored these characters and feel lucky to have known them. I’m in awe. A perfect literary love story" (FLORENCE KNAPP)
"I inhaled this novel in one breathless gulp, constantly asking myself, how is she doing it? How is she writing this tender, funny, deeply empathetic novel while also making it impossible for me to stop turning the page? Heart the Lover is a magic pill and Lily King is its virtuosic alchemist" (TAHMIMA ANAM)
"King is a genius at writing love stories . . . That college love affair you never got over? Come wallow in this gorgeous version of it"
"Praise for Lily King: ‘Lily King is one of our great literary treasures" (MADELINE MILLER)
"Lily King writes with a great generosity of spirit" (ANN PATCHETT)
"King is one of our finest cartographers of the human heart"
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I loved this. Really heartfelt and emotional. I wish it were longer but also think it was the perfect length.

Superbly emotional

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For a relatively short book, I was surprised to find that I couldn't wait for this to end. I just couldn't engage fully with the characters or believe some of their relationship problems - particularly the main issue for the narrator (no spoilers). Some parts were moving and some well-written but overall I found this almost tedious in places. I think it would be better to read the novel as it would then move on more quickly rather than a fairly slow-paced narration.

Too long-winded

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I really enjoyed this book. It was sad, moving, with complicated characters. Beautifully written and insightful.

Loved Heart the Lover

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Beautifully written. Captivating story. Wonderful characters who you really connect with. Couldn’t put it down. Highly recommend.

The most beautiful and moving story

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The characters were a bit indulgent but somehow I ended up caring for them. Ultimately I thought it was good though.

Kept me interested till the end

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