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Us

The Booker Prize-longlisted novel of last-chance love from the author of ONE DAY and YOU ARE HERE
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THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER | LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE Perfect INDEPENDENT A literary tour de force SUNDAY TIMES Compulsively readable THE TIMES Us by David Nicholls is a story about Douglas and Connie: scientist and artist, husband and wife - until, suddenly, after more... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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From beloved bestseller David Nicholls comes a brilliant, bittersweet novel about love and family, husbands and wives, parents and children.

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THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER | LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE

Perfect INDEPENDENT

A literary tour de force SUNDAY TIMES

Compulsively readable THE TIMES

Us by David Nicholls is a story about Douglas and Connie: scientist and artist, husband and wife - until, suddenly, after more than twenty years, their marriage seems to be over.

But Douglas is determined to win back the love of his wife and the respect of Albie, their teenage son, by organising the holiday of a lifetime. The hotels are booked, the tickets bought, the itinerary planned and printed.

What could possibly go wrong?

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399765220

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 June 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Sceptre

Illustration: maps and line drawings

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 432

About the Author

David Nicholls is the bestselling author of Starter for Ten, The Understudy, One Day, Us, Sweet Sorrow and You Are Here. One Day was published in 2009 to extraordinary critical acclaim: translated into 40 languages, it became a global bestseller, selling millions of copies worldwide. His fourth novel, Us, was long-listed for the Booker Prize for Fiction. His latest novel, You Are Here, was an instant Sunday Times number one bestseller on publication.

On screen, David has written adaptations of Far from the Madding Crowd, When Did You Last See Your Father? and Great Expectations, as well as of his own novels, Starter for Ten, One Day and Us. His adaptation of Edward St Aubyn's Patrick Melrose, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, was nominated for an Emmy and won him a BAFTA for best writer. The Netflix adaptation of One Day was executive-produced by David.

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