Endling

* LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 * * WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026 * * SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE * * WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE * * WINNER OF THE AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD * * A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: GUARDIAN , OBSERVER , IRISH TIMES , BBC, WASHINGTON POST , THE NEW YORKER , NPR, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING , PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY * An unforgettable debut novel about the journey of three women and one extremely endangered snail through contemporary Ukraine 'A fierce and funny road-trip novel' GUARDIAN , the 50 hottest books to read right now 'Inventive and playful' SUNDAY TIMES 'A stunning debut' OBSERVER 'I was gripped . . . Brilliant' DAILY MAIL 'A thrilling ride' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A bold, brilliant, original, funny and devastating novel' KATE MCLOUGHLIN, TLS 'Brilliant and heart-stopping' LOS ANGELES TIMES ' Startling and ambitious ' NEW YORK TIMES ' Animated by dark humor and cool fury' NEW YORKER 'Dexterous and formally inventive' MARCEL THEROUX, GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY Ukraine, 2022. Yeva is a maverick scientist who scours the country's forests and valleys, trying and failing to breed rare snails while her relatives urge her to settle down and start a family of her own. What they don't know: Yeva already dates plenty of men-not for love, but to fund her work-entertaining Westerners who come to Ukraine on guided romance tours believing they'll find docile brides untainted by feminism. Nastia and her sister, Solomiya, are also entangled in the booming marriage industry, posing as a hopeful bride and her translator while secretly searching for their missing mother, who vanished after years of fierce activism against the romance tours. So begins a journey of a lifetime across a country on the brink of war: three angry women, a truckful of kidnapped bachelors, and Lefty, a last-of-his-kind snail with one final shot at perpetuating his species. * LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE * * FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDS * ' Fantastic . . . I love works that are smarter than I am and this is one ' PERCIVAL EVERETT, author of Booker-shortlisted JAMES ' Funny and smart, full of science, longing and adventure . . . This is essential reading ' ANN PATCHETT, bestselling author of TOM LAKE ' Heartbreaking, hilarious, profound, and vital ' LARA PRESCOTT, bestselling author of THE SECRETS WE KEEP

* LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 * * WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026 * * SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE * * WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE * * WINNER OF THE AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD * * A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: GUARDIAN , OBSERVER , IRISH TIMES , BBC, WASHINGTON POST , THE NEW YORKER , NPR, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING , PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY * An unforgettable debut novel about the journey of three women and one extremely endangered snail through contemporary Ukraine 'A fierce and funny road-trip novel' GUARDIAN , the 50 hottest books to read right now 'Inventive and playful' SUNDAY TIMES 'A stunning debut' OBSERVER 'I was gripped . . . Brilliant' DAILY MAIL 'A thrilling ride' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A bold, brilliant, original, funny and devastating novel' KATE MCLOUGHLIN, TLS 'Brilliant and heart-stopping' LOS ANGELES TIMES ' Startling and ambitious ' NEW YORK TIMES ' Animated by dark humor and cool fury' NEW YORKER 'Dexterous and formally inventive' MARCEL THEROUX, GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY Ukraine, 2022. Yeva is a maverick scientist who scours the country's forests and valleys, trying and failing to breed rare snails while her relatives urge her to settle down and start a family of her own. What they don't know: Yeva already dates plenty of men-not for love, but to fund her work-entertaining Westerners who come to Ukraine on guided romance tours believing they'll find docile brides untainted by feminism. Nastia and her sister, Solomiya, are also entangled in the booming marriage industry, posing as a hopeful bride and her translator while secretly searching for their missing mother, who vanished after years of fierce activism against the romance tours. So begins a journey of a lifetime across a country on the brink of war: three angry women, a truckful of kidnapped bachelors, and Lefty, a last-of-his-kind snail with one final shot at perpetuating his species. * LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE * * FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDS * ' Fantastic . . . I love works that are smarter than I am and this is one ' PERCIVAL EVERETT, author of Booker-shortlisted JAMES ' Funny and smart, full of science, longing and adventure . . . This is essential reading ' ANN PATCHETT, bestselling author of TOM LAKE ' Heartbreaking, hilarious, profound, and vital ' LARA PRESCOTT, bestselling author of THE SECRETS WE KEEP

* LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 * * WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026 * * SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE * * WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE * * A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: GUARDIAN , OBSERVER , IRISH TIMES , BBC, WASHINGTON POST , THE NEW YORKER , NPR, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING , PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY * An unforgettable debut novel about the journey of three women and one extremely endangered snail through contemporary Ukraine 'A fierce and funny road-trip novel' GUARDIAN , the 50 hottest books to read right now 'Inventive and playful' SUNDAY TIMES 'A stunning debut' OBSERVER 'I was gripped . . . Brilliant' DAILY MAIL 'A thrilling ride' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A bold, brilliant, original, funny and devastating novel' KATE MCLOUGHLIN, TLS 'Brilliant and heart-stopping' LOS ANGELES TIMES ' Startling and ambitious ' NEW YORK TIMES ' Animated by dark humor and cool fury' NEW YORKER 'Dexterous and formally inventive' MARCEL THEROUX, GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY Ukraine, 2022. Yeva is a maverick scientist who scours the country's forests and valleys, trying and failing to breed rare snails while her relatives urge her to settle down and start a family of her own. What they don't know: Yeva already dates plenty of men-not for love, but to fund her work-entertaining Westerners who come to Ukraine on guided romance tours believing they'll find docile brides untainted by feminism. Nastia and her sister, Solomiya, are also entangled in the booming marriage industry, posing as a hopeful bride and her translator while secretly searching for their missing mother, who vanished after years of fierce activism against the romance tours. So begins a journey of a lifetime across a country on the brink of war: three angry women, a truckful of kidnapped bachelors, and Lefty, a last-of-his-kind snail with one final shot at perpetuating his species. * LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE * * FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDS * ' Fantastic . . . I love works that are smarter than I am and this is one ' PERCIVAL EVERETT, author of Booker-shortlisted JAMES ' Funny and smart, full of science, longing and adventure . . . This is essential reading ' ANN PATCHETT, bestselling author of TOM LAKE ' Heartbreaking, hilarious, profound, and vital ' LARA PRESCOTT, bestselling author of THE SECRETS WE KEEP

* LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 * * WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026 * * SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE * * WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE * * A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: GUARDIAN , OBSERVER , IRISH TIMES , BBC, WASHINGTON POST , THE NEW YORKER , NPR, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING , PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY * An unforgettable debut novel about the journey of three women and one extremely endangered snail through contemporary Ukraine 'A fierce and funny road-trip novel' GUARDIAN , the 50 hottest books to read right now 'Inventive and playful' SUNDAY TIMES 'A stunning debut' OBSERVER 'I was gripped . . . Brilliant' DAILY MAIL 'A thrilling ride' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A bold, brilliant, original, funny and devastating novel' KATE MCLOUGHLIN, TLS 'Brilliant and heart-stopping' LOS ANGELES TIMES ' Startling and ambitious ' NEW YORK TIMES ' Animated by dark humor and cool fury' NEW YORKER 'Dexterous and formally inventive' MARCEL THEROUX, GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY Ukraine, 2022. Yeva is a maverick scientist who scours the country's forests and valleys, trying and failing to breed rare snails while her relatives urge her to settle down and start a family of her own. What they don't know: Yeva already dates plenty of men-not for love, but to fund her work-entertaining Westerners who come to Ukraine on guided romance tours believing they'll find docile brides untainted by feminism. Nastia and her sister, Solomiya, are also entangled in the booming marriage industry, posing as a hopeful bride and her translator while secretly searching for their missing mother, who vanished after years of fierce activism against the romance tours. So begins a journey of a lifetime across a country on the brink of war: three angry women, a truckful of kidnapped bachelors, and Lefty, a last-of-his-kind snail with one final shot at perpetuating his species. * LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE * * FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDS * ' Fantastic . . . I love works that are smarter than I am and this is one ' PERCIVAL EVERETT, author of Booker-shortlisted JAMES ' Funny and smart, full of science, longing and adventure . . . This is essential reading ' ANN PATCHETT, bestselling author of TOM LAKE ' Heartbreaking, hilarious, profound, and vital ' LARA PRESCOTT, bestselling author of THE SECRETS WE KEEP

* LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 * * WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026 * * SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE * * WINNER OF THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE * * WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE * * A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: GUARDIAN , OBSERVER , IRISH TIMES , BBC, WASHINGTON POST , THE NEW YORKER , NPR, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING , PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY * An unforgettable debut novel about the journey of three women and one extremely endangered snail through contemporary Ukraine 'A fierce and funny road-trip novel' GUARDIAN , the 50 hottest books to read right now 'Inventive and playful' SUNDAY TIMES 'A stunning debut' OBSERVER 'I was gripped . . . Brilliant' DAILY MAIL 'A thrilling ride' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A bold, brilliant, original, funny and devastating novel' KATE MCLOUGHLIN, TLS 'Brilliant and heart-stopping' LOS ANGELES TIMES ' Startling and ambitious ' NEW YORK TIMES ' Animated by dark humor and cool fury' NEW YORKER 'Dexterous and formally inventive' MARCEL THEROUX, GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY Ukraine, 2022. Yeva is a maverick scientist who scours the country's forests and valleys, trying and failing to breed rare snails while her relatives urge her to settle down and start a family of her own. What they don't know: Yeva already dates plenty of men-not for love, but to fund her work-entertaining Westerners who come to Ukraine on guided romance tours believing they'll find docile brides untainted by feminism. Nastia and her sister, Solomiya, are also entangled in the booming marriage industry, posing as a hopeful bride and her translator while secretly searching for their missing mother, who vanished after years of fierce activism against the romance tours. So begins a journey of a lifetime across a country on the brink of war: three angry women, a truckful of kidnapped bachelors, and Lefty, a last-of-his-kind snail with one final shot at perpetuating his species. * LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE * * FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDS * ' Fantastic . . . I love works that are smarter than I am and this is one ' PERCIVAL EVERETT, author of Booker-shortlisted JAMES ' Funny and smart, full of science, longing and adventure . . . This is essential reading ' ANN PATCHETT, bestselling author of TOM LAKE ' Heartbreaking, hilarious, profound, and vital ' LARA PRESCOTT, bestselling author of THE SECRETS WE KEEP

* LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 * * WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026 * * SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE * * WINNER OF THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE * * WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE * * A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: GUARDIAN , OBSERVER , IRISH TIMES , BBC, WASHINGTON POST , THE NEW YORKER , NPR, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING , PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY * An unforgettable debut novel about the journey of three women and one extremely endangered snail through contemporary Ukraine 'A fierce and funny road-trip novel' GUARDIAN , the 50 hottest books to read right now 'Inventive and playful' SUNDAY TIMES 'A stunning debut' OBSERVER 'I was gripped . . . Brilliant' DAILY MAIL 'A thrilling ride' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A bold, brilliant, original, funny and devastating novel' KATE MCLOUGHLIN, TLS 'Brilliant and heart-stopping' LOS ANGELES TIMES ' Startling and ambitious ' NEW YORK TIMES ' Animated by dark humor and cool fury' NEW YORKER 'Dexterous and formally inventive' MARCEL THEROUX, GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY Ukraine, 2022. Yeva is a maverick scientist who scours the country's forests and valleys, trying and failing to breed rare snails while her relatives urge her to settle down and start a family of her own. What they don't know: Yeva already dates plenty of men-not for love, but to fund her work-entertaining Westerners who come to Ukraine on guided romance tours believing they'll find docile brides untainted by feminism. Nastia and her sister, Solomiya, are also entangled in the booming marriage industry, posing as a hopeful bride and her translator while secretly searching for their missing mother, who vanished after years of fierce activism against the romance tours. So begins a journey of a lifetime across a country on the brink of war: three angry women, a truckful of kidnapped bachelors, and Lefty, a last-of-his-kind snail with one final shot at perpetuating his species. * LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE * * FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDS * ' Fantastic . . . I love works that are smarter than I am and this is one ' PERCIVAL EVERETT, author of Booker-shortlisted JAMES ' Funny and smart, full of science, longing and adventure . . . This is essential reading ' ANN PATCHETT, bestselling author of TOM LAKE ' Heartbreaking, hilarious, profound, and vital ' LARA PRESCOTT, bestselling author of THE SECRETS WE KEEP

Set in Ukraine, an eccentric scientist breeding rare snails crosses paths with sisters posing as members of the marriage industry to find their activist mother. As Russia invades, they embark on a wild journey with kidnapped bachelors and a last-of-its-kind snail. This darkly comic novel explores survival, love, and the impact of war. "This novel turns corners and tables. I love works that are smarter than I am, and this is one."- Percival Everett, author of National Book Award-winner James "Funny and smart. This is essential reading."- Ann Patchett, add bestselling author of Tom Lake "Pulses with a powerful sense of urgency and relevance to our times."-Lara Prescott, author of The Secrets We Kept Ukraine, 2022. Yeva is a loner and a maverick scientist who lives out of her mobile lab.She scours the country's forests and valleys, trying and failing to breed rare snails, while her relatives urge her to settle down and finally start a family of her own. What they don't know: Yeva already dates plenty of men--not for love, but to fund her work--entertaining Westerners who come to Ukraine on guided romance tours believing they'll find docile brides untainted by feminism and modernity. Nastia and her sister, Solomiya, are also entangled in the booming marriage industry, posing as a hopeful bride and her translator while secretly searching for their missing mother, who vanished after years of fierce activism against the romance tours. Together they embark across hundreds of miles: three angry women, a truckful of kidnapped bachelors, and Lefty, a last-of-his-kind snail with one final shot at perpetuating his species. But their plans come to a screeching halt when Russia invades. In a stunningly ambitious and achingly raw metafictional spiral, Endling brilliantly balances horror and comedy, drawing on Reva's own experiences as a Ukrainian expat tracking her family's delicate dance of survival behind enemy lines. As fiction and reality collide on the page, Reva probes the hard truths of war: What stories must we tell ourselves to survive? To carry on with the routines of life under military occupation? And for those of us watching from over-seas: Can our sense of normalcy and security ever be restored, or have they always been a fragile illusion? Endling is a tour de force from an author who weaves a story of love, loss, humor, and devastation that only she can tell.

Set in Ukraine, an eccentric scientist breeding rare snails crosses paths with sisters posing as members of the marriage industry to find their activist mother. As Russia invades, they embark on a wild journey with kidnapped bachelors and a last-of-its-kind snail. This darkly comic novel explores survival, love, and the impact of war. "This novel turns corners and tables. I love works that are smarter than I am, and this is one."- Percival Everett, author of National Book Award-winner James "Funny and smart. This is essential reading."- Ann Patchett, add bestselling author of Tom Lake "Pulses with a powerful sense of urgency and relevance to our times."-Lara Prescott, author of The Secrets We Kept Ukraine, 2022. Yeva is a loner and a maverick scientist who lives out of her mobile lab.She scours the country's forests and valleys, trying and failing to breed rare snails, while her relatives urge her to settle down and finally start a family of her own. What they don't know: Yeva already dates plenty of men--not for love, but to fund her work--entertaining Westerners who come to Ukraine on guided romance tours believing they'll find docile brides untainted by feminism and modernity. Nastia and her sister, Solomiya, are also entangled in the booming marriage industry, posing as a hopeful bride and her translator while secretly searching for their missing mother, who vanished after years of fierce activism against the romance tours. Together they embark across hundreds of miles: three angry women, a truckful of kidnapped bachelors, and Lefty, a last-of-his-kind snail with one final shot at perpetuating his species. But their plans come to a screeching halt when Russia invades. In a stunningly ambitious and achingly raw metafictional spiral, Endling brilliantly balances horror and comedy, drawing on Reva's own experiences as a Ukrainian expat tracking her family's delicate dance of survival behind enemy lines. As fiction and reality collide on the page, Reva probes the hard truths of war: What stories must we tell ourselves to survive? To carry on with the routines of life under military occupation? And for those of us watching from over-seas: Can our sense of normalcy and security ever be restored, or have they always been a fragile illusion? Endling is a tour de force from an author who weaves a story of love, loss, humor, and devastation that only she can tell.