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The Midnight Train by Matt Haig

The Midnight Train

A Novel

Matt Haig

Diversified Publishing · Print & ebook · May 26, 2026

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES | TODAY | SHEREADS | WOMAN’S WORLD | PARADE | THE NERD DAILY | HER CAMPUS | BOOKPAGE When your life flashes before your eyes, where would you stop?

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Who it’s for
A smooth, transporting read with just enough strangeness to keep the pages moving.
Themes
time travel, love, regret
Pacing
Reflective

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A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES | TODAY | SHEREADS | WOMAN’S WORLD | PARADE | THE NERD DAILY | HER CAMPUS | BOOKPAGE When your life flashes before your eyes, where would you stop? No one can change the past, but the Midnight Train can take you there. The chance to re-live the moments that meant most. To see what kind of person you really were. For Wilbur his best days were with Maggie, the love of his life. On his honeymoon in Venice.

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Before he gave it all away. He wishes he could go back and live differently. But to do so risks everything . . . A magical, time-travelling love story, from the world of The Midnight Library.

Time-Bent Escape

A smooth, transporting read with just enough strangeness to keep the pages moving.

Come here for

  • time-travel glide, contemporary-fantasy sheen
  • easy book-club conversation

Expect

  • sustained narrative momentum
  • a lightly romantic, second-chance note

Where it sits

Magical Realism62%
Time-Travel Romance44%
Second-Chance Romance39%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Second-Chance Romance
  • Time Travel Fiction
  • Marriage & Divorce
Authors
Matt Haig
Publisher
Diversified Publishing
Published
May 26, 2026
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
time travel · love · regret
Reading lane
Second-Chance Romance