Lessons in Chemistry

The 8-million-copy worldwide and Sunday Times #1 bestseller and award-winner featuring the uncompromising, unconventional Elizabeth Zott.

A New York Times Top 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Reader's Pick.

Discover the must-read Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, the perfect uplifting summer read, now a major Apple TV series starring Brie Larson.

'The most charming, life-enhancing novel I've read in ages' – Sunday Times

'A page-turning and highly satisfying tale' – Maggie Shipstead, author of Great Circle

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Your ability to change everything - including yourself - starts here.

Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, she would be the first to point out that there is no such thing.

But it's the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality.

Forced to leave her job at the institute, she soon finds herself the reluctant star of America's most beloved cooking show, Supper at Six.

But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn't just teaching women to cook.

She's daring them to change the status quo. One molecule at a time.

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A Book of the Year for: Guardian, Times, Sunday Times, New York Times, Good Housekeeping, Woman & Home, Stylist, TLS, Oprah Daily, Newsweek, Mail on Sunday, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, India Knight, Hay Festival, Waterstones, Amazon, Books are My Bag and many more!

Author of the Year at the British Book Awards.

Winner of the Goodreads Choice Best Debut Novel Award.

Winner of the Books are My Bag Reader's Choice Award.

Winner of the Books are My Bag Breakthrough Author Award.

Shortlisted for the HWA Crown Award.

Praise for Lessons in Chemistry:

'Full of humour, heartbreak and characters who feel like real people' – Red Magazine

'Thought-provoking and stylish' – Guardian

'Laugh-out-loud funny and brimming with life, generosity and courage' – Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

'I loved Lessons in Chemistry and am devastated to have finished it!' – Nigella Lawson

'A novel that sparks joy with every page' – Elizabeth Day, author of Magpie

'Witty and sometimes hilarious ... the Catch-22 of early feminism' – Stephen King

'A beautiful, sharp, funny and dark modern classic. I adored it' – Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End

Lessons in Chemistry has sold over 6 million copies worldwide across all formats, The Guardian, December 2023.