A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR:  Washington Post •  NPR  •   Entertainment Weekly  •   Real Simple  •   Marie Claire  •   New York Public Library  •   LibraryReads  •   The Skimm  •   Lit Hub  •   Lit Reactor  AN INSTANT  NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER “A captivating family saga.”— The New York Times Book Review “This literary family saga is perfect for fans of Celeste Ng and Donna Tartt.”— People Magazine (Book of the Week) If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children—four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness—sneak out to hear their fortunes. The prophecies inform their next five decades. Golden-boy Simon escapes to the West Coast, searching for love in '80s San Francisco; dreamy Klara becomes a Las Vegas magician, obsessed with blurring reality and fantasy; eldest son Daniel seeks security as an army doctor post-9/11; and bookish Varya throws herself into longevity research, where she tests the boundary between science and immortality. A sweeping novel of remarkable ambition and depth, The Immortalists probes the line between destiny and choice, reality and illusion, this world and the next. It is a deeply moving testament to the power of story, the nature of belief, and the unrelenting pull of familial bonds. An Amazon Best Book of January 2018: The Immortalists doesn’t seem like a second novel: it has all the unexpected brilliance of a debut hit, combined with the assured style and long-sighted wisdom you’d expect from an older, more experienced writer. But author Chloe Benjamin is – astonishingly -- only 28 years old, and her ambitious and deeply moving novel sets a high standard for realistic fiction in 2018 – and it’s only January. Benjamin tells the story of four teenage siblings who, on a lark, ask a fortuneteller to reveal the dates of their deaths. Whether that fortuneteller is a con artist or is genuinely gifted with second sight doesn’t interest Benjamin so much as how one piece of possibly spurious information conspires with character and circumstance to warp the siblings’ choices as they grow into adulthood. Along the way, Benjamin poses intriguing questions about the value of longevity and whether we are victims, or perpetrators, of our own fates. Though Benjamin is wary of magical thinking, her omniscient writing casts a masterful spell that will leave you eager to see what her third novel will bring. --Sarah Harrison Smith, Amazon Book Review #1 Indie Next Pick #1 LibraryReads Pick One of... Newsweek ’s “50 Coolest Books to Read This Summer” Good Morning America ’s “ Best Books to Bring to the Beach This Summer” Elle ’s “19 of the Best Books to Read This Winter” Harper's Bazaar ’s “10 New Books to Add to Your Reading List in 2018” Southern Living ’s “Books Coming Out This Winter That We Can’t Wait to Read” Martha Stewart Living , “On Our Bookshelf” InStyle ’s “10 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2018” Huffington Post ’s “60 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018” W Magazine ’s “10 Unconventional New Books About Love For Valentine's Day” Popsugar ’s   “25 Must-Read Books for Fall” Bustle ’s “35 Most-Anticipated Fiction Books of 2018” Nylon ’s “50 Books We Can’t Wait To Read In 2018” Goop ’s “12 Books for Winter Break” BookPage ’s “Most Anticipated Fiction of 2018” Book Riot ’s “101 Books Coming Out in 2018 That You Should Mark Down Now” HelloGiggles ’ “Most Anticipated Books of 2018” PureWow ’s “20 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018” Goodreads ’ “Most Anticipated Books of 2018” Book Riot ’s “Most Anticipated Books of January 2018” TimeOut ’s “Eleven New Books to Read This Month” “A literary page-turner...A really compelling plotline.” — The Wall Street Journal “The only real magic here is Benjamin’s storytelling....Poignant...A testimony of love.” — The Washington Post “[An] amazing work of fiction...A dense, yet beautifully spun and satisfying tale that spans 50 years...Spare, yet gorgeously robust prose...and every page is imbued with [Benjamin’s] obvious storytelling skill....Begin 2018 with the book that could easily retain the year’s top spot, The Immortalists is a can’t-put-down, makes-you-think tale of a not-so-average American family.” —Associated Press “The book spans decades, touching on the AIDs crisis, 9/11, race, and marriage. But, at its core, it’s an examination of free will and fate.”— The New Yorker “The reader will likely be thoroughly taken by the world of the Gold siblings, in all its shades of brilliant color. It's not a totally comfortable realm, since we know all too well how this tale's going to end, but getting there is lovely.” —NPR.org “Search no further for your inaugural 2018 book club pick.” — Elle   “Thrilling.” — Marie Claire “A compelling family drama.” — Esquire “Centered on four s