How to Stop Time cover art

How to Stop Time

 Preview

Listen with Audible free trial

Free with 30-day trial
Prime logo New to Audible Prime Member exclusive:
2 credits with free trial
1 credit a month to use on any title to download and keep
Listen to anything from the Plus Catalogue—thousands of Audible Originals, podcasts and audiobooks
Download titles to your library and listen offline
₹199.00 per month after 30-day trial. Cancel anytime.

How to Stop Time

Written by: Matt Haig
Narrated by: Mark Meadows
Free with 30-day trial

₹199.00 per month after 30-day trial. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for ₹546.23

Buy Now for ₹546.23

*THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN, Matt Haig's new novel from the world of The Midnight Library, is out now*

HOW MANY LIFETIMES DOES IT TAKE TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE?

Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old history teacher, but he’s been alive for centuries. From Elizabethan England to Jazz-Age Paris, from New York to the South Seas, Tom has seen it all. As long as he keeps changing his identity, he can stay one step ahead of his past – and stay alive. The only thing he must not do is fall in love.

But what if the one thing he can't have just happens to be the one thing that might save him?

©2017 Canongate Books Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1

Critic Reviews

"A rollicking time-hopping fantasy . . . How to Stop Time will provoke wonder and delight"
"Hugely entertaining" (JOHN BOYNE)
"Outlandish . . . heartwarming, perceptive prose" (ANITA SETHI)
"An imaginative, ambitious novel by an author with an infectious passion for history and the human condition"
"Haig writes exquisitely from the perspective of the heart-sore outsider, but at their most moving his novels reveal the unbearable beauty of ordinary life"
"Let Matt Haig take you on a journey . . . Brings every era to vibrant life . . . original and fascinating"
"Tear-jerking, time-hopping romance"
"A fabulous book" (STEPHEN FRY)
"How to Stop Time is a beautiful, and necessary book. I feel very lucky to have read it. It is magical, intriguing and at times, very sad. A triumph" (MARIAN KEYES)
"Absolutely terrific" (GRAHAM NORTON)
All stars
Most relevant
I am a Matt Haig fan, and this is my 5th book from his collection. He has written on a very intersting concept and the overall story when summarised is absolutely fascinating. How the character has lived through different eras, whom all he met, what he learnt and relearnt.... everything is amazing except the pace of the book. it's too slow for my liking. And it got too philosophical at points. Maybe I am not in the same frame of mind as the author intended his reader to be, but c'mon for someone who wrote Human and Midnight Library- this one goes really slow. I am still glad I read it, but I did want it to go a bit faster and get over a bit sooner.

Fascinating but bit too long and slow

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Matt Haig does it again, starts with a simple premise but then takes it deeper and ends with a thought provoking ending. Took away 1 star because the premise is little old and has been used multiple times. Good lite read nevertheless, will definitely recommend.

Thought provoking and Deep

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.