In the summer of 1980, astrophysics professor Joan Goodwin begins training to be an astronaut at Houston’s Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond; mission specialists John Griffin and Lydia Danes; warmhearted Donna Fitzgerald; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer. As the new astronauts prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined and begins to question everything she believes about her place in the observable universe.

Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, everything changes in an instant.

Atmosphere is Taylor Jenkins Reid at her best: transporting readers to iconic times and places, creating complex protagonists, and telling a passionate and soaring story about the transformative power of love – this time among the stars.

• 'So emotional by the end that I could hardly speak' - Reader Review, 5*****
• 'Melted my heart by the end' - Reader Review, 5*****
• 'Taylor Jenkins Reid is the master of a really great love story' - Reader Review, 5*****
• 'Taylor Jenkins Reid's best book yet' - Reader Review, 5*****

• 'Tipped to be this summer's biggest read' - SUNDAY TIMES'
• A richly drawn page-turner' - OBSERVER'
• Quite possibly our favourite TJR novel yet' - COSMOPOLITAN'
• I absolutely adored this' BRYONY - GORDON'
• A breathtaking, quietly staggering tale of female empowerment, desire, and our place in the universe' HEAT' Unputdownable' - GRAZIA
• 'Is there a popular fiction writer alive who conveys falling in love better than Taylor Jenkins Reid?' - DAILY MAIL
• 'Packs a hefty emotional punch' - MAIL ON SUNDAY
• 'Thrilling ... heartbreaking ... uplifting. Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel Atmosphere is the fast-paced, emotionally-charged story of one ambitious young woman, finding both her voice and her passion ... I loved it' KRISTIN HANNAH, author of The Women