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Exit Party
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Expected 15 Sep 26The award-winning, bestselling author of Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility returns with a breathtaking novel of doubles, shadow worlds, and fractured timelines as a man disappears from a glittering Los Angeles party, and a woman—a gunrunner, an art collector, an operative of the State—searches for answers.
Los Angeles, 2031: The first spring after the collapse of the United States, peacekeeping troops withdraw from the city, the Jacaranda trees blossom, and the curfew is finally lifted. Ari Waker and her roommate pass the gauntlet of bomb-sniffing dogs, the shanty towns, and the Red Cross tents as they walk across Silverlake to a party. The mood is ecstatic inside the apartment, people drink and dance, a woman wears a silver dress, pleated like tinfoil. And A shift. A bewildered twin, an uncanny doppelganger stumbles through the crowd and out into the night, and Kareem, the party’s host, vanishes into thin air.
As Ari Waker unravels the mystery of this inexplicable night, Emily St. John Mandel unfurls a story that takes us from a future America splintered by civil war to the seaside cliffs of Greece where weapons dealers hide in an elegant resort, and from the domed city of Paris to a colony on the moon. An unforgettable literary feat, Exit Party is a novel about the price of safety, the perils of the surveillance state, a requiem for a world not unlike our own, and a breathtaking story of resilience in the face of cataclysmic change.
Los Angeles, 2031: The first spring after the collapse of the United States, peacekeeping troops withdraw from the city, the Jacaranda trees blossom, and the curfew is finally lifted. Ari Waker and her roommate pass the gauntlet of bomb-sniffing dogs, the shanty towns, and the Red Cross tents as they walk across Silverlake to a party. The mood is ecstatic inside the apartment, people drink and dance, a woman wears a silver dress, pleated like tinfoil. And A shift. A bewildered twin, an uncanny doppelganger stumbles through the crowd and out into the night, and Kareem, the party’s host, vanishes into thin air.
As Ari Waker unravels the mystery of this inexplicable night, Emily St. John Mandel unfurls a story that takes us from a future America splintered by civil war to the seaside cliffs of Greece where weapons dealers hide in an elegant resort, and from the domed city of Paris to a colony on the moon. An unforgettable literary feat, Exit Party is a novel about the price of safety, the perils of the surveillance state, a requiem for a world not unlike our own, and a breathtaking story of resilience in the face of cataclysmic change.
320 pages, Hardcover
Expected publication September 15, 2026
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Emily St. John Mandel
20 books27.7k followersEmily St. John Mandel was born and raised on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada. She studied contemporary dance at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre and lived briefly in Montreal before relocating to New York.
She is the author of five novels, including The Glass Hotel (spring 2020) and Station Eleven (2014.) Station Eleven was a finalist for a National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award, won the Morning News Tournament of Books, and has been translated into 34 languages. She lives in NYC with her husband and daughter.
She is the author of five novels, including The Glass Hotel (spring 2020) and Station Eleven (2014.) Station Eleven was a finalist for a National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award, won the Morning News Tournament of Books, and has been translated into 34 languages. She lives in NYC with her husband and daughter.
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December 17, 2025Read The Singer’s Gun first so you know Aria! ESJM told me she’s the main character over on Instagram
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September 30, 2025INJECT THIS INTO MY VEINS NOW
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December 23, 2025This sounds so good, I am here for the new Emily St. John Mandel and literary takes on time travel and humanity!
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January 20, 2026I don't know what the world will be like in September, but my schedule is cancelled for this book.
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September 19, 2025not a want but a NEED
October 1, 2025
The world is ending, and Emily St. John Mandel is inviting us to the party!!!
No one captures the beauty of ordinary moments on the brink of catastrophe like Mandel. The hush before the collapse, the shimmer of illusions breaking, the slow realization that history has already shifted under your feet.
I have a feeling Exit Party is going to be haunting, dazzling, and impossible to put down. Who else is ready for Mandel’s next masterpiece?
No one captures the beauty of ordinary moments on the brink of catastrophe like Mandel. The hush before the collapse, the shimmer of illusions breaking, the slow realization that history has already shifted under your feet.
I have a feeling Exit Party is going to be haunting, dazzling, and impossible to put down. Who else is ready for Mandel’s next masterpiece?
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January 8, 2026WE HAVE A COVER!!!!!! Wake me up in September!
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January 15, 2026Note to self: Source The Singer's Gun first.
October 11, 2025
I AM SAT!!!!!
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January 6, 2026hey siri, play party 4 u by charli xcx
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January 10, 2026Emily St. John Mandel coming back after four years, let's go!!
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October 30, 2025THANK GOD she’s back
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December 6, 2025I’m seated!!!!!
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January 7, 2026She’s back, baby!!!! My prayers have been answered
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January 12, 2026oh my god oh my god
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