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We Burned So Bright

by Klune, Tj

EAN: 9781250881236

$25.99

Condition: New

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Category: Fiction | Fantasy | Contemporary

Format: Hardback

Language: English

Publication date: Apr 28, 2026

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A LibraryReads pick! An Indie Next pick!

A Spotify and Apple Best Books of the Year So Far! Most anticipated from People Magazine, The Portalist, Nerd Daily, Page Six, Parade, Spokesman Review. Featured in: The New York Times, SFF Insiders, New Scientist, Nerd Daily, Reactor, Goodreads, IGN, and Gizmodo.

A heart-wrenching standalone novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, We Burned So Bright follows an elder gay couple on an end-of-the-world road-trip.

The road stretched out before them. No other cars, just the headlights on the blacktop. Above, the cracked moon in a kaleidoscope sky....

Husbands Don and Rodney have lived a good long life. Together they've experienced the highest highs of love and family, and lows so low that they felt like the end of the world.

Now, the world is ending for real. A rogue black hole is coming for Earth and in a month everything and everyone they've ever known will be gone.

Suddenly, after 40 years together, Don and Rodney are out of time. They're in a race against the clock to make it from Maine to Washington State to take care of some unfinished business before it's all over.

On the road they meet those who refuse to believe death is coming and those who rush to meet it. But there are also people living their final days as best they know how--impromptu weddings, bright burning bonfires, shared meals, and new friends.

And as the black hole draws near, among ball lightning and under a cracked moon in a kaleidoscope sky, Don and Rodney will look back on their lives and ask if their best was good enough.

Is it enough to burn bright if nothing comes from the ashes?

Other TPG Books by TJ Klune

The Cerulean Chronicles
The House in the Cerulean Sea
Somewhere Beyond the Sea

The Green Creek Series
Wolfsong
Ravensong
Heartsong
Brothersong

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The Bones Beneath My Skin
Under the Whispering Door
In the Lives of Puppets
We Burned So Bright
Murmuration

Into This River I Drown
How to Be a Normal Person

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So, I picked this for a plane ride and yeah - don't do that. Then I read it while taking myself to lunch and then returned to finish it and just sit with it. It's a lovely little story - a life lived well that wasn't perfect and a journey to finish one last thing to be able to let go. Oh, and the world is ending - did I mention that? It's lovely and wrenching and even with the world ending, it's so beautifully hopeful that I can't bring myself to lend it out because I want to reread it to chase that feeling again. Love ❀️❀️❀️