The Library of Fates, Margot Harrison
The Library of Fates, Margot Harrison
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The Library of Fates

Author: Margot Harrison

Narrator: Caroline Hewitt

Unabridged: 8 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/02/2025


Synopsis

When its librarian keeper mysteriously dies, two former classmates must race to locate a rare book from their college years that can foretell your future if you confess a secret from your past—but someone is intent on protecting what’s hidden inside.

It can write the story of your future... and hide the secrets of your past

The Library of Fates was designed to show you who you are—and who you could become. Its rarest book, The Book of Dark Nights, holds a secret: when you write an intimate confession on its pages, you'll receive a prediction for your future, penned in your own handwriting.

For Eleanor, whose childhood was defined by a senseless tragedy, the library offers a world where everything makes sense. She’s spent most of her life there as an apprentice to the brilliant librarian, showing other people how to find the meaning of their lives in stories.

But when her mentor dies in a freak accident and The Book of Dark Nights goes missing—along with the secrets written inside—Eleanor is pulled out of the library and into a quest to locate it with the last person she expects: the librarian’s estranged son, Daniel, who Eleanor once loved.

Together, as they hunt down clues from Harvard to Paris, Eleanor and Daniel grow closer again, regaining each other’s trust. But little do they know that they’re entangled in a much larger web. Someone else wants the book, and they'll go to dark lengths to get it...

About Margot Harrison

MARGOT HARRISON isthe author of The Midnight Club and The Library of Fates. She is also the author of four young adult novels, including an Indies Introduce Pick,Junior Library Guild Selections, and Vermont Book Award Finalists. She grew up inNew York and now lives in Vermont.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Leanna on December 01, 2025

Okay, so I really liked this one! Let’s start with the most important detail: it’s set in a LIBRARY that might be magical, mysterious, low-key unsettling, and honestly? I’d move in tomorrow if they’d let me. You know I’m a sucker for stories about books and this one literally builds its whole concep......more

Goodreads review by Bethany (Beautifully Bookish Bethany) on November 21, 2025

Contemporary fantasy meets a dark academia tinged magical mystery with a side of romance! The Library of Fates follows two college students studying in a magical library that can read your fate and offer predictions. One is the son of the librarian and the other is the girl being groomed as her repl......more

Goodreads review by Stacey ˗ ღ ˎˊ˗ on January 28, 2026

3⭐️ My parents say I was between 24-36mo when I started reading anything independently. That means I’ve been reading for about 48 years now. And all that time reading has taught me that an Ivy League education does not a writer make. While I do find it accessible and engaging, my overall response to......more

Goodreads review by Natalie on December 03, 2025

Thank you so much, NetGalley, for providing me with an advanced copy of this book. The story is set in a magical library where books are used to determine people’s fates. It’s a simple story, not filled with the kind of action that ends the world, but rather a subtle mystery that unfolds when a book......more

Goodreads review by swooningwithsarah on November 16, 2025

4 stars! Omg. The magical realism of this book was superb! I loved the library adventure and having to figure out the mystery based on clues ! I couldn't stop listening to this. The narrators did a great job of the different voices without making it confusing, the emotion depicted was deep and you cou......more