The Many, Sylvain Neuvel
The Many, Sylvain Neuvel
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The Many

Author: Sylvain Neuvel

Narrator: Eliza Summers, Paul Boehmer

Unabridged: 7 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/21/2026


Synopsis

The minds of five normal people merge in a beautiful, unnerving first contact story where the strangest thing humanity has to face is each other, from the critically acclaimed author of Sleeping Giants.

“I’m you now. We all are.”

When advertising executive Carole Veilleux loses it at Booker’s donut shop and bites Booker on the arm, it’s about the most interesting thing to happen in the small city of Marquette, Michigan in years.

But that’s only the beginning of the story. Carole and Booker find their minds merging in a collective that extends to include Carole’s husband Shivansh and local doctor Evelyn Schlapp. The four of them become the beginning of something larger and stranger than they could ever have imagined.

About Sylvain Neuvel

Sylvain Neuvel has taught linguistics in India and worked as a software engineer in Montreal. He is also a certified translator, though he wishes he were an astronaut. His girlfriend would have him believe that he has too many toys, so he writes about aliens and giant robots as a blatant excuse to build action figures (for his son, of course). His debut, Sleeping Giants, was described by NPR as “one of the most promising series kickoffs in recent memory.”


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tricia on October 15, 2025

The Many is a first contact science fiction story with an interesting twist. Based on the synopsis I was expecting something dark and very serious. While there are certainly serious parts, the novel was also a lot more fun to read than I expected! There was some humour and satire sprinkled throughou......more

Goodreads review by Tiegan on November 28, 2025

The Many is a hilarious, interesting, and fast-paced story about a growing hive mind, leaving you with a heartfelt message that will resonate with you for weeks to come. The first impression I got from this book was how clear the contrast between people's perspectives of themselves and other people's......more

Goodreads review by Jake on April 21, 2026

5 stars!!! Sylvain Neuvel is my favorite modern sci-fi author and THE MANY was one of my most anticipated books of 2026. And it did not disappoint! Absolutely loved this chaotic, hive mind sci-fi novel! This book was equal parts intriguing, fascinating, funny, bizarre, poignant, mind-blowing, just put......more

Goodreads review by Jess on February 13, 2026

The premise of this book sounded exactly like something I would really love, but it unfortunately didn’t quite work for me. I did however still find it enjoyable, so let’s start with the positives! - The book was fairly fast paced, and I never found any of it boring. There was no time wasted in getti......more

Goodreads review by Mark on November 30, 2025

The Many was a fun sci-fi read with an uplifting message and a nice touch of humour to counter-balance some of the horror (ish, it's not a scary book at all, just the odd bit of gore) elements. A virus from outer space infects first a tick, which bites a human. That human bites another human and yeah......more