Literary Fiction · Free kit
The Midnight Library
Nora Seed is in her mid-thirties, still in Bedford, and keeping a private inventory of every life she did not choose. After a cascade of ordinary losses — her cat, her job at the music shop, the people who used to need her — she reaches a breaking point and wakes in a library between life and death. The librarian is Mrs Elm, who once played chess with her on the worst afternoon of her childhood. Every green book is another Nora: the one who married Dan, the Olympian, the glaciologist, the rock star, the woman with a daughter named Molly. The Book of Regrets is heavy. The clocks are frozen at midnight. A popular, earnest novel about depression, possibility, and the quiet argument that a messy ordinary life is still a life — and that small kindnesses travel farther than we think.
“The only way to learn is to live.”
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The Midnight Library Printables
Get the full printable pack on Etsy, or print individual pages from Bingo, Discussion Questions, and Hosting.
Die-cut stickers
A sticker sheet of chess pieces, green books, a midnight clock, and a cat silhouette — for journals or meeting favors.
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Favorite quote cards
Cut cards for guests to write the line that stayed with them, including room for "the only way to learn is to live."
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Reading tracker
Start date, finish date, and pages-read tracker for the month.
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Book club invite
Printable invite with the kit's midnight question, a brief content note, and meeting details.
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Review sheet
Likes/dislikes scorecard for characters, plot, ending, and comfort.
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Library cards
Fake checkout cards guests can use as name tags, or to write one small kindness from the week — not a regret.
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