The Lost
book club fiction with a speculative edge
by Sarah Beth Durst
updated edition coming November 11, 2025, from HarperCollins / MIRA
From New York Times bestselling author Sarah Beth Durst comes a fully updated and expanded edition of THE LOST, with a brand-new ending. Against the backdrop of a desolate and mystical town, this arresting, fantastical novel explores one woman's impossible journey -- and her quest to find her fate.
Lost your way?
Your dreams?
Yourself?
Welcome to Lost.
It was supposed to be a small escape. A few hours driving before turning around and heading home. But once you arrive in Lost... well, it's a place you really can't leave. Not until you're Found. Only the Missing Man can send you home. And he took one look at Lauren Chase and disappeared.
So Lauren is now trapped in the town where all lost things go -- luggage, keys, dreams, lives -- where nothing is permanent, where the locals go feral and where the only people who don't want to kill her are a handsome wild man called the Finder and a knife-wielding six-year-old girl. The only road out of town is engulfed by an impassable dust storm, and escape is impossible....
Until Lauren decides nothing -- and no one -- is going to keep her here anymore.
Read the first two chapters
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"A slow-brewing, increasingly exciting, and deeply provocative fantasy world."
-- Booklist
"This exuberant fantasy is finely crafted, filled with humor and very moving."
-- Kirkus
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Download hi-res cover art by Fernando Juarez.
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Coming Soon as an Audiobook:
The Lost
Audio Edition
from Harlequin Audio
written by Sarah Beth Durst
narrated by Caitlin Davies
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