Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel

A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!

For fans of A Man Called Ove — a charming, witty, and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope.

"Remarkably Bright Creatures is a beautiful examination of how loneliness can be transformed, cracked open, with the slightest touch from another living thing."
— Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here

About the Book:

After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and keeping busy — her way of coping since her son Erik mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.

There, Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus with a sharp mind and a secret. Marcellus knows what happened the night Erik disappeared — and he'll use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth before it's too late.

Why Readers Love It:

• ❤️ A heartwarming story of unlikely friendship and second chances
• 🐙 Narrated in part by a brilliantly witty giant octopus
• 🌊 Perfect for fans of feel-good literary fiction
• ✨ A gentle reminder that the past can unlock an impossible future

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