Canongate Books Matt Haig Collection 3 Books Set

This three-book collection brings together Matt Haig’s work across memoir, non-fiction and fiction, offering different perspectives on modern life and mental wellbeing. The set includes Reasons to Stay Alive, Notes on a Nervous Planet and The Midnight Library, each approaching the question of how to live from a distinct angle.

Across the three titles, Haig moves from a personal account of crisis and recovery, to reflections on the pressures of the digital age, and a novel set in a library between life and death. Taken together, the books consider time, habits, regret and the choices that shape a life, creating three clearly different reading experiences within one set.

Included titles

• Reasons to Stay Alive
• Notes on a Nervous Planet
• The Midnight Library

Key details

• Three-book set by Matt Haig
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Includes a memoir, a non-fiction title and a novel

Synopses

Reasons to Stay Alive

At 24, Matt Haig reaches a point where he cannot see a way to continue living. He describes how he came through crisis, overcame an illness that nearly destroyed him, and learned to live again.

Combining humour with reflection, the book explores how to live and love better, and how to make the most of your time on earth.

Notes on a Nervous Planet

Haig examines how the modern world can affect the mind and asks what can be done about it. He looks at sleep, news, social media, addiction, work and play, and questions the habits of the digital age.

He encourages readers to rethink how they spend their time, with an invitation to feel calmer and happier.

The Midnight Library

Between life and death there is a library. When Nora Seed arrives at the Midnight Library, she is given the chance to make things right after a life shaped by misery and regret.

As she explores books that allow her to live as if she had made different choices, she tries to work out her perfect life. Her decisions place both the library and herself in extreme danger, bringing her back to the question of the best way to live.