• Wellness

  • A Novel (Oprah's Book Club)
  • By: Nathan Hill
  • Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
  • Length: 18 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,314 ratings)

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Wellness

By: Nathan Hill
Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
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Publisher's summary

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • The New York Times best-selling author of The Nix is back with a poignant and witty novel about a modern marriage and the bonds that keep people together. Mining the absurdities of contemporary society, Wellness reimagines the love story with a healthy dose of insight, irony, and heart.

"A stunning novel about the stories that we tell about our lives and our loves, and how we sustain relationships throughout time—it's beyond remarkable, both funny and heartbreaking, sometimes on the same page.”—NPR

When Jack and Elizabeth meet as college students in the gritty '90s Chicago art scene, the two quickly join forces and hold on tight, each eager to claim a place in the thriving underground scene with an appreciative kindred spirit. Fast-forward twenty years to suburban married life, and alongside the challenges of parenting, they encounter the often-baffling pursuits of health and happiness from polyamorous would-be suitors to home-renovation hysteria.

For the first time, Jack and Elizabeth struggle to recognize each other, and the no-longer-youthful dreamers are forced to face their demons, from unfulfilled career ambitions to childhood memories of their own dysfunctional families. In the process, Jack and Elizabeth must undertake separate, personal excavations, or risk losing the best thing in their lives: each other.

©2023 Nathan Hill (P)2023 Random House Audio

Interview: In "Wellness" Nathan Hill excavates the absurdities of love, tech, and truth itself.

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Excellent family saga

Compelling, intelligent, interesting and realistically contemporary. Narrator so good as well. I had a hard time interrupting the narrative to proceed with less interesting daily requirements on my time.

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Just wow

This book is spectacular ❤️❤️❤️… what insight…it helps cleanse the film if belief that blocks our sight‼️

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I wasn't prepared for the way this hit home

I was expecting the story about the arc of a marriage. What I wasn't expecting was the story of a parent who's gone down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories and fear/anger. This book hit home so hard, fleshing its central characters out so well that you could never seal a judgement about any one of them. My only gripe would be that there were still a handful who weren't afforded this treatment.... sequel/prequel, please?

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A Beautiful and Intricate Story

This book is a stunningly intricate and masterfully woven tale of two people and the struggles of finding your way through the world. Officially one of my new favorite books.

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Deep but so relevant!!

Loved the reader - he really got into the passions behind the words, which I loved! Also, great story and showed the impact different trauma has on our adult lives. Can't think of anyone who couldn't relate! Highly recommend!

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By best read of 2023!

Impeccable narration of a beautiful novel with deeply moving characters and a thoughtful exploration of the human condition.

I loved every minute of it. Even the painful moments were beautifully written and performed.

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Nathan Hill is my favorite author!

I preordered this book because I loved The Nix so very much. Now I can’t decide which one is better. Both The Nix and Wellness are in the top five books I’ve read in the last ten years and I’m eagerly waiting for the next one by Nathan Hill. As with The Nix, I’ll begin listening to Wellness for the second time tomorrow after it sinks in a little more. Nathan Hill is my favorite author!

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Narrator rocks!

The story was a bit depressing at times but the writing was so good. The narrator is fantastic and I’ll be looking for more books featuring him.

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story unfolded slowly

this book took a long time for me to get behind it. it jumped around to different points of view and different times.

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Best wordsmith

Nathan Hill. I listened to The Nix first. Just finished Wellness. This guy is an incredible story teller. Both books have some similarities, but I’ll leave it to you to see if you agree. The narrator hit a home run. Don’t miss this one!

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