The Candy House

When a brilliant tech entrepreneur creates a revolutionary app that lets people access and trade their own memories, it seems like the ultimate connection—until the consequences ripple across decades and shatter lives in ways no one predicted. This dazzling, mind-bending novel weaves together the stories of multiple characters caught between "counters" (who exploit our deepest desires) and "eluders" (who understand what we're really losing), exploring what it means to own our own minds in a world obsessed with sharing everything. Egan pulls off something extraordinary here—shifting between wildly inventive narrative styles (tweets, first-person plural, letters, and more) while asking urgent questions about privacy, authenticity, and human connection that feel terrifyingly relevant right now. If you loved the interconnected storytelling of A Visit from the Goon Squad, prepare to be swept into an even more ambitious, emotionally resonant exploration of what makes us human.