Atmosphere: A Love Story is the latest epic novel from the Number One Sunday Times Bestseller, Taylor Jenkins Reid. The book is a passionate and soaring story about the extraordinary lengths people go to live and love beyond their limits. The novel is set against the thrilling and meticulously researched backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program.

The story follows astrophysics professor Joan Goodwin, who begins training as an astronaut at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in 1980. She joins an exceptional group of candidates. As Joan prepares for her first flight, she finds a passion and a love she never expected, leading her to question her place in the observable universe. Consequently, the novel is highly emotional, with readers calling it “Taylor Jenkins Reid’s best book yet.” This powerful narrative explores female empowerment, desire, and the transformative power of love, all before everything changes in a single instant in December 1984.

Key Details

• Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid

• Title: Atmosphere: A Love Story

• Format: Paperback

• Release Date: 3 June 2025

• Genre: Love Story, Epic Novel

• Setting: 1980s Space Shuttle Program, NASA

• Praise: Number One Sunday Times Bestseller

• Themes: Love, Desire, Female Empowerment, Ambition

• Publisher: Not explicitly listed, but the book is TJR’s work.