{"id":2082,"date":"2026-06-19T15:58:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookmysphere.com\/?post_type=product&p=2082"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:59:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:59:34","slug":"the-humans","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/bookmysphere.com\/?product=the-humans","title":{"rendered":"The Humans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Humans<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

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Review<\/h3>\n
Matt Haig’s hilarious novel puts our species on the spot ?\u00a0Guardian<\/span><\/p>\n

A wonderfully funny, gripping and inventive novel. Like Kurt Vonnegut and Audrey Niffenegger, Haig uses the tropes of science fiction to explore and satirise concepts of free will, love, marriage, logic, immortality and mercy with elegance and poignancy ?\u00a0The Times<\/span><\/p>\n

Great idea, great plot and superb comedy, especially from the alien’s puzzled analyses of primitive human ways ?\u00a0Daily Mail<\/span><\/p>\n

Matt Haig is a supreme talent and a writer to cherish, and\u00a0The Humans<\/span>\u00a0is undoubtedly his magnum opus ?\u00a0Guardian<\/span><\/p>\n

A novel with an enormous heart, infused with a sense of gratitude for everything that makes us who we are — Charlotte Heathcote ?\u00a0Daily Express<\/span><\/p>\n

Haig’s unexpectedly raw tale of love, belonging, and peanut butter . . . Funny, clever and quite, quite lovely — Sam Baker ?\u00a0Sunday Times<\/span><\/p>\n

Excellent . . . very human and touching indeed — PATRICK NESS<\/p>\n

The Humans<\/span>\u00a0is tremendous; a kind of\u00a0Curious Incident<\/span>\u00a0meets\u00a0The Man Who Fell to Earth<\/span>. It’s funny, touching and written in a highly appealing voice — JOANNE HARRIS<\/p>\n

The Humans<\/span>\u00a0is a laugh-and-cry book. Troubling, thrilling, puzzling, believable and impossible. Matt Haig uses words like a tin-opener. We are the tin — JEANETTE WINTERSON<\/p>\n

A brilliant exploration of what it is to love, and to be human,\u00a0The Humans<\/span>\u00a0is both heartwarming and hilarious, weird, and utterly wonderful. One of the best books I’ve read in a very long time — S.J. WATSON<\/div>\n

Book Description<\/h3>\n
‘Matt Haig is a supreme talent and a writer to cherish, and\u00a0<\/span>The Humans<\/span>\u00a0is undoubtedly his magnum opus’\u00a0<\/span>Guardian<\/span><\/div>\n
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About the Author<\/h3>\n
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Matt Haig\u00a0<\/span>writes both fiction and non-fiction. This includes the novels\u00a0The Humans<\/span>,\u00a0How to Stop Time\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0The Midnight Library<\/span>, which has been a number one\u00a0Sunday Times<\/span>\u00a0bestseller and a number one\u00a0New York Times\u00a0<\/span>bestseller. He has also written a number of children’s books including\u00a0A Boy Called Christmas<\/span>, which became a major feature film, and most recently the non-fiction book for adults,\u00a0The Comfort Book<\/span>.<\/p>\n

@matthaig1 | @mattzhaig | matthaig.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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THERE’S NO PLANET LIKE HOME<\/span><\/p>\n

After an ‘incident’ one wet Friday night where he was found walking naked through the streets of Cambridge, Professor Andrew Martin is not feeling quite himself. Food sickens him. Clothes confound him. Even his loving wife and teenage son are repulsive to him. He feels lost amongst an alien species and hates everyone on the planet. Everyone, that is, except Newton, (and he’s a dog).<\/p>\n

Who is he really? And what could make someone change their mind about the human race?<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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  • Language ? : ?\u00a0<\/span>English<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Paperback ? : ?\u00a0<\/span>320 pages<\/span><\/li>\n
  • ISBN-10 ? : ?\u00a0<\/span>1805300172<\/span><\/li>\n
  • ISBN-13 ? : ?\u00a0<\/span>978-1805300175<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Item Weight ? : ?\u00a0<\/span>215 g<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Dimensions ? : ?\u00a0<\/span>12.9 x 1.9 x 19.8 cm<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[59],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2082","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-books","first","instock","sale","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookmysphere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/2082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookmysphere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookmysphere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookmysphere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookmysphere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookmysphere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookmysphere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=2082"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookmysphere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=2082"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookmysphere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=2082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}