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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Extremely funny . . . inspired lunacy . . . [and] over much too soon.”—The Washington Post Book World

Now celebrating the pivotal 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy!

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

It’s an ordinary Thursday morning for Arthur Dent . . . until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly after to make way for a new hyperspace express route, and Arthur’s best friend has just announced that he’s an alien.

After that, things get much, much worse.

With just a towel, a small yellow fish, and a book, Arthur has to navigate through a very hostile universe in the company of a gang of unreliable aliens. Luckily the fish is quite good at languages. And the book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy . . . which helpfully has the words DON’T PANIC inscribed in large, friendly letters on its cover.

Douglas Adams’s mega-selling pop-culture classic sends logic into orbit, plays havoc with both time and physics, offers up pithy commentary on such things as ballpoint pens, potted plants, and digital watches . . . and, most important, reveals the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything.

Now, if you could only figure out the question. . . .

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208 pages

Average rating: 7.42

387 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

M.G.
Dec 18, 2024
7/10 stars
Just a word savage
get.a.jeevan
Sep 02, 2024
10/10 stars
When I started reading it, I expected myself to give this a 4/5 but dang I COULDN'T put this book down until I was finished. And any book that manages to make me read it at one go despite my terrible attention span and lack of concentration deserves a 5!
Anonymous
Aug 17, 2024
10/10 stars
This book came highly recommneded in podcasts and BookTok, and it did not disappoint. I know many other books tried to copy this book's style and comedy since it was published, but there is nothing like the original. It had me laughing out loud and thinking "how did Adams think of this?" many times. Very original and funny.
brunette_rapunzel
Aug 09, 2024
6/10 stars
I liked the story but it really didn't live up to the hype for me...
Anonymous
Jul 05, 2024
10/10 stars
Don't know why I waited so long to read this classic. Such a fun read.

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