A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOKS OF 2022, ONE OF THE ECONOMIST TOP SIX BOOKS OF 2022, ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S TOP TEN BOOKS OF 2022, ONE OF SLATE'S TOP TEN BOOKS OF 2022, ONE OF THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER TOP TEN BOOKS OF 2022. Also named one of the BEST BOOKS OF 2022 by Vanity Fair, Time, NPR, The Guardian, Oprah Daily, LitHub, Self, Book Riot, Vogue, Book page, The New Yorker, BBC, Vulture, and many more! From one of the most celebrated writers of our time comes an inventive, effervescent (Oprah Daily) novel about the memory and quest for authenticity and human connection. The Candy House opens with the staggeringly brilliant Bix Bouton, whose company, Mandala, is so successful that he is one of those tech demi-gods with whom we're all on a first name basis. Bix is forty, with four kids, restless, and desperate for a new idea, when he stumbles into a conversation group, mostly Columbia professors, one of whom is experimenting with downloading or externalizing memory. Within a decade, Bix's new technology, Own Your Unconscious—which allows you access to every memory you've ever had, and to share your memories.
