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Normal People meets The Dropout, with the spirit of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow – a searing tale of love, ambition, and betrayal in Silicon Valley’s fast lane.

AN AMAZON BEST BOOKS OF 2025 SO FAR PICK
A GOODREADS HOTTEST DEBUT NOVEL OF 2025
A GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 20 HOTTEST BOOKS OF THE SUMMER
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‘ELECTRIFYING’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

‘THE PAGES TURN THEMSELVES’ NEW YORK TIMES

‘DAZZLING . . . FULL OF SURPRISES’ HEAT

‘I COULDN’T HAVE LOVED IT MORE’ CHRIS WHITAKER

‘FIRED ME UP AND BROKE MY HEART. IT REMINDED ME WHAT A WILD RIDE READING SHOULD BE’ CLAIRE DAVERLEY

‘LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY MEETS TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AND TOMORROW – UTTERLY COMPELLING’ LUCY CLARKE

‘VERY CLEVER WITH A HUGE MESSY HEART. I ADORED IT’ ABIGAIL DEAN

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THE 2025 DEBUT THAT WILL STAY WITH YOU FOREVER

The moment Zoe notices Jack in their Harvard chemistry class, with his scruffy clothes and casual self-assurance, she knows he’s the one to beat.

When Zoe starts trying to outsmart Jack in chemistry, he knows she’s the person he’s been looking for.

Because Jack has dreams that go far beyond the classroom. And while he and Zoe might be from different worlds, they share the same thirst for knowledge and fierce ambition. When he invites her to partner with him on some research, she puts aside her pride, and joins him.

Apart they are brilliant, but together they are unstoppable, and within two years, they are at the helm of a thriving start-up company, and deep in a relationship that seems a perfect match in every sense.

Until a shocking accusation is levelled against Jack which threatens everything they’ve built – their company, their reputation, and most importantly, their love.

Are some dreams too big to come true? And how far would you go to achieve them anyway?

A captivating, deeply poignant novel about ambition, deceit, the recklessness that comes with early success and the way that love can make us feel invincible.

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MORE PRAISE FOR NOTES ON INFINITY

‘[T]his beautifully-wrought debut explores sexism, the ethics of playing with immortality and the complexities of mixing business and pleasure’ Mail on Sunday

‘If you liked Tomorrow And Tomorrow And Tomorrow read this!’ Sun

‘If Tomorrow And Tomorrow And Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin was about a longevity science empire rather than a video game behemoth, it wouldn’t be far off this buzzy new novel’ Stylist

Readers LOVE Notes on Infinity

‘Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow crossed with Lessons in Chemistry . . . It is better than both!’ *****

‘My heart was fully involved in this story and now it just hurts now that I’m done. I think I will be thinking about Zoe and Jack for a while’ *****

‘I really didn’t imagine to love this book as much as I did, but it completely won me over. It is a kind of novel that surprises you, not just with its originality, but with its depth’ *****

‘I didn’t want to put it down but I also didn’t want it to end’ *****

‘Beautiful writing, fabulous characters? I actually want to read it all over again!’ *****

‘I’m obsessed with this book’ *****

Publisher Review

Notes on Infinity is mesmeric . . . it stole my breath and my heart. It’s a grand story of science and startups, a simple story of first love and belonging and a perfect portrait of friendship, family, and that fine line between exhilaration and agony. I couldn’t have loved it more. * Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colours of the Dark * A little like Talking at Night meets Lessons in Chemistry and an absolute must-read for fans of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. But all other books fell out my head as I read it, because I was completely consumed by Zoe and Jack’s world. Full of passion and conflict and surprise, I adored every page. It fired me up and broke my heart: Austin Taylor has such a talent, reminding me what a wild ride reading can and should be. I’ve already told I know everyone to read it! * Claire Daverley, author of Talking at Night * I adored it. I have an absolute fascination in start-ups from colleagues’ stories of Google in its early days. This delivered in that respect, but in so many others, too: love, and partnership, and being the only woman in the room, growing up and deciding who you wish to be. It is very clever, but it has a huge, messy heart, which is exactly what I love in a book. * Abigail Dean, bestselling author of Girl A * The best of books: one I could not put down while also, simultaneously, wishing it was truly infinite. A perfectly realized novel with crystalline characters and a palpable sense of time, historically and of the characters’ lives. Austin Taylor’s ability to tell a story is superb and NOTES ON INFINITY is a reading experience to savour. * Lottie Hazell, author of Piglet * The brilliant love child of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and The Interestings. It asks all the big questions about existence and meaning and, most importantly, love, but in a way that is so engaging you are swept along by the tide of an enthralling story about tech and billion dollar start-ups. I thought about it the whole time I wasn’t reading it and expect to think about it for a long time to come. * Araminta Hall, author of One of the Good Guys * Notes On Infinity is an utterly compelling tale of love, friendship, and the burning desire to succeed – whatever the cost. Think: Lessons in Chemistry meets Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. A bright, brilliant debut from an exciting new voice in contemporary fiction. * Lucy Clarke, bestselling author of The Hike * Taylor shines in her intelligent debut… Thrills with her crackling and science-heavy description of the hothouse startup… Readers will race through the pages to find out what happens next. This is a winner. * Publishers Weekly, starred review * So much more than a love-story – impossible to put into words. Notes on Infinity surprised, delighted and moved me at every turn; a devourable tale of friendship and trust, power and privilege – and, ultimately, of what it is to be human. I didn’t want it to end… and then it did. * Charlotte Philby, author of The End of Summer * It’s rare that a book both moves and enthrals me as Notes on Infinity did. Taylor has crafted a smart, compelling read that explores the complicated relationships between truth and ambition; science and ethics; and our desire for immortality and the reality of what it is to be human. It’s Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, if the protagonist was Elizabeth Holmes. I loved it. * Katie Bishop, author of The Girls of Summer * Notes on Infinity is smart, vivid and utterly compelling. I was rooting so hard for these characters who are so warm and beautifully drawn. A masterfully told story about love, obsession and facing our own mortality. I loved it. * Laura Kay, author of The Split *