Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel - Hardcover

Pelt, Shelby Van

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 006357358X ISBN 13: 9780063573581

Publisher: Ecco, 2026

Synopsis

This Collector's Edition features marbled oceanic edges and endpapers, gold foil, and a reading group guide.

A New York Times Bestseller * A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick

Now a Netflix Film

';Remarkably Bright Creatures [is] an ultimately feel-good but deceptively sensitive debut. . . . Memorable and tender.' Washington Post

After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.

Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captorsuntil he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.

Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova's son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it's too late.

Shelby Van Pelt's debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ecco
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 006357358X
• ISBN 13: 9780063573581
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384