Listen and read

Step into an infinite world of stories

  • Read and listen as much as you want
  • Over 1 million titles
  • Exclusive titles + Storytel Originals
  • 7 days free trial, then €9.99/month
  • Easy to cancel anytime
Subscribe Now
Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

Before I Go To Sleep: A Novel

384 Ratings

4

Duration
11H 32min
Language
English
Format
Category

Fiction

New York Times Bestseller

“An exceptional thriller. It left my nerves jangling for hours after I finished the last page.” –Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestselling author of Shutter Island

“Imagine drifting off every night knowing that your memories will be wiped away by morning. That’s the fate of Christine Lucas, whose bewildering internal world is rendered with chilling intimacy in this debut literary thriller. . . . You’ll stay up late reading until you know.” — People (4 stars)

Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love–all forgotten overnight. And the one person you trust may be telling you only half the story. Welcome to Christine's life. Every morning, she awakens beside a stranger in an unfamiliar bed. She sees a middle-aged face in the bathroom mirror that she does not recognize. And every morning, the man patiently explains that he is Ben, her husband, that she is forty-seven-years-old, and that an accident long ago damaged her ability to remember.

In place of memories Christine has a handful of pictures, a whiteboard in the kitchen, and a journal, hidden in a closet. She knows about the journal because Dr. Ed Nash, a neurologist who claims to be treating her without Ben’s knowledge, reminds her about it each day. Inside its pages, the damaged woman has begun meticulously recording her daily events—sessions with Dr. Nash, snippets of information that Ben shares, flashes of her former self that briefly, miraculously appear. But as the pages accumulate, inconsistencies begin to emerge, raising disturbing questions that Christine is determined to find answers to. And the more she pieces together the shards of her broken life, the closer she gets to the truth . . . and the more terrifying and deadly it is.

© 2011 HarperAudio (Audiobook): 9780062072597

Release date

Audiobook: June 14, 2011

Others also enjoyed ...

  1. The Kind Worth Killing: A Novel Peter Swanson
  2. Mr Nobody Catherine Steadman
  3. I Know Who You Are Alice Feeney
  4. The Woman in the Window A. J. Finn
  5. Behind Her Eyes Huw Parmenter
  6. Rock Paper Scissors Alice Feeney
  7. Cross Her Heart Sarah Pinborough
  8. A Flicker in the Dark Stacy Willingham
  9. The Woman in the Window: A Novel A. J. Finn
  10. Pieces of Her Karin Slaughter
  11. Dead to Her: A Novel Sarah Pinborough
  12. The Guest List: A Novel Lucy Foley
  13. False Witness Karin Slaughter
  14. Eight Perfect Murders: A Novel Peter Swanson
  15. Dark Saturday: A Novel Nicci French
  16. The Therapist B A Paris
  17. All the Dangerous Things Stacy Willingham
  18. Her Every Fear: A Novel Peter Swanson
  19. His and Hers Alice Feeney
  20. You Caroline Kepnes
  21. Gone Astray Michelle Davies
  22. The Other Woman: An Incredibly Gripping Psychological Thriller With Shocking Twists Sandie Jones
  23. Copycat Alex Lake
  24. The Hunting Party: A Novel Lucy Foley
  25. You Are Not Alone: The Most Gripping Thriller of the Year from the Bestselling Authors of the Richard and Judy Smash Hit The Wife Between Us Sarah Pekkanen
  26. Lies Lies Lies Adele Parks
  27. The Institute: A Novel Stephen King
  28. The Dinner Guest B P Walter
  29. Insomnia Sarah Pinborough
  30. The Wife Upstairs Rachel Hawkins
  31. After Anna Alex Lake
  32. The Good Daughter Karin Slaughter
  33. An Anonymous Girl Sarah Pekkanen
  34. The Half Sister Sandie Jones
  35. The Wife Between Us: A Richard & Judy Book Club Pick and Shocking Romantic Thriller Sarah Pekkanen
  36. I'm Thinking of Ending Things Iain Reid
  37. The Wives Tarryn Fisher
  38. Recursion Blake Crouch
  39. The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel Laura Dave
  40. The Dilemma B A Paris
  41. The Overnight Guest Heather Gudenkauf
  42. All The Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr
  43. The Murders at Fleat House Lucinda Riley
  44. The Lies We Told Camilla Way

This is why you’ll love Storytel

  • Listen and read without limits

  • 800 000+ stories in 40 languages

  • Kids Mode (child-safe environment)

  • Cancel anytime

Unlimited stories, anytime
Time limited offer

Unlimited

Listen and read as much as you want

9.99 € /month
  • 1 account

  • Unlimited Access

  • Offline Mode

  • Kids Mode

  • Cancel anytime

Try now