Bring the House Down

First published 2025 · debut

Reception

Mostly positive. 8 of 10 critics were positive or better.

Rave 6 · Positive 2 · Mixed 2 · Pan 0

“Accomplished … This is a smart, sharp and compulsively readable first novel that provides food for thought on a variety of complex topics”

The Washington Post · Malcolm Forbes · Rave

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“Runcie…has created something so delightfully snackable that you may, as I did, gulp it down in two or three sittings”

The Los Angeles Times · Laura Mills · Mixed
“Entertaining and very timely … Delightfully excruciating … One of the most enjoyable novels I’ve read in a long time.”

The Guardian (UK) · Toby Litt · Rave

Charlotte Runcie, born 1989, United Kingdom.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2025 · 304 pages

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Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2025
Pages: 304
ISBN: 978-0-385-55107-6
Editions: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2025, 304 pages 978-0-385-55107-6
HarperCollins Publishers, 2025 978-0-00-868803-5
HarperCollins Publishers, 2025 978-0-00-868801-1
Diversified Publishing, 2025, 456 pages 979-8-217-15770-9
HarperCollins Publishers, 2025, 320 pages 978-0-00-868802-8
Author: Runcie, Charlotte, 1989–
Statement: Bring the House Down / Charlotte Runcie.
Records: Open Library

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Catalogue data checked 3 October 2026