Piranesi is a fantasy novel written by Susanna Clarke and was first published by Bloomsbury Publishing on 15 September 2020. The book follows on from Clarke’s debut novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2004). An audiobook version is narrated by the actor Chiwetel Ejiofor.
This book follows the life of a young man, Piranesi, as he attempts to navigate an unusual world, only known as the House, which is made up of complex layers. Piranesi begins to question the basis of everything he knows, by journaling in his diaries his findings of other worlds and emerging memories relating to a past he did not know existed.
The book was extremely well received, with Publishers Weekly calling it an "inventive" novel, and The Washington Post calling it "infinitely clever." It was also the recipient of the Women's Prize for Fiction (2021) and was also a finalist in the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
