"The people in The Third Realm are as vivid and convincing as Knausgaard's autobiographical persona . . . Enthralling . . . you can't stop reading." --Lev Grossman, The Atlantic

"Knausgaard delves deeper into the lives of Norwegians affected by the emergence of a new heavenly body . . . As throughout the series, Knausgaard is using everyday people to explore knotty questions about God's existence, our need for spiritual connection, and the fine line between religious devotion and mental illness . . . Readers who ​come to this book first will find an entertaining story about people sorting through spiritual, domestic, and emotional confusion. But those who've read the prior novels will get a deeper sense of just how fascinating, frustrating, and unknowable we can be to each other, and the consequences of that disconnection. Typically contemplative for Knausgaard, but unusually propulsive as well." --Kirkus (starred review)

"A highly readable and compelling work by a major and prolific novelist." --Library Journal (starred review)

"Intense. . . A clarifying continuation, packed with philosophy, terror, and the beauty of the mundane." --Publishers Weekly

"Plot lines familiar from the previous novels explore rich new dimensions . . . [Knausgaard has] undeniable gifts for creating sympathetic characters and telling involving stories." --Booklist

"Ferociously readable . . . The compulsion to keep reading springs, as always, from Knausgaard's ability to transcribe patterns of thinking. His faith that access to the consciousness of others might make us feel less alone remains a profound--and distinctly literary--conviction." --Charles Arrowsmith, The Times (UK)