Gravity Let Me Go: The astonishing new novel from the bestselling author of BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE and LOLA IN THE MIRROR
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4.2 • 221 Ratings
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
Trent Dalton, Australia's #1 bestselling author, returns with the astonishing Gravity Let Me Go - a story you won't ever forget.
Longlisted for Best Fiction in the Indie Book Awards 2026
Shortlisted for Audiobook of the Year at the ABIA's 2026
How will you ever know how the story ends, if you let the story go?
Noah Cork has just published the scoop of a lifetime: a white-hot true-crime book about the cold-blooded killer who slipped an unfolding murder mystery into his mailbox. But if this is his moment of triumph, then why is the tin roof being ripped from the walls of his reality? Why are skeletons standing upright in his closet? Why do people want to run him over in the street? And why does his wife keep writing a cryptic message across the bathroom mirror? As a severe storm heads towards Brisbane, Noah is hurtling headfirst into a swirling storm of secrets. He must now cling for dear life to the only story that ever really mattered. He must hold on to the truth. He must hold on to the story. He must hold on to love.
Dark, gritty, hilarious and unexpected, Gravity Let Me Go is Trent Dalton's deeply personal exploration of marriage and ambition, truth-telling and truth-omitting, self-deception and self-preservation. It's a novel about the stories we want to tell the world and those we shouldn't, and how the stories we keep locked away are so often the stories that come to define us.
It's the story of a murder.
It's the story of a marriage.
It's the story of a lifetime.
'Gravity Let Me Go draws readers deep into a raw and chaotic world that is both unsettling and compelling ... His signature mix of grit, heart and unexpected turns keeps the narrative gripping, with twists readers won't see coming. Ultimately, fans of Dalton's previous novels will find Gravity Let Me Go impossible to put down.' Books+Publishing
'I could pick Dalton's writing from a mile away. It's revealed in the kindness of the detail, the musical references ... the pace of the writing, and the desire for each word to mean more in company than on its own. Trent Dalton's storytelling is vivid, rapid, and soaring.' Readings.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
What happens when a story takes over your life? That’s the core of Australian bestseller Trent Dalton’s fourth novel, which follows a true-crime journalist who finds his work and life entwined in increasingly unexpected ways. Dalton brings heat to every page he writes, and even the title of Gravity Let Me Go gives advance warning of the constant spinning pace you can expect from this gripping, Brisbane-set tale. It’s vivid, propulsive and loaded with emotional impact.
Customer Reviews
Extraordinary
We attended an interview session with Trent last weekend, and my god, everything he promised has been emphatically delivered. Riveting read , honest, impossible to put down. Thanks Trent for delivering such a powerful read, and restoring my faith in contemporary literature. Only question- let me go to where???
Gravity Let me go
Oh my, yet again this book was a masterpiece of writing. Trent Dalton, you are a magnificent narrator and I loved every word in this wonderful story of everyday and not so everyday life.
A great read
I don’t read very often. But once I got through 3 chapters I was hooked. I couldn’t put it down