--- description: Find out why "Atmosphere" is on TIME's list of the must-read books of the year. title: 'Atmosphere' Is One of the 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd866eb3889d2b0db/6998cb9193610c15d6c302af/100_Books_2025_Atmosphere-Taylor-Jenkins-Reid.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 12, 2025 # Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Book-club favorite [Taylor Jenkins Reid](https://time.com/7284944/taylor-jenkins-reid-atmosphere-interview/ "undefined") has become a rock star of the publishing world. Not only have her books sold millions of copies, but most of them also have been or are in the process of being adapted. And so it was no surprise that her ninth novel, _Atmosphere_, a love story that builds on the exploration of queerness she started with _The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo_, became an instant best seller. Set in the early 1980s, Reid’s first thriller follows Joan Goodwin, one of NASA’s first female astronauts as she communicates from earth with a crew in crisis aboard a space shuttle. The story, which toggles between past and present, depicts a woman growing both personally and professionally, gaining a better understanding of herself and her capacity to love while facing the challenges of her new high-stakes profession. Reid keeps readers in suspense until the very last page. —_Lori Fradkin_ **_These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser._** **Buy Now:** _Atmosphere_ on [Bookshop](https://bookshop.org/a/4973/9780593158715 "undefined") | [Amazon](https://amzn.to/4hRxrl5 "undefined") These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/the-100-must-read-books-of-2025/7329475/atmosphere/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/the-100-must-read-books-of-2025/7329475/atmosphere/"},"headline":"Atmosphere","datePublished":"2025-11-12T13:00:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T01:02:13.062Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/the-100-must-read-books-of-2025/7329475/atmosphere/","keywords":["Books","E-Commerce","list","ecommerce","Special Project"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd866eb3889d2b0db/6998cb9193610c15d6c302af/100_Books_2025_Atmosphere-Taylor-Jenkins-Reid.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd866eb3889d2b0db/6998cb9193610c15d6c302af/100_Books_2025_Atmosphere-Taylor-Jenkins-Reid.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/the-100-must-read-books-of-2025/7329475/atmosphere/","name":"Atmosphere"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"100 Best Books of the Year","description":"100 Best Books of 2025 with Lucy Feldman","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/VhaWtoKm/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2025-11-12T20:18:12.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/VhaWtoKm.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/the-100-must-read-books-of-2025/7329475/atmosphere/","duration":"PT1M34S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/the-100-must-read-books-of-2025/7329475/atmosphere/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```