Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Lessons in Chemistry | 2022 | Buy |
Bonnie Garmus is an American author. Her debut novel Lessons in Chemistry (2022) is set in the 1960s and follows Elizabeth Zott, a chemist who becomes the host of a cooking show. The book was a bestseller and was adapted into a television series on Apple TV+.
The novel spent over a year on bestseller lists and was translated into dozens of languages. Brie Larson starred as Elizabeth Zott in the Apple TV+ adaptation, which premiered in 2023. The story tackles gender discrimination in science with a dry, comic tone that helped it stand out from other historical fiction.
Before writing Lessons in Chemistry, Garmus worked as a copywriter in the advertising industry for several decades. She has said the book went through many rejections before being published. Readers waiting for her next novel can expect more fiction grounded in characters who refuse to accept the roles others have assigned them.