A New York Times Notable Book ? BuzzFeed 50 Books We Can't Wait to Read this Year ?New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice ? National Bestseller

"Brilliant and incendiary." -- Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times Book Review

"Stunning... Yuknavitch understands that our collective narrative can either destroy or redeem us, and the outcome depends not just on who's telling it, but also on who's listening." -- O, The Oprah Magazine

"[A] searing fusion of literary fiction and reimagined history and science-fiction thriller and eco-fantasy." -- NPR Books

The bestselling author of The Small Backs of Children offers a vision of our near-extinction and a heroine -- a reimagined Joan of Arc -- poised to save a world ravaged by war, violence, and greed, and forever change history

In the near future, world wars have transformed the earth into a battleground. Fleeing the unending violence and the planet's now-radioactive surface, humans have regrouped to a mysterious platform known as CIEL, hovering over their erstwhile home. The changed world has turned evolution on its head: the surviving humans have become sexless, hairless, pale-white creatures floating in isolation, inscribing stories upon their skin.

Out of the ranks of the endless wars rises Jean de Men, a charismatic and bloodthirsty cult leader who turns CIEL into a quasi-corporate police state. A group of rebels unite to dismantle his iron rule -- galvanized by the heroic song of Joan, a child-warrior who possesses a mysterious force that lives within her and communes with the earth. When de Men and his armies turn Joan into a martyr, the consequences are astonishing. And no one -- not the rebels, Jean de Men, or even Joan herself -- can foresee the way her story and unique gift will forge the destiny of an entire world for generations.

A riveting tale of destruction and love found in the direst of places -- even at the extreme end of post-human experience -- Lidia Yuknavitch's The Book of Joan raises questions about what it means to be human, the fluidity of sex and gender, and the role of art as a means for survival.

• We started tracking this book on June 22, 2016.
• This book was $12.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 29 times in the past 3,337 days.
• The current price of this book is $0.99 last checked 7 hours ago.
• The lowest price to date was $0.99 last reached on August 11, 2025.
• This book has been $0.99 one time since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $13.99 last reached on June 16, 2025.
• This book has been $13.99 10 times since we started tracking it.
• This book is currently at its lowest price since we started tracking it.

• Literature & FictionGenre FictionLGBTQ+ FictionGay Fiction
• Science Fiction & FantasyFantasyAlternative History
• Literature & FictionGenre Fiction
• LGBTQ+ eBooksLGBTQ+ FictionGay Fiction

• Publication Date: April 18, 2017
• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 293 Pages
• File Size: 12 KB