THE NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, WITH OVER 6 MILLION COPIES SOLD Now a major Apple TV series starring Brie Larson The most charming, life-enhancing novel Ive read in ages Sunday Times Thought-provoking and stylish Guardian Your ability to change everything - including yourself - starts here Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, she would be the first to point out that there is no such thing. But its the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality. Forced to leave her job at the institute, she soon finds herself the reluctant star of Americas most beloved cooking show, Supper at Six. But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isnt just teaching women to cook. Shes daring them to change the status quo. One molecule at a time. A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: Guardian, Times, Sunday Times, New York Times, Good Housekeeping, Woman & Home, Stylist, TLS, Oprah Daily, Newsweek, Mail on Sunday, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, India Knight, Hay Festival, Waterstones, Amazon and many more! Winner of the Goodreads Choice Best Debut Novel Award Author of the Year at the British Book Awards As read on BBC Radio Four A BBC TV Between the Covers pick Hay Festival Book of the Year Winner of the Books are My Bag Readers Choice Award Winner of the Books are My Bag Breakthrough Author Award Shortlisted for the HWA Crown Award I loved Lessons in Chemistry and am devastated to have finished it! Nigella Lawson Laugh-out-loud funny and brimming with life, generosity and courage Rachel Joyce A novel that sparks joy with every page Elizabeth Day Witty and sometimes hilarious ... the Catch-22 of early feminism Stephen King Biting and cheering in equal measure Jojo Moyes ‘A beautiful, sharp, funny and dark modern classic. I adored it Chris Whitaker