The Lost

By Sarah Beth Durst

From Sarah Beth Durst, the New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop and The Enchanted Greenhouse, comes a fully updated and expanded edition of The Lost, with a brand-new ending.

Against the backdrop of a desolate and mystical town, this arresting, fantastical novel explores one woman's impossible journey--and her quest to find her fate.

"A slow-brewing, increasingly exciting, and deeply provocative fantasy world." --Booklist

Lost your way?

Your dreams?

Yourself?

Welcome to Lost.

It was supposed to be a small escape. A few hours' driving before turning around and heading home. But once you arrive in Lost...well, it's a place you really can't leave. Not until you're Found. Only the Missing Man can send you home. And he took one look at Lauren Chase and disappeared.

So Lauren is now trapped in the town where all lost things go--luggage, keys, dreams, lives--where nothing is permanent, where the locals go feral and where the only people who don't want to kill her are a handsome wild man called the Finder and a knife-wielding six-year-old girl. The only road out of town is engulfed in an impassable dust storm, and escape is impossible...

Until Lauren decides nothing--and no one--is going to keep her here anymore.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778387879
• ISBN13: 9780778387879
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Mira Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Where lost things really go!

I can happily read anything that Sarah Beth Durst writes! And I do like how sometimes authors go back and add to older stories, giving them a fresh look and introducing them to new readers. I loved The Lost! It has both so many feels and humor to offset it. Sometimes you need to lose yourself to find the way through hard times and that is just what Lauren Chase learns in this fantastical tale where lost things end up in towns, whether it be a sock, keys, or even a person. And in those towns you meet nice people, and crazy people, sometimes a mix of the both which certainly keeps things interesting as people work to find what they have lost so that the Missing Man can send them home. It is a very intriguing portrayal of lost things and how it all works, with the Missing Man, the Finder, and how tough it is to survive in a town perpetually surrounded by a sand storm that spits out lost things and feeds on despair. Both creepy sad and magical! Lauren was cool and I was impressed by how she rallied after finding herself stuck, mostly thanks to Claire and Peter, forming a new kind of family. Lots of feels there and all the stuff they go through, helping each other and finding solutions for the rest of the town too. I really enjoyed this story and I am glad I got the chance to read this new version. I also can't wait to see if there will be even more to the story. Fingers crossed!