Everybody's Perfect by Jo Walton
The Serenissima is built from mist and belief, a mythical shadow sister to Venice and crossroads of the nine worlds.
When a laborer called Tiry has a dream that Serenissima will have a doge, and that they will marry the sea, he tells it to a fortune teller named Khadsha. She tells her apprentice, a gondolier called Taddeo, who tells a cop named Gom, who's heard it from five people this morning already. And by that point, it's already settled into the bones of the Serenissima, more than half-fated.
Everybody's Perfect is a gentle, shifting, structurally inventive narrative of startling beauty that will make you rethink everything you think you know about fantasy.
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Praise for this book
Praise for Everybody's Perfect:
"Enchanting and immersive. Every Jo Walton book takes you somewhere new and wondrous. I loved Everybody's Perfect."-- Rainbow Rowell, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Simon Snow trilogy.
"An intimate fantasy, filled with ordinary people living everyday lives in an extraordinary place, and it drew me in immediately. It's a story where the happy ending depends on the ability of the people in the story to believe in its possibility, which feels weirdly relevant even though it's about communities of otherworldly aliens living in a fantasy Venice." --Naomi Kritzer
"Everybody’s Perfect is a love letter to a strange city and all its contradictions. It’s a meditative celebration of how we create history together, whether or not we know we’re doing it, and of survival through and beyond times of plague. I adore this promise that history never ends, and that everyone who’s ever contributed to a better future has been as flawed and frustrated as we are." – Ruthanna Emrys
"As gentle as the mists around Serenissima, and sometimes as stealthy, Everybody's Perfect shifts the masks of Venice's Carnival sideways into a deeper fantastical reflection on what we owe each other. Filled with compassion and invention, this is Walton at her strongest." – Marissa Lingen
Praise for Jo Walton:
“Funny, acute, and impassioned.”—Ursula K. Le Guin on Among Others
"Or What You Will is a Jo Walton book. Which is to say—it's a joy and a revelation, and I never wanted it to end." —Rainbow Rowell
“Rendered with Walton's usual power and beauty…It's this haunting character complexity that ultimately holds the reader captive to the tale.”—N. K. Jemisin, The New York Times, on My Real Children
"A deeply poignant, richly imagined book...What most novels do only once, My Real Children does twice."—Lev Grossman, Publishers Weekly
"Walton shines, as she always does, in the small and hurtful and glorious business of interpersonal relationships...this book about philosophy, history, gender and freedom also manages to be a spectacular coming-of-age tale that encompasses everything from courtroom dramas to sexual intrigue." —Cory Doctorow on The Just City
"A remarkable novel of ideas...Superb. In the end, the novel does more than justice to the idea of the Just City." —Booklist, starred review, on The Just City
About the AuthorJO WALTON won the Hugo and Nebula Awards for her novel Among Others and the Tiptree Award for her novel My Real Children. Before that, she won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and her novel Tooth and Claw won the World Fantasy Award. The novels of her Small Change sequence—Farthing, Ha'penny, and Half a Crown—have won acclaim ranging from national newspapers to the Romantic Times Critics' Choice Award. A native of Wales, she lives in Montreal.
Title: Everybody's Perfect
Author(s): Jo Walton
ISBN: 9781250314062
Copyright 2026
Release Date: June 30, 2026
Publisher: Tor Publishing Group
Countries: United States, Canada | Learn more about available countries
Language: English
Format: None available | Learn More about our supported formats
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About Everybody's Perfect by Jo Walton
From Hugo award-winning author Jo Walton comes a cozy Venetian fantasy of extraordinary warmth and appeal!
The Serenissima is built from mist and belief, a mythical shadow sister to Venice and crossroads of the nine worlds.
When a laborer called Tiry has a dream that Serenissima will have a doge, and that they will marry the sea, he tells it to a fortune teller named Khadsha. She tells her apprentice, a gondolier called Taddeo, who tells a cop named Gom, who's heard it from five people this morning already. And by that point, it's already settled into the bones of the Serenissima, more than half-fated.
Everybody's Perfect is a gentle, shifting, structurally inventive narrative of startling beauty that will make you rethink everything you think you know about fantasy.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Praise for this book
Praise for Everybody's Perfect:
"Enchanting and immersive. Every Jo Walton book takes you somewhere new and wondrous. I loved Everybody's Perfect."-- Rainbow Rowell, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Simon Snow trilogy.
"An intimate fantasy, filled with ordinary people living everyday lives in an extraordinary place, and it drew me in immediately. It's a story where the happy ending depends on the ability of the people in the story to believe in its possibility, which feels weirdly relevant even though it's about communities of otherworldly aliens living in a fantasy Venice." --Naomi Kritzer
"Everybody’s Perfect is a love letter to a strange city and all its contradictions. It’s a meditative celebration of how we create history together, whether or not we know we’re doing it, and of survival through and beyond times of plague. I adore this promise that history never ends, and that everyone who’s ever contributed to a better future has been as flawed and frustrated as we are." – Ruthanna Emrys
"As gentle as the mists around Serenissima, and sometimes as stealthy, Everybody's Perfect shifts the masks of Venice's Carnival sideways into a deeper fantastical reflection on what we owe each other. Filled with compassion and invention, this is Walton at her strongest." – Marissa Lingen
Praise for Jo Walton:
“Funny, acute, and impassioned.”—Ursula K. Le Guin on Among Others
"Or What You Will is a Jo Walton book. Which is to say—it's a joy and a revelation, and I never wanted it to end." —Rainbow Rowell
“Rendered with Walton's usual power and beauty…It's this haunting character complexity that ultimately holds the reader captive to the tale.”—N. K. Jemisin, The New York Times, on My Real Children
"A deeply poignant, richly imagined book...What most novels do only once, My Real Children does twice."—Lev Grossman, Publishers Weekly
"Walton shines, as she always does, in the small and hurtful and glorious business of interpersonal relationships...this book about philosophy, history, gender and freedom also manages to be a spectacular coming-of-age tale that encompasses everything from courtroom dramas to sexual intrigue." —Cory Doctorow on The Just City
"A remarkable novel of ideas...Superb. In the end, the novel does more than justice to the idea of the Just City." —Booklist, starred review, on The Just City
About the Author
JO WALTON won the Hugo and Nebula Awards for her novel Among Others and the Tiptree Award for her novel My Real Children. Before that, she won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and her novel Tooth and Claw won the World Fantasy Award. The novels of her Small Change sequence—Farthing, Ha'penny, and Half a Crown—have won acclaim ranging from national newspapers to the Romantic Times Critics' Choice Award. A native of Wales, she lives in Montreal.
Title: Everybody's Perfect
Author(s): Jo Walton
ISBN: 9781250314062
Copyright 2026
Release Date: June 30, 2026
Publisher: Tor Publishing Group
Countries: United States, Canada | Learn more about available countries
Language: English
Format: None available | Learn More about our supported formats
Dragonmount is a proud provider of DRM-free eBooks. By purchasing any eBook from our store, you are not only helping support our website, but you are helping small businesses thrive in a market traditionally dominated by large companies. Learn more in our eBook FAQ.
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