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Nikki Erlick

American
Nikki D. Erlick is an American writer.
Her debut novel The Measure was selected by Jenna Bush Hager for the July 2022 Today Show book club.
On LuvemBooks, we've reviewed The Measure.
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Nikki Erlick books in order

2 books; 1 reviewed on LuvemBooks. Dates and covers from Amazon.

  1. The Measure cover
    2022
    The Measure
    Our review →
  2. The Poppy Fields cover
    2025
    The Poppy Fields
    Amazon ↗
Cover of The Measure
The Measure

4.2/5

reader rating · 45,567 ratings

Nikki Erlick's debut novel, an instant New York Times bestseller upon publication in June 2022, poses a single, shattering question — what if every adult on Earth woke one morning to find a small wooden box on their doorstep, inscribed with their name and containing a string whose length corresponds to the remaining span of their life? — then traces the human, social, and political fallout across the lives of several Americans over the course of twelve months. Published originally in hardcover by William Morrow in June 2022 and reissued in a William Morrow Paperbacks edition dated May 2024, the novel draws praise for balancing a high-concept speculative premise with genuine emotional depth and for imagining, with unusual ambition, the societal fractures such a revelation would produce.

Reviewed May 7, 2026

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