A Spool of Blue Thread
American novelist, born 1941. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1989.
A Spool of Blue Thread is a 2015 novel by Anne Tyler. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2015.
In family saga
On 3 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Anne Tyler
- First published
- 2015
- Length
- 480 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 2015
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2015
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Family saga
Is A Spool of Blue Thread worth reading?
3 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the Booker Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2015) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Richard & Judy Book Club picks (Richard & Judy / WHSmith, 2004-) | Listed | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2015) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of A Spool of Blue Thread
The edition we link to is the Vintage paperback (2015), 480 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage (paperback, 2015)
- Pages
- 480
- ISBN
- 9780099598480
How critics, prizes and readers rate A Spool of Blue Thread
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 27% of the points available on prize lists, against 8% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 0% on critics' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
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