A Thousand Splendid Suns
American novelist, born 1965.
A Thousand Splendid Suns is a 2007 novel by Khaled Hosseini.
In family saga
On 2 of the 13 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Khaled Hosseini
- First published
- 2007
- Length
- 432 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Feminist, War and conflict, Family saga
Is A Thousand Splendid Suns worth reading?
2 of the 13 best-of lists it could have made include it: 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts) and Richard & Judy Book Club picks.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts, 2019) | Listed | See the list |
| Richard & Judy Book Club picks (Richard & Judy / WHSmith, 2004-) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of A Thousand Splendid Suns
The edition we link to is the Bloomsbury Publishing paperback (2018), 432 pages.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing (paperback, 2018)
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN
- 9781526604750
How critics, prizes and readers rate A Thousand Splendid Suns
Critics and readers rate it about equally: it earned 14% on critics' lists and 10% on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 0% on prize 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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