Alias Grace
Canadian novelist, born 1939. Won the Booker Prize in 2000 and 2019.
Alias Grace is a 1996 novel by Margaret Atwood. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1996.
On 2 of the 19 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Margaret Atwood
- First published
- 1996
- Length
- 560 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 1996
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, 1997
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Crime, Feminist, Psychological
Is Alias Grace worth reading?
2 of the 19 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Booker Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 1996) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 1997) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Alias Grace
The edition we link to is the Virago Press Ltd paperback (2017), 560 pages.
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd (paperback, 2017)
- Pages
- 560
- ISBN
- 9780349010717
How critics, prizes and readers rate Alias Grace
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 44% of the points available on prize lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Alias Grace
If you liked Alias Grace, try The Handmaid's Tale, The Testaments or Oryx and Crake.
