An American Marriage
American novelist, born 1970. Won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2019.
An American Marriage is a 2018 novel by Tayari Jones. It won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2019.
In family saga, Black American
On 2 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Tayari Jones
- First published
- 2018
- Length
- 336 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Women's Prize for Fiction winner, 2019
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Black American, Love story, Family saga
Is An American Marriage worth reading?
2 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Women's Prize for Fiction and The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times, 2024) | No. 77 | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2019) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of An American Marriage
The edition we link to is the Oneworld Publications paperback (2019), 336 pages.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications (paperback, 2019)
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN
- 9781786075192
How critics, prizes and readers rate An American Marriage
Prize juries and critics rate it about equally: it earned 20% on prize lists and 18% on critics' lists, against 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