Beautiful World, Where are You
Irish novelist, born 1991. Won the Costa Novel Award in 2018 and the British Book Awards: Fiction Book of the Year in 2019.
Beautiful World, Where are You is a 2021 novel by Sally Rooney. It was shortlisted for the British Book Awards' Fiction Book of the Year in 2022.
On 2 of the 11 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Sally Rooney
- First published
- 2021
- Length
- 352 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- British Book Awards Fiction shortlist, 2022
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Love story, Told in letters
Is Beautiful World, Where are You worth reading?
2 of the 11 best-of lists it could have made include it: the British Book Awards' Fiction Book of the Year and Goodreads Choice Awards: Fiction and Historical Fiction winners.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| British Book Awards: Fiction Book of the Year (winners and shortlists) (The Bookseller, 2022) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Goodreads Choice Awards: Fiction and Historical Fiction winners (Goodreads, 2009-) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of Beautiful World, Where are You
The edition we link to is the Faber & Faber paperback (2022), 352 pages.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber (paperback, 2022)
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN
- 9780571365449
How critics, prizes and readers rate Beautiful World, Where are You
Readers and prize juries rate it about equally: it earned 20% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 17% on prize lists, against 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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