Birdsong
British novelist, born 1953.
Birdsong is a 1993 novel by Sebastian Faulks.
On 3 of the 20 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Sebastian Faulks
- First published
- 1993
- Length
- 512 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Historical fiction, War and conflict, Love story
Is Birdsong worth reading?
3 of the 20 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them The Big Read top 100 (BBC) and 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk, 2014) | Listed | See the list |
| Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 52 | See the list |
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | No. 13 | See the list |
Best edition of Birdsong
The edition we link to is the Penguin paperback (2023), 512 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin (paperback, 2023)
- Pages
- 512
- ISBN
- 9781804944172
How critics, prizes and readers rate Birdsong
Readers rate it most highly: it earned 43% of the points available on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on prize lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Birdsong
If you liked Birdsong, try Catch-22, White Teeth or The Corrections.
