Blonde
American novelist, born 1938. Won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1970.
Blonde is a 2000 novel by Joyce Carol Oates. It was shortlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction in 2000.
On 2 of the 19 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Joyce Carol Oates
- First published
- 2000
- Length
- 738 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- National Book Award for Fiction shortlist, 2000
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2001
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Psychological, Feminist
Is Blonde worth reading?
2 of the 19 best-of lists it could have made include it: the National Book Award for Fiction and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 2000) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 2001) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Blonde
The edition we link to is the Ecco Pr paperback (2001), 738 pages.
- Publisher
- Ecco Pr (paperback, 2001)
- Pages
- 738
- ISBN
- 9780060934934
How critics, prizes and readers rate Blonde
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 33% 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 Blonde
If you liked Blonde, try Catch-22, Wolf Hall or Midnight's Children.
