Blood Meridian
American novelist, 1933–2023. Won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1992 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2007.
Blood Meridian is a 1985 novel by Cormac McCarthy.
On 3 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Cormac McCarthy
- First published
- 1985
- Length
- 384 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Adventure, War and conflict
Is Blood Meridian worth reading?
3 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian) and All-Time 100 Novels.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| All-Time 100 Novels (Time, 2005) | Listed | See the list |
| Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 28 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 68 | See the list |
Best edition of Blood Meridian
The edition we link to is the Picador paperback (2022), 384 pages.
- Publisher
- Picador (paperback, 2022)
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN
- 9781529077162
How critics, prizes and readers rate Blood Meridian
Critics and readers rate it about equally: it earned 19% on critics' lists and 18% on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 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 Blood Meridian
If you liked Blood Meridian, try The Road, The Grapes of Wrath or Catch-22.
