Brick Lane
Bangladeshi and British novelist, born 1967.
Brick Lane is a 2003 novel by Monica Ali. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2003.
On 3 of the 19 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Monica Ali
- First published
- 2003
- Length
- 512 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 2003
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Migration and identity, Feminist, Class and society
Is Brick Lane worth reading?
3 of the 19 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture) and the Booker Prize.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2003) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Richard & Judy Book Club picks (Richard & Judy / WHSmith, 2004-) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 29 | See the list |
Best edition of Brick Lane
The edition we link to is the Black Swan paperback (2004), 512 pages.
- Publisher
- Black Swan (paperback, 2004)
- Pages
- 512
- ISBN
- 9780552771153
How critics, prizes and readers rate Brick Lane
Prize juries and critics rate it about equally: it earned 17% on prize lists and 12% on critics' lists, against 7% 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