Demon Copperhead
American novelist, born 1955. Won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2010 and 2023 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2023.
Demon Copperhead is a 2022 novel by Barbara Kingsolver. It won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2023 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2023.
On 4 of the 12 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Barbara Kingsolver
- First published
- 2022
- Length
- 560 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Women's Prize for Fiction winner, 2023
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, 2023
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Coming of age, Class and society
Is Demon Copperhead worth reading?
4 of the 12 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Women's Prize for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 2023) | Winner | See the list |
| Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 63 | See the list |
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times, 2024) | No. 61 | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2023) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of Demon Copperhead
The edition we link to is the Faber & Faber paperback (2023), 560 pages.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber (paperback, 2023)
- Pages
- 560
- ISBN
- 9780571376483
How critics, prizes and readers rate Demon Copperhead
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 40% of the points available on prize lists, against 33% on critics' lists and 20% 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 Demon Copperhead
If you liked Demon Copperhead, try The Poisonwood Bible, My Brilliant Friend or Middlesex.
