Dog Soldiers
American novelist, 1937–2015. Won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1975.
Dog Soldiers is a 1974 novel by Robert Stone. It won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1975.
On 2 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Robert Stone
- First published
- 1974
- Length
- 361 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- National Book Award for Fiction winner, 1975
- Genre
- Thrillers and spy fiction, War and conflict, Adventure, Crime
Is Dog Soldiers worth reading?
2 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it: the National Book Award for Fiction and All-Time 100 Novels.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| All-Time 100 Novels (Time, 2005) | Listed | See the list |
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 1975) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of Dog Soldiers
The edition we link to is the Picador paperback (2015), 361 pages.
- Publisher
- Picador (paperback, 2015)
- Pages
- 361
- ISBN
- 9781509809981
How critics, prizes and readers rate Dog Soldiers
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 50% of the points available on prize lists, against 10% 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
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