Fingersmith
British novelist, born 1966.
Fingersmith is a 2002 novel by Sarah Waters. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2002.
On 3 of the 20 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Sarah Waters
- First published
- 2002
- Length
- 560 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 2002
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2002
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Crime, LGBTQ+, Gothic
Is Fingersmith worth reading?
3 of the 20 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them The 100 best books of the 21st century (The Guardian) and the Booker Prize.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2002) | Shortlist | See the list |
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The Guardian, 2019) | No. 14 | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2002) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Fingersmith
The edition we link to is the Virago paperback (2024), 560 pages.
- Publisher
- Virago (paperback, 2024)
- Pages
- 560
- ISBN
- 9780349018508
How critics, prizes and readers rate Fingersmith
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 33% of the points available on prize lists, against 11% 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 Fingersmith
If you liked Fingersmith, try The Little Stranger, The Night Watch or Catch-22.
