Flashlight
American novelist, born 1969. Won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2019.
Flashlight is a 2025 novel by Susan Choi. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2025.
In family saga
On 2 of the 11 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Susan Choi
- First published
- 2025
- Length
- 528 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 2025
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2026
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Migration and identity, Family saga, Psychological
Is Flashlight worth reading?
2 of the 11 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Booker Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2025) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2026) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Flashlight
The edition we link to is the Vintage paperback (2026), 528 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage (paperback, 2026)
- Pages
- 528
- ISBN
- 9781529932515
How critics, prizes and readers rate Flashlight
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 27% of the points available on prize lists, against 0% 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