Go Set a Watchman
American novelist, 1926–2016. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961.
Go Set a Watchman is a 2015 novel by Harper Lee.
In family saga
On 2 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Harper Lee
- First published
- 2015
- Length
- 288 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Family saga, Political, Rural life
Is Go Set a Watchman worth reading?
2 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it: Goodreads Choice Awards: Fiction and Historical Fiction winners and Waterstones Book of the Year (winners and shortlists).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads Choice Awards: Fiction and Historical Fiction winners (Goodreads, 2009-) | Winner | See the list |
| Waterstones Book of the Year (winners and shortlists) (Waterstones, 2012-) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Go Set a Watchman
The edition we link to is the Arrow paperback (2016), 288 pages.
- Publisher
- Arrow (paperback, 2016)
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN
- 9781784752460
How critics, prizes and readers rate Go Set a Watchman
Readers rate it most highly: it earned 33% of the points available on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on prize lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Go Set a Watchman
If you liked Go Set a Watchman, try To Kill a Mockingbird.
