Goodnight Mister Tom
British novelist, born 1947.
Goodnight Mister Tom is a 1981 novel by Michelle Magorian.
In children's and young adult, coming of age
On 2 of the 19 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Michelle Magorian
- First published
- 1981
- Length
- 384 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Children's and young adult, War and conflict, Coming of age
Is Goodnight Mister Tom worth reading?
2 of the 19 best-of lists it could have made include it: The Big Read top 100 (BBC) and 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk, 2014) | Listed | See the list |
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | No. 49 | See the list |
Best edition of Goodnight Mister Tom
The edition we link to is the Puffin paperback (2014), 384 pages.
- Publisher
- Puffin (paperback, 2014)
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN
- 9780141354804
How critics, prizes and readers rate Goodnight Mister Tom
Readers rate it most highly: it earned 29% 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 Goodnight Mister Tom
If you liked Goodnight Mister Tom, try To Kill a Mockingbird, Catch-22 or The Catcher in the Rye.
