Great Circle
American novelist, born 1983.
Great Circle is a 2021 novel by Maggie Shipstead. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2021.
In historical fiction, family saga
On 2 of the 12 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Maggie Shipstead
- First published
- 2021
- Length
- 688 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 2021
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2022
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Adventure, Feminist, Family saga
Is Great Circle worth reading?
2 of the 12 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, 2021) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2022) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Great Circle
The edition we link to is the Penguin paperback (2022), 688 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin (paperback, 2022)
- Pages
- 688
- ISBN
- 9781529176643
How critics, prizes and readers rate Great Circle
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