Herzog
American novelist, 1915–2005. Won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1954, 1965 and 1971 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1976.
Herzog is a 1964 novel by Saul Bellow. It won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1965.
On 3 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Saul Bellow
- First published
- 1964
- Length
- 368 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- National Book Award for Fiction winner, 1965
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Psychological, Philosophical
Is Herzog worth reading?
3 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the National Book Award for Fiction and All-Time 100 Novels.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| All-Time 100 Novels (Time, 2005) | Listed | See the list |
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 1965) | Winner | See the list |
| The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer, 2003) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Herzog
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2001), 368 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2001)
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN
- 9780141184876
How critics, prizes and readers rate Herzog
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 50% of the points available on prize lists, against 17% 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 Herzog
If you liked Herzog, try The Adventures of Augie March, Humboldt's Gift or Henderson the Rain King.
