Home
American novelist, born 1943. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2005 and the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2009.
Home is a 2008 novel by Marilynne Robinson. It won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2009.
In family saga
On 2 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Marilynne Robinson
- First published
- 2008
- Length
- 352 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- National Book Award for Fiction shortlist, 2008
- Women's Prize for Fiction winner, 2009
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Religion and faith, Family saga
- Series
- Book 2 of Gilead
Is Home worth reading?
2 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Women's Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 2008) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2009) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of Home
The edition we link to is the Virago Press Ltd paperback (2009), 352 pages.
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd (paperback, 2009)
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN
- 9781844085507
How critics, prizes and readers rate Home
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 42% 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
Books like Home
If you liked Home, try Gilead or Housekeeping.
