Hotel World
British novelist, born 1962. Won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2015 and the Costa Novel Award in 2005 and 2014.
Hotel World is a 2001 novel by Ali Smith. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2001.
On 2 of the 20 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Ali Smith
- First published
- 2001
- Length
- 256 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 2001
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2001
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Feminist, Psychological
Is Hotel World worth reading?
2 of the 20 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, 2001) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2001) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Hotel World
The edition we link to is the Penguin paperback (2026), 256 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin (paperback, 2026)
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN
- 9781405980722
How critics, prizes and readers rate Hotel World
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 33% 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 Hotel World
If you liked Hotel World, try How to Be Both, The Accidental or Autumn.
