Hurricane Season
Mexican novelist, born 1982.
Hurricane Season is a 2017 novel by Fernanda Melchor, translated from Spanish. It was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2020.
On 2 of the 11 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Fernanda Melchor
- First published
- 2017
- Length
- 224 pages (UK paperback)
- Original language
- Translated from Spanish
- Awards
- International Booker Prize shortlist, 2020
- Genre
- Crime and mystery, Crime, Rural life
Is Hurricane Season worth reading?
2 of the 11 best-of lists it could have made include it: the International Booker Prize and The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| International Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2020) | Shortlist | See the list |
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times, 2024) | No. 82 | See the list |
Best edition of Hurricane Season
The edition we link to is the Fitzcarraldo Editions paperback (2020), 224 pages, translated by Sophie Hughes.
- Publisher
- Fitzcarraldo Editions (paperback, 2020)
- Pages
- 224
- Translator
- Sophie Hughes
- ISBN
- 9781913097097
How critics, prizes and readers rate Hurricane Season
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 33% of the points available on prize lists, against 22% 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 Hurricane Season
If you liked Hurricane Season, try The Name of the Rose, Deliverance or The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
