Intermezzo
Irish novelist, born 1991. Won the Costa Novel Award in 2018 and the British Book Awards: Fiction Book of the Year in 2019.
Intermezzo is a 2024 novel by Sally Rooney. It was shortlisted for the British Book Awards' Fiction Book of the Year in 2025.
In family saga
On 2 of the 10 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Sally Rooney
- First published
- 2024
- Length
- 448 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- British Book Awards Fiction shortlist, 2025
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Family saga, Love story
Is Intermezzo worth reading?
2 of the 10 best-of lists it could have made include it: the British Book Awards' Fiction Book of the Year and Waterstones Book of the Year (winners and shortlists).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| British Book Awards: Fiction Book of the Year (winners and shortlists) (The Bookseller, 2025) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Waterstones Book of the Year (winners and shortlists) (Waterstones, 2012-) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Intermezzo
The edition we link to is the Faber & Faber paperback (2025), 448 pages.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber (paperback, 2025)
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN
- 9780571365487
How critics, prizes and readers rate Intermezzo
Prize juries and readers rate it about equally: it earned 22% on prize lists and 20% on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 0% on critics' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Intermezzo
If you liked Intermezzo, try Normal People, Beautiful World, Where are You or Disgrace.
