Klara and the Sun
British and Japanese novelist, born 1954. Won the Costa Novel Award in 1986 and the Booker Prize in 1989.
Klara and the Sun is a 2021 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. It was shortlisted for the British Book Awards' Fiction Book of the Year in 2022.
On 2 of the 11 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Kazuo Ishiguro
- First published
- 2021
- Length
- 352 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- British Book Awards Fiction shortlist, 2022
- Genre
- Science fiction, Philosophical, Psychological
Is Klara and the Sun worth reading?
2 of the 11 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, 2022) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Waterstones Book of the Year (winners and shortlists) (Waterstones, 2012-) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Klara and the Sun
The edition we link to is the Faber & Faber paperback (2022), 352 pages.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber (paperback, 2022)
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN
- 9780571364909
How critics, prizes and readers rate Klara and the Sun
Prize juries and readers rate it about equally: it earned 22% on prize lists and 17% 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 Klara and the Sun
If you liked Klara and the Sun, try Never Let Me Go, The Remains of the Day or An Artist of the Floating World.
