Life of Pi
Canadian novelist, born 1963. Won the Booker Prize in 2002.
Life of Pi is a 2001 novel by Yann Martel. It won the Booker Prize in 2002.
On 2 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Yann Martel
- First published
- 2001
- Length
- 336 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize winner, 2002
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Adventure, Religion and faith, Magical realism
Is Life of Pi worth reading?
2 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Booker Prize and The Big Jubilee Read (BBC Arts and The Reading Agency).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2002) | Winner | See the list |
| The Big Jubilee Read (BBC Arts and The Reading Agency, 2022) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Life of Pi
The edition we link to is the Canongate Canons paperback (2018), 336 pages.
- Publisher
- Canongate Canons (paperback, 2018)
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN
- 9781786891686
How critics, prizes and readers rate Life of Pi
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 50% of the points available on prize lists, against 13% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 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 Life of Pi
If you liked Life of Pi, try Midnight's Children, Beloved or The Lord of the Rings.
