London Fields
British novelist, 1949–2023.
London Fields is a 1989 novel by Martin Amis.
On 2 of the 20 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Martin Amis
- First published
- 1989
- Length
- 544 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Comic novels and satire, Class and society, Postmodern, Crime
Is London Fields worth reading?
2 of the 20 best-of lists it could have made include it: 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk) and 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk, 2014) | Listed | See the list |
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | No. 59 | See the list |
Best edition of London Fields
The edition we link to is the Vintage paperback (1999), 544 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage (paperback, 1999)
- Pages
- 544
- ISBN
- 9780099748618
How critics, prizes and readers rate London Fields
Readers and critics rate it about equally: it earned 13% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 8% on critics' lists, against 0% on prize lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like London Fields
If you liked London Fields, try Money, Catch-22 or A Clockwork Orange.
