March
Australian novelist, born 1955. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2006.
March is a 2005 novel by Geraldine Brooks. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2006.
In historical fiction, family saga
On 2 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Geraldine Brooks
- First published
- 2005
- Length
- 304 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, 2006
- Genre
- Historical fiction, War and conflict, Family saga
Is March worth reading?
2 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and Richard & Judy Book Club picks.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 2006) | Winner | See the list |
| Richard & Judy Book Club picks (Richard & Judy / WHSmith, 2004-) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of March
The edition we link to is the Harper Perennial paperback (2008), 304 pages.
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial (paperback, 2008)
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN
- 9780007165872
How critics, prizes and readers rate March
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 25% of the points available on prize lists, against 8% 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 March
If you liked March, try Catch-22, Wolf Hall or Midnight's Children.
