Noughts & Crosses
British novelist, born 1962.
Noughts & Crosses is a 2001 novel by Malorie Blackman.
In children's and young adult, dystopian
On 4 of the 20 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Malorie Blackman
- First published
- 2001
- Length
- 496 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Children's and young adult, Dystopian, Love story, Political
- Series
- Book 1 of Noughts & Crosses
Is Noughts & Crosses worth reading?
4 of the 20 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk) and 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk, 2014) | Listed | See the list |
| 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts, 2019) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The Guardian, 2019) | No. 88 | See the list |
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | No. 61 | See the list |
Best edition of Noughts & Crosses
The edition we link to is the Penguin paperback (2017), 496 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin (paperback, 2017)
- Pages
- 496
- ISBN
- 9780141378640
How critics, prizes and readers rate Noughts & Crosses
Readers rate it most highly: it earned 27% of the points available on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 18% on critics' lists and 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 Noughts & Crosses
If you liked Noughts & Crosses, try The Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Flies or Dune.
