NW
British novelist, born 1975. Won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2006.
NW is a 2012 novel by Zadie Smith. It was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2013.
On 2 of the 18 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Zadie Smith
- First published
- 2012
- Length
- 352 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2013
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Class and society, Migration and identity, Postmodern
Is NW worth reading?
2 of the 18 best-of lists it could have made include it: The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture) and the Women's Prize for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 54 | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2013) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of NW
The edition we link to is the Penguin paperback (2013), 352 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin (paperback, 2013)
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN
- 9780141036595
How critics, prizes and readers rate NW
Critics and prize juries rate it about equally: it earned 14% on critics' lists and 13% on prize lists, against 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like NW
If you liked NW, try White Teeth or On Beauty.
