Oryx and Crake
Canadian novelist, born 1939. Won the Booker Prize in 2000 and 2019.
Oryx and Crake is a 2003 novel by Margaret Atwood. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2003.
On 4 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Margaret Atwood
- First published
- 2003
- Length
- 448 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 2003
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2004
- Genre
- Science fiction, Dystopian, Post-apocalyptic, Satire
- Series
- Book 1 of MaddAddam
Is Oryx and Crake worth reading?
4 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them The 100 best books of the 21st century (The Guardian) and 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts, 2019) | Listed | See the list |
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2003) | Shortlist | See the list |
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The Guardian, 2019) | No. 50 | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2004) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Oryx and Crake
The edition we link to is the Virago paperback (2013), 448 pages.
- Publisher
- Virago (paperback, 2013)
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN
- 9780349004068
How critics, prizes and readers rate Oryx and Crake
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 44% of the points available on prize lists, against 25% on critics' lists and 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 Oryx and Crake
If you liked Oryx and Crake, try The Handmaid's Tale, The Testaments or The Blind Assassin.
