Oxygen
British novelist, born 1960. Won the Costa Novel Award in 2011 and the Walter Scott Prize in 2025.
Oxygen is a 2001 novel by Andrew Miller. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2001.
In family saga
On 2 of the 19 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Andrew Miller
- First published
- 2001
- Length
- 336 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 2001
- Costa Novel Award shortlist, 2001
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Family saga, Psychological
Is Oxygen worth reading?
2 of the 19 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Booker Prize and the Costa Novel Award.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2001) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Costa (Whitbread) Novel Award (winners and shortlists) (Costa, 2001) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Oxygen
The edition we link to is the Sceptre paperback (2002), 336 pages.
- Publisher
- Sceptre (paperback, 2002)
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN
- 9780340728260
How critics, prizes and readers rate Oxygen
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 44% of the points available on prize lists, against 0% 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 Oxygen
If you liked Oxygen, try The Land in Winter or Pure.
