Rabbit Is Rich
American novelist, 1932–2009. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1982 and 1991 and the National Book Award for Fiction in 1964 and 1982.
Rabbit Is Rich is a 1981 novel by John Updike. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1982 and the National Book Award for Fiction in 1982.
In family saga
On 2 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- John Updike
- First published
- 1981
- Length
- 448 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, 1982
- National Book Award for Fiction winner, 1982
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Family saga, Class and society, Political
- Series
- Book 3 of Rabbit Angstrom
Is Rabbit Is Rich worth reading?
2 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it: the National Book Award for Fiction and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 1982) | Winner | See the list |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 1982) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of Rabbit Is Rich
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2006), 448 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2006)
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN
- 9780141188553
How critics, prizes and readers rate Rabbit Is Rich
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 100% 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 Rabbit Is Rich
If you liked Rabbit Is Rich, try Rabbit, Run or Rabbit Redux.
