Rabbit Redux
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 Redux is a 1971 novel by John Updike. It was shortlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction in 1972.
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
- 1971
- Length
- 384 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- National Book Award for Fiction shortlist, 1972
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Family saga, Class and society, Political
- Series
- Book 2 of Rabbit Angstrom
Is Rabbit Redux worth reading?
2 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it: the National Book Award for Fiction and The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 1972) | Shortlist | See the list |
| The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer, 2015) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Rabbit Redux
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2006), 384 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2006)
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN
- 9780141188546
How critics, prizes and readers rate Rabbit Redux
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 33% of the points available on prize lists, against 7% 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 Redux
If you liked Rabbit Redux, try Rabbit Is Rich or Rabbit, Run.
