Revolutionary Road
American novelist, 1926–1992.
Revolutionary Road is a 1961 novel by Richard Yates. It was shortlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction in 1962.
On 2 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Richard Yates
- First published
- 1961
- Length
- 352 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- National Book Award for Fiction shortlist, 1962
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Class and society, Psychological
Is Revolutionary Road worth reading?
2 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it: All-Time 100 Novels and the National Book Award for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| All-Time 100 Novels (Time, 2005) | Listed | See the list |
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 1962) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Revolutionary Road
The edition we link to is the Vintage Classics paperback (2007), 352 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics (paperback, 2007)
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN
- 9780099518624
How critics, prizes and readers rate Revolutionary Road
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 33% of the points available on prize lists, against 10% 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