Room
Canadian and Irish novelist, born 1969.
Room is a 2010 novel by Emma Donoghue. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2010.
On 4 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Emma Donoghue
- First published
- 2010
- Length
- 412 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 2010
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2011
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Psychological
Is Room worth reading?
4 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the Booker Prize and Goodreads Choice Awards: Fiction and Historical Fiction winners.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2010) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Goodreads Choice Awards: Fiction and Historical Fiction winners (Goodreads, 2009-) | Winner | See the list |
| Richard & Judy Book Club picks (Richard & Judy / WHSmith, 2004-) | Listed | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2011) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Room
The edition we link to is the Picador paperback (2011), 412 pages.
- Publisher
- Picador (paperback, 2011)
- Pages
- 412
- ISBN
- 9780330519021
How critics, prizes and readers rate Room
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 27% of the points available on prize lists, against 21% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 0% on critics' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work