Schindler's Ark
Australian novelist, born 1935. Won the Booker Prize in 1982.
Schindler's Ark is a 1982 non-fiction novel by Thomas Keneally. It won the Booker Prize in 1982.
On 3 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Thomas Keneally
- First published
- 1982
- Length
- 432 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize winner, 1982
- Genre
- Historical fiction, War and conflict
Is Schindler's Ark worth reading?
3 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the Booker Prize and 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk, 2014) | Listed | See the list |
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 1982) | Winner | See the list |
| The Big Jubilee Read (BBC Arts and The Reading Agency, 2022) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Schindler's Ark
The edition we link to is the Sceptre paperback (2006), 432 pages.
- Publisher
- Sceptre (paperback, 2006)
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN
- 9780340936290
How critics, prizes and readers rate Schindler's Ark
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 100% of the points available on prize lists, against 27% 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
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