Station Eleven
Canadian and American novelist, born 1979.
Station Eleven is a 2014 novel by Emily St. John Mandel. It was shortlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction in 2014.
On 2 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Emily St. John Mandel
- First published
- 2014
- Length
- 352 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- National Book Award for Fiction shortlist, 2014
- Genre
- Science fiction, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure
Is Station Eleven 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 books of the 21st century (The New York Times).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 2014) | Shortlist | See the list |
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times, 2024) | No. 93 | See the list |
Best edition of Station Eleven
The edition we link to is the Picador paperback (2015), 352 pages.
- Publisher
- Picador (paperback, 2015)
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN
- 9781447268970
How critics, prizes and readers rate Station Eleven
Critics and prize juries rate it about equally: it earned 18% on critics' lists and 13% on prize lists, against 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 Station Eleven
If you liked Station Eleven, try The Road, Never Let Me Go or The Handmaid's Tale.
