The Bluest Eye
American novelist, 1931–2019. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988.
The Bluest Eye is a 1970 novel by Toni Morrison.
In coming of age, Black American
On 2 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Toni Morrison
- First published
- 1970
- Length
- 172 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Black American, Coming of age, Feminist
Is The Bluest Eye worth reading?
2 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it: Oprah's Book Club picks and The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Oprah's Book Club picks (Oprah's Book Club, 1996-) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 76 | See the list |
Best edition of The Bluest Eye
The edition we link to is the Vintage paperback (1999), 172 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage (paperback, 1999)
- Pages
- 172
- ISBN
- 9780099759911
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Bluest Eye
Readers and critics rate it about equally: it earned 15% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 10% on critics' lists, against 0% on prize 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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