The Corrections
American novelist, born 1959. Won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2001.
The Corrections is a 2001 novel by Jonathan Franzen. It won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2001.
In family saga
On 6 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Jonathan Franzen
- First published
- 2001
- Length
- 672 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- National Book Award for Fiction winner, 2001
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2002
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Family saga, Satire
Is The Corrections worth reading?
6 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the National Book Award for Fiction and The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| All-Time 100 Novels (Time, 2005) | Listed | See the list |
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 2001) | Winner | See the list |
| Oprah's Book Club picks (Oprah's Book Club, 1996-) | Listed | See the list |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 2002) | Shortlist | See the list |
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The Guardian, 2019) | No. 16 | See the list |
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times, 2024) | No. 5 | See the list |
Best edition of The Corrections
The edition we link to is the Fourth Estate paperback (2007), 672 pages.
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate (paperback, 2007)
- Pages
- 672
- ISBN
- 9780007232444
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Corrections
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 56% of the points available on prize lists, against 38% on critics' lists and 15% 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
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