The Echo Maker
American novelist, born 1957. Won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2006 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2019.
The Echo Maker is a 2006 novel by Richard Powers. It won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2006.
On 2 of the 13 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Richard Powers
- First published
- 2006
- Length
- 576 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- National Book Award for Fiction winner, 2006
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2007
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Psychological, Philosophical
Is The Echo Maker worth reading?
2 of the 13 best-of lists it could have made include it: the National Book Award for Fiction and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 2006) | Winner | See the list |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 2007) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of The Echo Maker
The edition we link to is the Penguin paperback (2025), 576 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin (paperback, 2025)
- Pages
- 576
- ISBN
- 9781804951682
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Echo Maker
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 56% of the points available on prize lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 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
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