The Goldfinch
American novelist, born 1963. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2014.
The Goldfinch is a 2013 novel by Donna Tartt. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2014.
On 3 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Donna Tartt
- First published
- 2013
- Length
- 880 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2014
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, 2014
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Coming of age, Crime, Psychological
Is The Goldfinch worth reading?
3 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 2014) | Winner | See the list |
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times, 2024) | No. 46 | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2014) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of The Goldfinch
The edition we link to is the Abacus paperback (2014), 880 pages.
- Publisher
- Abacus (paperback, 2014)
- Pages
- 880
- ISBN
- 9780349139630
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Goldfinch
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 42% of the points available on prize lists, against 22% 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
Books like The Goldfinch
If you liked The Goldfinch, try The Secret History, My Brilliant Friend or The Vegetarian.
