The Little Stranger
British novelist, born 1966.
The Little Stranger is a 2009 novel by Sarah Waters. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2009.
On 2 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Sarah Waters
- First published
- 2009
- Length
- 512 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 2009
- Genre
- Gothic and horror, Class and society, Psychological, Gothic
Is The Little Stranger worth reading?
2 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it: The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture) and the Booker Prize.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2009) | Shortlist | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 45 | See the list |
Best edition of The Little Stranger
The edition we link to is the Virago paperback (2024), 512 pages.
- Publisher
- Virago (paperback, 2024)
- Pages
- 512
- ISBN
- 9780349018515
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Little Stranger
Prize juries and critics rate it about equally: it earned 17% on prize lists and 14% on critics' 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 The Little Stranger
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