The Lives of Others
Indian novelist, born 1970.
The Lives of Others is a 2014 novel by Neel Mukherjee. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2014.
In family saga
On 2 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Neel Mukherjee
- First published
- 2014
- Length
- 528 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 2014
- Costa Novel Award shortlist, 2014
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Political, Family saga, Class and society
Is The Lives of Others worth reading?
2 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Booker Prize and the Costa Novel Award.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2014) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Costa (Whitbread) Novel Award (winners and shortlists) (Costa, 2014) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of The Lives of Others
The edition we link to is the Vintage paperback (2015), 528 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage (paperback, 2015)
- Pages
- 528
- ISBN
- 9780099554486
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Lives of Others
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 33% 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