The Lovely Bones
American novelist, born 1963.
The Lovely Bones is a 2002 novel by Alice Sebold.
On 2 of the 18 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Alice Sebold
- First published
- 2002
- Length
- 336 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Coming of age, Crime, Family saga
Is The Lovely Bones worth reading?
2 of the 18 best-of lists it could have made include it: The Great American Read (PBS) and Richard & Judy Book Club picks.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Richard & Judy Book Club picks (Richard & Judy / WHSmith, 2004-) | Listed | See the list |
| The Great American Read (PBS, 2018) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of The Lovely Bones
The edition we link to is the Picador paperback (2015), 336 pages.
- Publisher
- Picador (paperback, 2015)
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN
- 9781447275206
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Lovely Bones
Readers rate it most highly: it earned 23% of the points available on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on prize lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like The Lovely Bones
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