The Night Watch
British novelist, born 1966.
The Night Watch is a 2006 novel by Sarah Waters. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2006.
On 2 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Sarah Waters
- First published
- 2006
- Length
- 512 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 2006
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2006
- Genre
- Historical fiction, War and conflict, LGBTQ+, Love story
Is The Night Watch worth reading?
2 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Booker Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2006) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2006) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of The Night Watch
The edition we link to is the Virago paperback (2024), 512 pages.
- Publisher
- Virago (paperback, 2024)
- Pages
- 512
- ISBN
- 9780349018522
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Night Watch
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
Books like The Night Watch
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