The Overstory
American novelist, born 1957. Won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2006 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2019.
The Overstory is a 2018 novel by Richard Powers. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2019.
On 3 of the 14 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Richard Powers
- First published
- 2018
- Length
- 640 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 2018
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, 2019
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Political, Philosophical
Is The Overstory worth reading?
3 of the 14 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2018) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 2019) | Winner | See the list |
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times, 2024) | No. 24 | See the list |
Best edition of The Overstory
The edition we link to is the Penguin paperback (2024), 640 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin (paperback, 2024)
- Pages
- 640
- ISBN
- 9781804951781
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Overstory
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 Overstory
If you liked The Overstory, try The Echo Maker, My Brilliant Friend or Sophie's Choice.
