The Reluctant Fundamentalist
British and Pakistani novelist, born 1971.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a 2007 novel by Mohsin Hamid. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2007.
On 2 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Mohsin Hamid
- First published
- 2007
- Length
- 224 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 2007
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Migration and identity, Political, Psychological
Is The Reluctant Fundamentalist worth reading?
2 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it: 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts) and the Booker Prize.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts, 2019) | Listed | See the list |
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2007) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The edition we link to is the Penguin paperback (2017), 224 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin (paperback, 2017)
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN
- 9780241981382
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 22% of the points available on prize lists, against 12% 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
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