The Sellout
American novelist, born 1962. Won the Booker Prize in 2016.
The Sellout is a 2015 novel by Paul Beatty. It won the Booker Prize in 2016.
In comic novels and satire, Black American
On 3 of the 14 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Paul Beatty
- First published
- 2015
- Length
- 304 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize winner, 2016
- British Book Awards Fiction shortlist, 2017
- Genre
- Comic novels and satire, Black American, Political
Is The Sellout worth reading?
3 of the 14 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the Booker Prize and The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2016) | Winner | See the list |
| British Book Awards: Fiction Book of the Year (winners and shortlists) (The Bookseller, 2017) | Shortlist | See the list |
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times, 2024) | No. 17 | See the list |
Best edition of The Sellout
The edition we link to is the Oneworld Publications paperback (2017), 304 pages.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications (paperback, 2017)
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN
- 9781786071460
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Sellout
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 Sellout
If you liked The Sellout, try Disgrace, The Friend or Intermezzo.
