The Sense of an Ending
British novelist, born 1946. Won the Booker Prize in 2011.
The Sense of an Ending is a 2011 novel by Julian Barnes. It won the Booker Prize in 2011.
On 4 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Julian Barnes
- First published
- 2011
- Length
- 160 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize winner, 2011
- Costa Novel Award shortlist, 2011
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Psychological, Philosophical
Is The Sense of an Ending worth reading?
4 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the Booker Prize and The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk, 2014) | Listed | See the list |
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2011) | Winner | See the list |
| Costa (Whitbread) Novel Award (winners and shortlists) (Costa, 2011) | Shortlist | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 39 | See the list |
Best edition of The Sense of an Ending
The edition we link to is the Vintage paperback (2012), 160 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage (paperback, 2012)
- Pages
- 160
- ISBN
- 9780099564973
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Sense of an Ending
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 56% of the points available on prize lists, against 17% on critics' lists and 13% 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 Sense of an Ending
If you liked The Sense of an Ending, try Arthur and George, The Remains of the Day or Underworld.
