The Siege
British novelist, 1952–2017. Won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 1996.
The Siege is a 2001 novel by Helen Dunmore. It was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award in 2001.
On 3 of the 20 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Helen Dunmore
- First published
- 2001
- Awards
- Costa Novel Award shortlist, 2001
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2002
- Genre
- War novels, Love story, Family saga
Is The Siege worth reading?
3 of the 20 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the Costa Novel Award and The 100 best books of the 21st century (The Guardian).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Costa (Whitbread) Novel Award (winners and shortlists) (Costa, 2001) | Shortlist | See the list |
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The Guardian, 2019) | No. 92 | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2002) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of The Siege
The edition we link to is the Penguin Books paperback (2002).
- Publisher
- Penguin Books (paperback, 2002)
- ISBN
- 9780141009599
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Siege
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 33% of the points available on prize lists, against 9% 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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