The Sport of Kings
American novelist, born 1976.
The Sport of Kings is a 2016 novel by C. E. Morgan. It was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2017.
In family saga, Black American
On 2 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- C. E. Morgan
- First published
- 2016
- Length
- 560 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2017
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2017
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Family saga, Black American, Class and society
Is The Sport of Kings worth reading?
2 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Women's Prize for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 2017) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2017) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of The Sport of Kings
The edition we link to is the Picador USA paperback (2017), 560 pages.
- Publisher
- Picador USA (paperback, 2017)
- Pages
- 560
- ISBN
- 9781250131843
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Sport of Kings
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 27% of the points available on prize lists, against 0% 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