The Stone Diaries
Canadian and American novelist, 1935–2003. Won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 1998 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1995.
The Stone Diaries is a 1993 novel by Carol Shields. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1995.
In family saga
On 3 of the 20 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Carol Shields
- First published
- 1993
- Length
- 384 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 1993
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, 1995
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Feminist, Family saga
Is The Stone Diaries worth reading?
3 of the 20 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Booker Prize.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 1993) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 1995) | Winner | See the list |
| The Big Jubilee Read (BBC Arts and The Reading Agency, 2022) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of The Stone Diaries
The edition we link to is the Fourth Estate paperback (1994), 384 pages.
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate (paperback, 1994)
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN
- 9781857022322
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Stone Diaries
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 42% of the points available on prize lists, against 13% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 0% on critics' 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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