This Other Eden
American novelist, born 1967. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2010.
This Other Eden is a 2023 novel by Paul Harding. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2023.
On 2 of the 11 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Paul Harding
- First published
- 2023
- Length
- 224 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 2023
- National Book Award for Fiction shortlist, 2023
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Migration and identity, Religion and faith, Class and society
Is This Other Eden worth reading?
2 of the 11 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Booker Prize and the National Book Award for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2023) | Shortlist | See the list |
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 2023) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of This Other Eden
The edition we link to is the Penguin paperback (2024), 224 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin (paperback, 2024)
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN
- 9781804940853
How critics, prizes and readers rate This Other Eden
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 33% 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