Twilight
American novelist, born 1973.
Twilight is a 2005 novel by Stephenie Meyer.
In romance and love stories, coming of age
On 2 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Stephenie Meyer
- First published
- 2005
- Length
- 464 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Romance and love stories, Gothic, Coming of age
- Series
- Book 1 of Twilight
Is Twilight worth reading?
2 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it: 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts) and The Great American Read (PBS).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts, 2019) | Listed | See the list |
| The Great American Read (PBS, 2018) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Twilight
The edition we link to is the Atom paperback (2007), 464 pages.
- Publisher
- Atom (paperback, 2007)
- Pages
- 464
- ISBN
- 9781904233657
How critics, prizes and readers rate Twilight
Readers rate it most highly: it earned 20% of the points available on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 13% on critics' lists and 0% on prize lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Twilight
If you liked Twilight, try The Book Thief, Noughts & Crosses or His Dark Materials.
