Veronica
American novelist, born 1954.
Veronica is a 2005 novel by Mary Gaitskill. It was shortlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction in 2005.
On 2 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Mary Gaitskill
- First published
- 2005
- Length
- 272 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- National Book Award for Fiction shortlist, 2005
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Feminist, Psychological
Is Veronica worth reading?
2 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it: the National Book Award for Fiction and The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 2005) | Shortlist | See the list |
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times, 2024) | No. 63 | See the list |
Best edition of Veronica
The edition we link to is the Serpent's Tail paperback (2016), 272 pages.
- Publisher
- Serpent's Tail (paperback, 2016)
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN
- 9781781255926
How critics, prizes and readers rate Veronica
Prize juries and critics rate it about equally: it earned 17% on prize lists and 13% on critics' lists, against 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