White Noise
American novelist, born 1936. Won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1985.
White Noise is a 1985 novel by Don DeLillo. It won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1985.
On 2 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Don DeLillo
- First published
- 1985
- Length
- 384 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- National Book Award for Fiction winner, 1985
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Postmodern, Satire, Philosophical
Is White Noise worth reading?
2 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it: the National Book Award for Fiction and All-Time 100 Novels.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| All-Time 100 Novels (Time, 2005) | Listed | See the list |
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 1985) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of White Noise
The edition we link to is the Picador paperback (2022), 384 pages.
- Publisher
- Picador (paperback, 2022)
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN
- 9781529077261
How critics, prizes and readers rate White Noise
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 50% of the points available on prize lists, against 10% 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
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