Yellowface
American novelist, born 1996. Won the British Book Awards: Fiction Book of the Year in 2023 and 2024.
Yellowface is a 2023 novel by Rebecca F. Kuang. It won the British Book Awards' Fiction Book of the Year in 2024.
On 3 of the 12 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Rebecca F. Kuang
- First published
- 2023
- Length
- 336 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- British Book Awards Fiction winner, 2024
- Genre
- Comic novels and satire, Migration and identity, Class and society
Is Yellowface worth reading?
3 of the 12 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the British Book Awards' Fiction Book of the Year and Goodreads Choice Awards: Fiction and Historical Fiction winners.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| British Book Awards: Fiction Book of the Year (winners and shortlists) (The Bookseller, 2024) | Winner | See the list |
| Goodreads Choice Awards: Fiction and Historical Fiction winners (Goodreads, 2009-) | Winner | See the list |
| Waterstones Book of the Year (winners and shortlists) (Waterstones, 2012-) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Yellowface
The edition we link to is the The Borough Press paperback (2024), 336 pages.
- Publisher
- The Borough Press (paperback, 2024)
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN
- 9780008532819
How critics, prizes and readers rate Yellowface
Readers rate it most highly: it earned 40% of the points available on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 20% on prize 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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