Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved (1987) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison. The novel, her fifth, is loosely based on the life and legal case of the slave Margaret Garner, about whom Morrison later wrote in the opera Margaret Garner (2005). The book's epigraph reads: "Sixty Million and more," by which Morrison refers to the estimated number of slaves who died in the slave trade.

The 37th greatest fiction book of all time


This book is on the following lists:

  1. - 1st on What Is the Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years? (New York Times)
  2. - 3rd on The New Classics - 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008 (Entertainment Weekly)
  3. - 7th on Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels (Radcliffe Publishing Course)
  4. - 9th on The Celebrity Reading List (Gardiner Public Library)
  5. - 9th on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
  6. - 9th on Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century (themodernnovel.com)
  7. - 10th on Harvard Book Store Staff's Favorite 100 Books (Harvard Book Store)
  8. - 12th on 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction (Larry McCaffery)
  9. - 14th on The 100 Favorite Novels of Librarians (Bookman.com)
  10. - 16th on The Best Southern Novels of All Time (Oxford American)
  11. - 18th on 100 Best Books (Montana State University)
  12. - 31st on In Which These Are the 100 Greatest Novels (ThisRecording.com)
  13. - 36th on Waterstone's Books of the Century (LibraryThing)
  14. - 43rd on The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time (The Novel 100)
  15. - 45th on The Top 10: The Greatest Books of All Time (The Top 10 (Book))
  16. - 50th on The Telegraph’s 100 Novels Everyone Should Read (Telegraph)
  17. - TIME Magazine All Time 100 Novels (TIME Magazine)
  18. - 100 Novels That Shaped Our World (BBC)
  19. - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (Pulitzer Prize)
  20. - 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library (The Telegraph)
  21. - 50 Memorable Books from 50 Years of Books to Remember (The New York Public Library)
  22. - Top 100 Works in World Literature (Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute)
  23. - 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.com (USA))
  24. - The College Board: 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers (The College Board, an American not-for-profit organization)
  25. - The 50 Books Everyone Needs to Read, 1963-2013 (Flavor Wire)
  26. - The 100 Greatest American Novels, 1893 – 1993 (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
  27. - 50 Books to (Re-)Read at 50 (nextavenue)
  28. - From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
  29. - 100 Life-Changing Books (National Book Award)
  30. - Best Books Ever (bookdepository.com)
  31. - The Dream of the Great American Novel (Book)
  32. - The Great American Read (PBS)
  33. - 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)

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Name Binding Sales Rank Lowest New Lowest Used Published
Beloved: Toni Morrison Paperback 94053 $11.66 2022
Beloved: Special Edition Hardcover 2312830 $20.99 $10.14 2019
Morrison carry the tripod : Beloved ten items [new hardcover hard not to read ](Chinese Edition) Hardcover 3609045 $26.59 $32.28 2013
Beloved (Spanish Edition) Paperback 2169545 $12.14 2020
Beloved (French Edition) Paperback 2426418 $8.00 $1.69 2008
[Beloved] [By: Morrison, Toni] [March, 1999] Paperback 6798688 $22.92 $32.65 1999
BELOVED. Paperback 686309 $8.69 $1.95
Beloved Mass Market Paperback 886262 $13.98 $0.01 1991
Beloved Audio CD 2269439 $967.99 $46.28 2007
Beloved (French language) (French Edition) Mass Market Paperback 9270157 $27.50 $2.70 1999
Beloved Paperback 1552188 $9.86 $4.49
Beloved Paperback 498071 $6.10 $0.01 1998
Beloved Kindle Edition 35449 $6.20 2014
Beloved (French Edition) Paperback 2917049 $10.10 $3.42 2008
Beloved: BY Toni Morrison (BrightSummaries.com) Paperback 1498642 $11.99 $8.00 2019
Beloved Paperback 3154433 $6.99 $11.70 2010
Beloved Paperback 3291748 $80.22 $5.02 1989
Beloved: Novel-Ties Study Guide Paperback 4896197 $14.12 $8.72 2000
Beloved Paperback 949492 $0.01
Beloved (Everyman's Library) Hardcover 145060 $15.98 $6.27 2006
Elskede [Beloved] Audible Audio Edition 129984 $26.95 2012
DN Beloved Paperback 3423281 $9.95 $4.03 1988
Beloved (en español) (Spanish Edition) Mass Market Paperback 938114 $57.79 2004
Beloved Hardcover 2654269 $31.35 $8.45 1987
Beloved (LITTERATURE ETRANGERE) (French Edition) Kindle Edition 887223 $9.99 2015
Beloved Audio CD 4600864 $85.85 $8.55
Beloved (Spanish Edition) Audible Audiobook 79683 $16.53 2022
Beloved Mass Market Paperback 6869533 $46.00
[Beloved] [Author: Morrison, Toni] [September, 2006] Hardcover 5483761 $29.99 2006
Beloved (Plume Contemporary Fiction) Paperback 1088654 $1.54 $0.01 1988
Toni Morrison Box Set: The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, Beloved Kindle Edition 381498 2019
Beloved (Spanish Edition) Paperback 2117288 $429.87 $69.99 1993
Beloved [Audiobook, Unabridged] Publisher: Random House Audio; Unabridged edition Audio CD 4927818 $41.49 $37.18
Beloved Kindle Edition 7379 $9.99 2007
Beloved (Plume Contemporary Fiction) Paperback 365134 $1.69 $0.01 1998
Beloved (Random House Large Print) Paperback 1503869 $7.31 $0.01 1998
Beloved Hardcover 670394 $5.42 $0.01
Toni Morrison Box Set: The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, Beloved Paperback 20993 $29.48 $30.74 2019
Beloved: (Great Books Edition) (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) Paperback 1207959 $11.99 $0.01 2000
Beloved Paperback 968 $7.95 $1.49 2004
Beloved (Spanish Edition) Paperback 7158214 $16.99
Beloved (French Edition) Mass Market Paperback 944974 $4.54 $0.83 1997
Beloved (Edition Spéciale) Pocket Book 1615448 $6.83 2019
Spark Notes Beloved Paperback 2300233 $93.92 $2.98 2002
Beloved 2004 Edition by Toni Morrison published by Vintage (2004) Paperback 1211698 $13.86 $7.64 2004
Amatissima (Beloved Trilogy Vol. 1) (Italian Edition) Kindle Edition 2366795 $7.99 2011
Beloved - Multiple Critical Perspectives Paperback 2807534 $19.99 $59.60 2009