Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Middlesex is a novel by Jeffrey Eugenides. It was published in 2002 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2003. The narrator and protagonist, Calliope Stephanides (later called "Cal"), an intersexed person of Greek descent, has 5-alpha-reductase deficiency. The bulk of the novel is devoted to telling his coming-of-age story growing up in Detroit, Michigan in the late 20th century. This story, however, is intertwined with elements of a family saga, meditations on the era's zeitgeist and bits of contemporary history.

The 245th greatest fiction book of all time


This book is on the following lists:

  1. - 5th on Paste Magazine's Best Books of the Decade(2000-2009) (Paste Magazine)
  2. - 6th on A Premature Attempt at the 21st Century Canon (Vulture)
  3. - 8th on The Ideal Library (Book)
  4. - 12th on The 21st Century's 12 Greatest Novels (BBC)
  5. - 16th on The Millions: The Best Fiction of the Millennium (The Millions)
  6. - 39th on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
  7. - 46th on The 100 Best Books of the Decade(2000) (Times)
  8. - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (Pulitzer Prize)
  9. - The 50 Books Everyone Needs to Read, 1963-2013 (Flavor Wire)
  10. - Modern classics: 11 novels that belong in the classroom (Today.com)
  11. - 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.com (USA))
  12. - The Best Books of the 2000s (The Onion AV Club)

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Middlesex [Audiobook, CD, Unabridged] Publisher: Macmillan Audio; Unabridged edition Audio CD 2427993 $18.22 $5.23
Middlesex: A Novel Audio CD 216279 $21.62 $5.67 2004
Middlesex: A Novel Paperback 371669 $0.01 $0.01 2002
Middlesex (German Edition) Kindle Edition 1275414 $14.99 2010
By Jeffrey Eugenides Middlesex: A Novel (Unabridged) Audio CD 793953 $17.49 $7.27 2004
Middlesex. Hardcover 4009216 $28.27 $11.61 2003
Middlesex: A Novel Paperback 1619551 $2.06 $0.01 2002
Middlesex Hardcover 1737597 $3.34
By Jeffrey Eugenides - Middlesex: A Novel (1st) (8.5.2002) Hardcover 3106722 $38.38 $4.18 2002
Middlesex (Versione italiana) (Scrittori italiani e stranieri) (Italian Edition) Kindle Edition 3357127 $8.99 2011
Middlesex (Panorama de narrativas nÂș 550) (Spanish Edition) Kindle Edition 763000 $9.99 2003
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides [Paperback] Paperback 595860 $14.99
Middlesex: A Novel Audio CD 1338305 $27.23 $8.69 2004
Middlesex, 2002 Paperback Mass Market Paperback 5283760 $4.98
Middlesex.(German) Paperback 3013679 $14.72 $3.82 2004
Middlesex, Book Club Edition Paperback 997529 $4.44
Bookclub in a Box Discusses the Novel Middlesex Paperback 12901451 $768.57 $5.98 2005
Middlesex: A Novel Hardcover 1747239 $10.01 $1.00 2002
Middlesex: A Novel Kindle Edition 3697 $8.67 2002
Middlesex: A Novel Hardcover 249770 $16.98 $1.29 2002
Middlesex (Coleccion Compactos) (Spanish Edition) Mass Market Paperback 3027995 $16.52 $19.95 2012
Middlesex, Spanish Edition Paperback 6727456 $95.26 $15.12 2003
Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) Paperback 13779 $6.00 $1.25 2002