Eileen
- 280
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
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About the book
Eileen is a 2015 novel by Ottessa Moshfegh, published by Penguin Press. It is Moshfegh's first full-length novel. It won the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and was shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize and the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. The novel was adapted into a 2023 film.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.1 across 244 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 62% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.3 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.2 | 5 | 2% |
| Hardcover | 7.1 | 239 | 98% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
““I'd never learned how to relate to people, much less how to speak up for myself. I preferred to sit and rage quietly.” There’s an underlying uneasiness to this somewhat stream of consciousness tale; an almost haunting feeling like there could be a supernatural element…”
Frequently asked
How long is Eileen?
It has 280 pages — shorter than 95% of the ranked books in Thriller.
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