#31 in Dystopian
The Year of the Flood
- 448
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
- Giller Prize
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Our view
“The Year of the Flood” retells the collapse in Atwood’s dystopian trilogy from new viewpoints, alongside the first book. The pleasure lies in watching the two accounts interlock, so some readers wish they had read it sooner after “Oryx and Crake”. Others find it less startling than its predecessor, or harder to stay with. Dark and absorbing, it deepens the trilogy more than it advances it.
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About the book
The Year of the Flood is a novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, the second book of her dystopian trilogy, released on September 22, 2009, in Canada and the United States, and on September 7, 2009, in the United Kingdom. The novel was mentioned in numerous newspaper review articles looking forward to notable fiction of 2009.
Reading order · MaddAddam Series
Full order & progress →- Oryx and CrakeStart here
7.87.8 / 10 - The Year of the FloodThis book
7.97.9 / 10 - MaddAddam
7.67.6 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 405 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 73% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Dystopian average of 7.7. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.2 | 35 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 370 | 91% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Year of the Flood?
It has 448 pages — longer than 51% of the ranked books in Dystopian.
In this book
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