Jeffrey Eugenides

3 summariesLiterary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Young Adult

Jeffrey Kent Eugenides is an American novelist and short story writer. He has written numerous short stories and essays, as well as three novels: The Virgin Suicides (1993), Middlesex (2002), and The Marriage Plot (2011). The Virgin Suicides served as the basis of a feature film, while Middlesex received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in addition to being a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the International Dublin Literary Award, and France's Prix Médicis.

Books by Jeffrey Eugenides

3 books available

Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides
4.0 (581k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
From a burning Greek village to Prohibition-era Detroit, a recessive gene unravels the Stephanides family's decades-long story, ending with Cal's discovery of self.
The Virgin Suicides
Jeffrey Eugenides
3.8 (229k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
Haunted by the memory of the Lisbon sisters, a group of neighborhood boys recounts the beauty and tragic end of five lives in 1970s suburbia, forever marked by their suicides.
The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides
3.5 (112k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
In the early 80s, an English major steeped in 19th-century romance finds her own "marriage plot" unfolding amidst Derrida, Talking Heads, and two intensely different suitors grappling with mental illness and spiritual quests after college.