Station Eleven: A Novel (National Book Award Finalist)
Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven: A Novel (National Book Award Finalist)

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Emily St. John Mandel

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This Anniversary Edition of Station Eleven, a finalist for the National Book Award and named a Best Book of the Twenty-First Century by the New York Times, celebrates ten years of this now iconic novel with a new color illustration and a guide to “The Mandelverse”
A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century
An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days following civilization's collapse, Station Eleven tells the spellbinding story of a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity.
It is fifteen years after a flu pandemic wiped out most of the world's population. Kirsten is an actress with the Traveling Symphony, a small troupe moving over the gutted landscape, performing Shakespeare and music for scattered communities of survivors. But when they arrive in the outpost of St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who digs graves for anyone who dares to leave. Spanning decades, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the disaster brought everyone here, this suspenseful, elegiac novel is rife with beauty, telling a story about the relationships that sustain us. Read more

Editor's Take

Readers and reviewers consistently describe Station Eleven as beautifully written, moving, and atmospheric, with a strong emphasis on art, memory, and human connection in a post-apocalyptic setting. Amazon-style reader sentiment is echoed across book review sites and Goodreads, where many reviewers praise the novel’s prose and emotional impact.

At the same time, a smaller but noticeable group of readers says the book feels slow, precious, or emotionally distant in places, especially because of its nonlinear structure and multiple timelines. On Reddit-style discussion and broader review coverage, the most common split is between readers who find it haunting and thoughtful versus those who wanted a more plot-driven apocalypse story.

Professional reviews from book blogs and literary outlets are largely positive, often calling it a standout literary dystopian novel and highlighting its National Book Award finalist status. The overall picture is of a critically admired book that many readers love, even if its pacing and style are not for everyone.

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Product Details

ASIN B00J1IQUYM
Publisher Vintage
Accessibility Learn more
Publication date September 9, 2014
Language English
File size 3.5 MB
Screen Reader Supported
Enhanced typesetting Enabled
X-Ray Enabled
Word Wise Enabled
Print length 354 pages
ISBN-10 9780385353311
ISBN-13 978-0385353311
Page Flip Enabled
Best Sellers Rank #1,947 in Kindle Store ( See Top 100 in Kindle Store ) #8 in Time Travel Science Fiction (Kindle Store) #9 in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction (Books) #13 in Action & Adventure Literary Fiction
Customer Reviews 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (72,646)