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Pat Barker

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in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, The United Kingdom

May 08, 1943

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Pat Barker is an English writer known for her fiction exploring themes of memory, trauma, and survival. She gained prominence with Union Street (1982), a stark portrayal of working-class women's lives, and later achieved critical acclaim with the Regeneration Trilogy (1991–1995), a series blending history and fiction to examine the psychological impact of World War I. The final book, The Ghost Road (1995), won the Booker Prize. In recent years, she has turned to retelling classical myths from a female perspective, beginning with The Silence of the Girls (2018). Barker's work is widely recognized for its direct and unflinching storytelling. ...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 216,679 ratings · 21,275 reviews · 29 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 102,952 ratings — published 2018 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Regeneration (Regeneration, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 32,580 ratings — published 1991 — 85 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Women of Troy (Women of Troy, #2) 3.83 avg rating — 25,483 ratings — published 2021 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ghost Road (Regeneration, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 17,966 ratings — published 1995 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eye in the Door (Regeneration, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 10,456 ratings — published 1993 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life Class (Life Class, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 5,220 ratings — published 2007 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Toby's Room (Life Class, #2) 3.77 avg rating — 4,823 ratings — published 2012 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,514 ratings — published 2024 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Regeneration Trilogy (Regeneration, #1-3) 4.37 avg rating — 2,810 ratings — published 1996 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Noonday (Life Class, #3) 3.78 avg rating — 1,977 ratings — published 2015 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Women of Troy (3 books)
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Quicksand by Nella Larsen, 1928, 192 pages

43 votes, 18.9%

Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree by Tariq Ali, 1992, 244 pages

40 votes, 17.5%

The Wreath by Sigrid Undset, 1920, 305 pages

39 votes, 17.1%

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard, 1974, 288 pages

37 votes, 16.2%

Regeneration by Pat Barker, 1991, 256 pages

36 votes, 15.8%

Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya, 1972, 290 pages

21 votes, 9.2%

Alberta and Jacob by Cora Sandel, 1927, 247 pages

12 votes, 5.3%

228 total votes

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