Room: A Novel

Held captive for years in a small shed, a woman and her precocious young son finally gain their freedom, and the boy experiences the outside world for the first time. Room is a tale at once shocking, riveting, exhilarating -- a story of unconquerable love in harrowing circumstances, and of the diamond-hard bond between a mother and her child.

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Published May 18, 2011

352 pages

Average rating: 8

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Community Reviews

KikiStoneCreek
Jun 03, 2023
8/10 stars
Extremely different novel--couldn't put it down. Really made you think. I would highly recommend this book.
anne ducastel
Jan 08, 2026
10/10 stars
only regret is having waited so long to read it! now I can also watch the movie...
Cobbie
Apr 19, 2025
6/10 stars
The writing style was hard to read at first. But after awhile i couldn't put it down. I would like to rank it somewhere between liked it and really liked it.
Heidi Reed
Apr 01, 2025
8/10 stars
What an interesting take on this idea. I found Jack's combination of vocabulary and naivete very interesting.
DaileyBean
Aug 14, 2024
8/10 stars
Great insight as to how a 5 year old who had not been exposed to the greater world might think and react to it.

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