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Flight Behavior
1st edition cover
AuthorBarbara Kingsolver
LanguageAmerican English
GenreNovel
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date
2012
Publication placeUnited States
Pages600
ISBN978-0-06-212427-2
Preceded byThe Lacuna 
Followed byUnsheltered 

Flight Behavior[1] is a 2012 novel by Barbara Kingsolver.[2] It is her seventh novel, a New York Times Bestseller,[3] and was declared "Best book of the year" by the Washington Post and USA Today.[4]

  1. ^ Published in the United Kingdom under the title Flight Behaviour.
  2. ^ Liz Jensen, "Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver – review", The Guardian, 2 November 2012, (page visited on 8 April 2018).
  3. ^ Charis Perkins, "Barbara Kingsolver talks Trump, #MeToo and the magic of Australia", The Australian Financial Review, 28 March 2018 (page visited on 8 April 2018).
  4. ^ Donahue, Deirdre; McClurg, Jocelyn; Memmott, Carol; Minzesheimer, Bob; Wilson, Craig (19 December 2012). "10 Books We Loved Reading in 2012". USA Today. Retrieved 11 July 2013.

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