The Gene cover, Bodley Head 2016
Hardback

The Gene (2016)

Publisher Bodley Head Year 2016 ISBN 9781847922632

Identification points are listed only where two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 29 Oct 2026.

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Quick answer

Who published The Gene 2016 hardback?
Bodley Head, London, England, in 2016, in hardback.
Identification

How to identify this edition

The book was first published by Scribner in New York on 17 May 2016. The UK first is the Bodley Head hardback, London 2016, ISBN 9781847922632. Open Library also records a Bodley Head trade paperback of 2016 (9781847922649), which is not the hardback, and a Vintage paperback of March 2017 (9780099584575), which is a later edition. Check that the copyright page carries the Bodley Head imprint and the hardback ISBN.

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2016

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Who published The Gene 2016 hardback?

Bodley Head, London, England, in 2016, in hardback.

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Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 29 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.