Editing Notes on a Scandal (section)

== Reception ==
Upon release, ''Notes on a Scandal'' was generally well-received among the British press.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Article clipped from The Daily Telegraph|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph/151407077/|access-date=15 July 2024 |website=[[Newspapers]]|date=21 June 2003 |page=164 }}</ref> According to ''[[Literary Hub|Book Marks]]'', the book received "rave" reviews based on 7 critic reviews with 4 being "rave" and 3 being "positive".<ref>{{Cite web |title=What Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandal
 |url=https://bookmarks.reviews/reviews/what-was-she-thinking-notes-on-a-scandal|access-date=16 July 2024 |website=[[Literary Hub|Book Marks]]}}</ref> 

The novel was shortlisted for the 2003 [[Man Booker Prize]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Notes on a Scandal |date=5 June 2003 |url=https://thebookerprizes.com/books/notes-scandal-by |publisher=Man Booker Prize |accessdate=24 March 2020}}</ref> and placed second for the [[Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award]].<ref name=":24">{{Cite web |date=2004-02-03 |title=Barnes & Noble Announces Finalists for Discover Awards |url=https://www.pw.org/content/barnes_amp_noble_announces_finalists_discover_awards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423151652/https://www.pw.org/content/barnes_amp_noble_announces_finalists_discover_awards |archive-date=April 23, 2024 |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=[[Poets & Writers]] |language=en}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' ranked ''What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal'' #70 in their list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.<ref>{{cite web |date=21 September 2019 |title=100 Best Books of the 21st Century |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/21/best-books-of-the-21st-century |work=The Guardian |accessdate=24 March 2020}}</ref> The novel was translated into several languages, including French, Italian, Spanish and German.