Animal FarmClassic · Classics, Fiction, Dystopia
Animal Farm
1945 · 129 pages · Fiction
73
Classic
★ 4.03 on Goodreads · 4.8M ratings
≈ 3 hours to read · about 6 days at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On 3 canon lists, including TIME All-TIME 100 Novels. 4.03★ from 4.8M Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
73Must-Read Score
- Critics84 out of 100 · counts 35%+33
- Readers70 out of 100 · counts 50%+40
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #6 of the 127 science fiction books we rank
- #20 of the 296 classics we rank
- #59 of the 1,344 books we rank
On the lists
- TIME All-TIME 100 Novels
- Modern Library 100 Best Novels
- BBC's The Big Read
Reads as
Thought-provoking, Dark
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