Lord of the FliesClassic · Classics, Fiction, Young Adult
Lord of the Flies
1954 · 182 pages · Fiction
51
Classic
★ 3.71 on Goodreads · 3.3M ratings
≈ 5 hours to read · about 10 days at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On 3 canon lists, including TIME All-TIME 100 Novels. 3.71★ from 3.3M Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
51Must-Read Score
- Critics84 out of 100 · counts 35%+33
- Readers32 out of 100 · counts 50%+18
- 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
- #5 of the 7 young adult books we rank
- #152 of the 296 classics we rank
- #505 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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