Nineteen Eighty-FourClassic · Classics, Fiction, Science Fiction
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1949 · 313 pages · Fiction
66
Classic
★ 4.21 on Goodreads · 5.8M ratings
Critics' pick · Lifetime bestseller
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On 3 canon lists, including Bokklubben World Library (100 greatest books). 4.21★ from 5.8M Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
66Must-Read Score
- Readers76 out of 100 · counts 40%+35
- Critics55 out of 100 · counts 14%+8
- Bestseller64 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+23
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #12 of the 141 science fiction books we rank
- #54 of the 520 classics we rank
- #155 of the 1,405 books we rank
On the lists
- Bokklubben World Library (100 greatest books)
- BBC's The Big Read
- Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
Reads as
Thought-provoking, Dark, Adventurous
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