The Handmaid's TaleClassic · Fiction, Classics, Dystopia
The Handmaid's Tale
1985 · 320 pages · Fiction
72
Classic
★ 4.16 on Goodreads · 2.6M ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (1986). On the BBC's The Big Read list. 4.16★ from 2.6M Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
72Must-Read Score
- Critics62 out of 100 · counts 35%+25
- Readers83 out of 100 · counts 50%+47
- 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
- #8 of the 127 science fiction books we rank
- #30 of the 296 classics we rank
- #77 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (1986)
- Nebula Award finalist (1986)
On the lists
- BBC's The Big Read
Reads as
Thought-provoking, Dark, Adventurous
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