A Clockwork Orange
British novelist, 1917–1993.
A Clockwork Orange is a 1962 novella by Anthony Burgess.
On 5 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Anthony Burgess
- First published
- 1962
- Genre
- Science fiction, Dystopian, Psychological, Political
Is A Clockwork Orange worth reading?
5 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library) and All-Time 100 Novels.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 65 | See the list |
| All-Time 100 Novels (Time, 2005) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer, 2015) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 68 | See the list |
| The Big Jubilee Read (BBC Arts and The Reading Agency, 2022) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of A Clockwork Orange
The edition we link to is the Penguin UK paperback (2011).
- Publisher
- Penguin UK (paperback, 2011)
- ISBN
- 9780241951446
How critics and readers rate A Clockwork Orange
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 31% of the points available on critics' lists, against 13% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like A Clockwork Orange
If you liked A Clockwork Orange, try Nineteen Eighty-Four, Catch-22 or The Road.
