Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
British novelist, 1832–1898.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 novel by Lewis Carroll.
In fantasy
On 6 of the 13 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Lewis Carroll
- First published
- 1865
- Length
- 208 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Fantasy, Adventure
Is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland worth reading?
6 of the 13 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture) and The Big Read top 100 (BBC).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | No. 78 | 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. 40 | See the list |
| The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer, 2003) | Listed | See the list |
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | No. 30 | See the list |
| The Great American Read (PBS, 2018) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The edition we link to is the Macmillan Children's Books paperback (2015), 208 pages.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Children's Books (paperback, 2015)
- Pages
- 208
- ISBN
- 9781447279990
How critics and readers rate Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 46% of the points available on critics' lists, against 34% 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 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
If you liked Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, try The Wind in the Willows or Anne of Green Gables.
