Brave New World
British novelist, 1894–1963.
Brave New World is a 1932 novel by Aldous Huxley.
On 7 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Aldous Huxley
- First published
- 1932
- Length
- 288 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Science fiction, Dystopian, Satire
Is Brave New World worth reading?
7 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library) and 100 books of the century (Le Monde).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 5 | See the list |
| 100 books of the century (Le Monde, 1999) | No. 21 | See the list |
| 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts, 2019) | Listed | See the list |
| Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 75 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer, 2015) | Listed | 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. 87 | See the list |
Best edition of Brave New World
The edition we link to is the Vintage Classics paperback (2007), 288 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics (paperback, 2007)
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN
- 9780099518471
How critics and readers rate Brave New World
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 43% of the points available on critics' lists, against 31% 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 Brave New World
If you liked Brave New World, try Nineteen Eighty-Four, Lord of the Flies or The Trial.
