Gone with the Wind
American novelist, 1900–1949. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937.
Gone with the Wind is a 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937.
On 5 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Margaret Mitchell
- First published
- 1936
- Length
- 1072 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, 1937
- Genre
- Historical fiction, War and conflict, Love story
Is Gone with the Wind worth reading?
5 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and 100 books of the century (Le Monde).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 books of the century (Le Monde, 1999) | No. 38 | See the list |
| All-Time 100 Novels (Time, 2005) | Listed | See the list |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 1937) | Winner | See the list |
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | No. 21 | See the list |
| The Great American Read (PBS, 2018) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Gone with the Wind
The edition we link to is the Vintage Classics paperback (2020), 1072 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics (paperback, 2020)
- Pages
- 1072
- ISBN
- 9781784876111
How critics, prizes and readers rate Gone with the Wind
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 100% of the points available on prize lists, against 34% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 21% on critics' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Gone with the Wind
If you liked Gone with the Wind, try Love in the Time of Cholera or The Bridge of San Luis Rey.
