Howards End
British novelist, 1879–1970.
Howards End is a 1910 novel by EM Forster.
On 3 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- EM Forster
- First published
- 1910
- Length
- 400 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Class and society
Is Howards End worth reading?
3 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library) and The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 38 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 60 | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 17 | See the list |
Best edition of Howards End
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2012), 400 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2012)
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN
- 9780141199405
How critics and readers rate Howards End
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 31% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% 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 Howards End
If you liked Howards End, try A Passage to India or A Room with a View.
