In Search of Lost Time
French novelist, 1871–1922.
In Search of Lost Time is a 1913 novel by Marcel Proust, translated from French.
On 6 of the 11 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Marcel Proust
- First published
- 1913
- Length
- 496 pages (UK paperback)
- Original language
- Translated from French
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Psychological, Autobiographical, Class and society
Is In Search of Lost Time worth reading?
6 of the 11 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 books of the century (Le Monde) and 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 books of the century (Le Monde, 1999) | No. 2 | See the list |
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | No. 6 | See the list |
| Bokklubben World Library (Norwegian Book Clubs, 2002) | Listed | See the list |
| Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 15 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 5 | See the list |
| The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer, 2003) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of In Search of Lost Time
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2003), 496 pages, translated by Lydia Davis.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2003)
- Pages
- 496
- Translator
- Lydia Davis
- ISBN
- 9780141180311
How critics and readers rate In Search of Lost Time
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 100% of the points available on critics' lists, against 18% 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 In Search of Lost Time
If you liked In Search of Lost Time, try Ulysses, Mrs Dalloway or To the Lighthouse.
