Little Women
American novelist, 1832–1888.
Little Women is an 1868 novel by Louisa May Alcott.
In children's and young adult, coming of age, family saga
On 5 of the 12 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Louisa May Alcott
- First published
- 1868
- Length
- 352 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Children's and young adult, Coming of age, Family saga
- Series
- Book 1 of Little Women
Is Little Women worth reading?
5 of the 12 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them The Big Read top 100 (BBC) and 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk, 2014) | Listed | 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. 18 | See the list |
| The Great American Read (PBS, 2018) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Little Women
The edition we link to is the Alma Classics paperback (2016), 352 pages.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics (paperback, 2016)
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN
- 9781847495877
How critics and readers rate Little Women
Readers rate it most highly: it earned 49% of the points available on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 23% 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 Little Women
If you liked Little Women, try Anna Karenina, Middlemarch or Jane Eyre.
