Orlando
British novelist, 1882–1941.
Orlando is a 1928 novel by Virginia Woolf.
In LGBTQ+
On 3 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Virginia Woolf
- First published
- 1928
- Length
- 240 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, LGBTQ+, Feminist, Modernist
Is Orlando worth reading?
3 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts) and The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts, 2019) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 54 | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 65 | See the list |
Best edition of Orlando
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2020), 240 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2020)
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN
- 9780241436301
How critics and readers rate Orlando
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 25% 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 Orlando
If you liked Orlando, try Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse or The Waves.
