Rebecca
British novelist, 1907–1989.
Rebecca is a 1938 novel by Daphne du Maurier.
On 6 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Daphne du Maurier
- First published
- 1938
- Length
- 192 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Gothic and horror, Love story, Psychological
Is Rebecca worth reading?
6 of the 16 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 |
| 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts, 2019) | Listed | See the list |
| Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 63 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 82 | See the list |
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | No. 14 | See the list |
| The Great American Read (PBS, 2018) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Rebecca
The edition we link to is the Virago paperback (2005), 192 pages.
- Publisher
- Virago (paperback, 2005)
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN
- 9781844080908
How critics and readers rate Rebecca
Readers rate it most highly: it earned 65% of the points available on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 17% 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 Rebecca
If you liked Rebecca, try The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Big Sleep or The Age of Innocence.
