The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
American novelist, 1917–1967.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter is a 1940 novel by Carson McCullers.
On 3 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Carson McCullers
- First published
- 1940
- Length
- 336 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Southern gothic, Class and society, Coming of age
Is The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter worth reading?
3 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library) and All-Time 100 Novels.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 17 | See the list |
| All-Time 100 Novels (Time, 2005) | Listed | See the list |
| Oprah's Book Club picks (Oprah's Book Club, 1996-) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2000), 336 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2000)
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN
- 9780141185224
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 21% of the points available on critics' lists, against 15% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 0% on prize lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
If you liked The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, try To Kill a Mockingbird, The Sound and the Fury or As I Lay Dying.
