The Rainbow
British novelist, 1885–1930.
The Rainbow is a 1915 novel by D. H. Lawrence.
In family saga
On 4 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
The Novel Index earns a small commission if you buy through our links, at no extra cost to you. It never affects our rankings. More about how we earn.
At a glance
- Author
- D. H. Lawrence
- First published
- 1915
- Length
- 448 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Family saga, Love story, Modernist
Is The Rainbow worth reading?
4 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library) and The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 48 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 79 | 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 |
Best edition of The Rainbow
The edition we link to is the Wordsworth Editions paperback (1995), 448 pages.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions (paperback, 1995)
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN
- 9781853262500
How critics and readers rate The Rainbow
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 34% 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 The Rainbow
If you liked The Rainbow, try Sons and Lovers, Women in Love or Little Women.
