The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 ¾
British novelist, 1946–2014.
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 ¾ is a 1982 novel by Sue Townsend.
In comic novels and satire, coming of age
On 2 of the 19 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Sue Townsend
- First published
- 1982
- Length
- 272 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Comic novels and satire, Coming of age, Told in letters, Class and society
- Series
- Book 1 of Adrian Mole
Is The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 ¾ worth reading?
2 of the 19 best-of lists it could have made include it: 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk) and 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts).
| 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 |
Best edition of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 ¾
The edition we link to is the Penguin paperback (2002), 272 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin (paperback, 2002)
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN
- 9780141315980
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 ¾
Readers and critics rate it about equally: it earned 13% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 8% on critics' lists, against 0% on prize lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
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