The War of the Worlds
British novelist, 1866–1946.
The War of the Worlds is an 1897 novel by H. G. Wells.
On 2 of the 14 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- H. G. Wells
- First published
- Serialised 1897
- Length
- 240 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Science fiction, War and conflict, Empire and colonialism, Adventure
Is The War of the Worlds worth reading?
2 of the 14 best-of lists it could have made include it: 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph) and 100 books of the century (Le Monde).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 books of the century (Le Monde, 1999) | No. 56 | See the list |
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | No. 19 | See the list |
Best edition of The War of the Worlds
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2005), 240 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2005)
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN
- 9780141441030
How critics and readers rate The War of the Worlds
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 23% 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 War of the Worlds
If you liked The War of the Worlds, try Crime and Punishment, Ulysses or War and Peace.
