The Wind in the Willows
British novelist, 1859–1932.
The Wind in the Willows is a 1908 novel by Kenneth Grahame.
On 4 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Kenneth Grahame
- First published
- 1908
- Length
- 272 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Children's and young adult, Fable, Adventure, Rural life
Is The Wind in the Willows worth reading?
4 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture) and The Big Read top 100 (BBC).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer, 2015) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 33 | See the list |
| The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer, 2003) | Listed | See the list |
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | No. 16 | See the list |
Best edition of The Wind in the Willows
The edition we link to is the Farshore paperback (2021), 272 pages.
- Publisher
- Farshore (paperback, 2021)
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN
- 9780755500796
How critics and readers rate The Wind in the Willows
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 25% of the points available on critics' lists, against 18% 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 Wind in the Willows
If you liked The Wind in the Willows, try Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Little Prince or The Chronicles of Narnia.
