Tropic of Cancer
American novelist, 1891–1980.
Tropic of Cancer is a 1934 novel by Henry Miller.
On 3 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Henry Miller
- First published
- 1934
- Length
- 272 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Autobiographical
Is Tropic of Cancer 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. 50 | See the list |
| All-Time 100 Novels (Time, 2005) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer, 2015) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Tropic of Cancer
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2015), 272 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2015)
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN
- 9780141399133
How critics, prizes and readers rate Tropic of Cancer
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 28% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on prize lists and 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 Tropic of Cancer
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