Ulysses
French and British novelist, 1882–1941.
Ulysses is a 1922 novel by James Joyce.
On 9 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- James Joyce
- First published
- 1922
- Length
- 736 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Modernist, Psychological
Is Ulysses worth reading?
9 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library) and Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 1 | See the list |
| 100 books of the century (Le Monde, 1999) | No. 28 | See the list |
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | No. 24 | See the list |
| Bokklubben World Library (Norwegian Book Clubs, 2002) | Listed | See the list |
| Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 10 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 3 | 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 |
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | No. 78 | See the list |
Best edition of Ulysses
The edition we link to is the Wordsworth Editions paperback (2010), 736 pages.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions (paperback, 2010)
- Pages
- 736
- ISBN
- 9781840226355
How critics and readers rate Ulysses
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 72% of the points available on critics' lists, against 38% 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 Ulysses
If you liked Ulysses, try To Kill a Mockingbird, In Search of Lost Time or Lolita.
