Wuthering Heights
British novelist, 1818–1848.
Wuthering Heights is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë.
On 10 of the 13 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Emily Brontë
- First published
- 1847
- Length
- 416 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Gothic and horror, Love story, Rural life
Is Wuthering Heights worth reading?
10 of the 13 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture) and 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk, 2014) | Listed | See the list |
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | No. 14 | See the list |
| Bokklubben World Library (Norwegian Book Clubs, 2002) | Listed | See the list |
| Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 14 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 20 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer, 2015) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 7 | 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. 12 | See the list |
| The Great American Read (PBS, 2018) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Wuthering Heights
The edition we link to is the Penguin Books Ltd. paperback (2003), 416 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd. (paperback, 2003)
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN
- 9780141439556
How critics and readers rate Wuthering Heights
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 80% of the points available on critics' lists, against 68% 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 Wuthering Heights
If you liked Wuthering Heights, try Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre or Frankenstein.
