Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era, this novel follows the life of a young Southern belle, who is known for her beauty and charm. Her life takes a turn when she is forced to make drastic changes to survive the war and its aftermath. The story revolves around her struggle to maintain her family's plantation and her complicated love life, especially her unrequited love for a married man, and her tumultuous relationship with a roguish blockade runner.
The 58th greatest book of all time
Purchase from
Bookshop.org or
Amazon
- Published
- 1936
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 959-1037
- Original Language
- English
- Avg User Rating
-
(4.4)
- Alternate Titles
-
- Autant en emporte le vent
- Gone with the Wind
- Lo Que El Viento Se Llevó
- Lo que el viento se llevó
- Prohujalo S Vihorom
If you're interested in seeing the ranking details on this book go here
This book is on the following 58 lists:
- 4th on Books Of The Century (Library Journal)
- 4th on Edmonton's Top 100 (Edmonton Journal)
- 4th on "Our Readable Century", The Best Books of the 20th Century (January Magazine)
- 4th on The 100 Favorite Novels of Librarians (Bookman.com)
- 4th on Top 100 Books, As Chosen By Canadians (The Gazette(Newspaper))
- 6th on The Great American Read (PBS)
- 7th on Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century (themodernnovel.com)
- 7th on The Celebrity Reading List (Gardiner Public Library)
- 14th on 50 Best-Loved Novels Written by a Woman (United Kingdom) (Guardian)
- 14th on Big Read (Bulgarian) (Bulgaria)
- 14th on Top 50 Books (The Daily Telegraph)
- 16th on America’s 100 Favorite Books (WordsRated)
- 18th on 30 Books Every Adult Should Read Before They Die (The British Museums, Libraries, and Archives Society)
- 19th on The Books That Built The French (TNS-Sofres/SNCF–Lire)
- 21st on The Best Southern Novels of All Time (Oxford American)
- 21st on The Big Read (BBC)
- 22nd on Big Read (Hungarian) (Hungaria)
- 23rd on Big Read (German) (Germany)
- 23rd on Waterstone's Books of the Century (LibraryThing)
- 24th on The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels: The Readers' List (The Modern Library)
- 26th on Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels (Radcliffe Publishing Course)
- 36th on 100 Best Books to Read by Women Authors (Good Housekeeping)
- 38th on Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century (Le Monde)
- 41st on My Favourite Book - Australian Big Read (Australian Big Read)
- 53rd on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
- 66th on Our Users' Top 100 Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 77th on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 95th on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
- 122nd on The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time (The Novel 100)
- 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List (1,000 Books to Read Before You Die(Book))
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- 100 Great 20th Century English-language Works of Fiction by Women (Feminista!)
- 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library (The Telegraph)
- 150 Great Reads (The Spokesman-Review Spokane Chronicle )
- 500 Must Read Books (The Daily Telegraph)
- 50 Books to (Re-)Read at 50 (nextavenue)
- 75 Books by Women Whose Words Have Changed the World (Women's National Book Association)
- 75 Books Every Woman Should Read (Jezebel)
- A Century of Reading (Lithub)
- A Response to David Handlin’s “One Hundred Best American Novels” (The American Scholar)
- Books That Shaped America (Library of Congress)
- Daniel S. Burt's Recommended Historical Novels (What Historical Novel Do I Read Next? by Daniel S. Burt (1997))
- Everything You Should Read without Being a Library Rat (Book by Luiz Carlos Lisboa)
- Five Books to Read on a Desert Island (Tampa Bay Times)
- Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher (Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher)
- Nancy Pearl's 100 Good Reads, Decade by Decade (Book Lust (Book))
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (Pulitzer Prize)
- Select 100 (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
- The 100 Greatest American Novels, 1893 – 1993 (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
- The 100 Greatest Novels (Nezavisimaya Gazeta (Russian Newspaper))
- The Booklist Century: 100 Books, 100 Years (BookList)
- The Dream of the Great American Novel (Book)
- The New York Public Library's Books of the Century (New York Public Library)
- #ThisBook (#ThisBook)
- TIME Magazine All Time 100 Novels (TIME Magazine)
- Tomes for the Home (The Daily Spectrum )
- Top 100 Books (Lincoln Journal Star)