Lord of the Flies by William Golding
A group of British boys are stranded on an uninhabited island after their plane crashes during wartime. Initially, they attempt to establish order, creating rules and electing a leader. However, as time passes, their civility erodes, and they descend into savagery and chaos. The struggle for power intensifies, leading to violence and death. The novel explores themes of innocence, the inherent evil in mankind, and the thin veneer of civilization.
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- Published
- 1954
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 224
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
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- El Señor De Las Moscas
- El señor de las moscas
- Flugornas Herre
- Herr Der Fliegen
- Herr der Fliegen
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This book is on the following 57 lists:
- 8th on Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels (Radcliffe Publishing Course)
- 9th on Books Of The Century (Library Journal)
- 10th on The new modern classics — the nation’s favourite 20th century novels (The Times)
- 10th on Top 50 Books (The Daily Telegraph)
- 12th on 30 Books Every Adult Should Read Before They Die (The British Museums, Libraries, and Archives Society)
- 12th on Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century (themodernnovel.com)
- 13th on Waterstone's Books of the Century (LibraryThing)
- 18th on 50 Books to Read Before You Die (Complex)
- 21st on The 50 best books of the past 100 years (The Times)
- 25th on The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels: The Readers' List (The Modern Library)
- 26th on Edmonton's Top 100 (Edmonton Journal)
- 36th on Click If You Dare: 100 Favorite Horror Stories (NPR)
- 41st on 100 Books of Classical and Modern Foreign Literature (The Union of Russian Writers)
- 41st on The Modern Library | 100 Best Novels (Modern Library)
- 46th on Big Read (Hungarian) (Hungaria)
- 47th on Our Users' Top 100 Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 62nd on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 64th on The 100 Most Important Translations (Notos Magazine (Turkey))
- 65th on Fantasy and Horror: A Critical and Historical Guide (Book)
- 66th on R/ClassicLiterature's Top 100 Favorite Books (R/ClassicLiterature)
- 70th on The Big Read (BBC)
- 90th on Top 100 Books, As Chosen By Canadians (The Gazette(Newspaper))
- 93rd on The 100 Greatest British Novels (BBC)
- 377th on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
- 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 Best Novels Written in English (The Guardian)
- 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.com (UK))
- 100 Life-Changing Books (National Book Award)
- 100 Novels That Shaped Our World (BBC)
- 500 Must Read Books (The Daily Telegraph)
- 501 Must-Read Books (LibraryThing)
- 50 Books to Read Before You Die (Barnes and Noble)
- Books that Shaped the Century (LOGOS 20th Century Books Project)
- Everything You Should Read without Being a Library Rat (Book by Luiz Carlos Lisboa)
- Great Books (The Learning Channel)
- Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher (Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher)
- Horror: The 100 Best Books ("Horror: The 100 Best Books" Book by Stephen Jones (Editor) and Kim Newman (Editor))
- IWU Select 100 Must-Read Books (IWU (Faculty, Staff, and Students))
- Nancy Pearl's 100 Good Reads, Decade by Decade (Book Lust (Book))
- Select 100 (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
- Stephen King names his 10 favourite books of all time (Express)
- The 100 Best Books in the World (AbeBooks.de (in German))
- The 100 Best YA Books of All Time (Time)
- The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time: The List (The Observer)
- The 100 Novels You Must Read in Your Lifetime (Esquire)
- The American Library Association's Recommended Reading (The American Library Association )
- The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics (Book)
- The Books You've Always Meant to Read (Waterstones)
- The College Board: 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers (The College Board, an American not-for-profit organization)
- The Graphic Canon (Book)
- The Great Books Podcast from John J. Miller (The National Review )
- The Modern Library: The Two Hundred Best Novels in English Since 1950 (The Modern Library (Book))
- TIME Magazine All Time 100 Novels (TIME Magazine)
- Top 100 Books (Lincoln Journal Star)
- Zeit Literaturkanon (https://www.librarything.com/award/335/ZEIT-Literaturkanon)