Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

The book is internationally famous for its innovative style and infamous for its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator, middle aged Humbert Humbert, becomes obsessed and sexually involved with a twelve-year-old girl named Dolores Haze.

The 12th greatest fiction book of all time


This book is on the following lists:

  1. - 1st on D. G. Myers’ 50 Greatest English Language Novels (D. G. Myers)
  2. - 1st on In Which These Are the 100 Greatest Novels (ThisRecording.com)
  3. - 2nd on The Ideal Library (Book)
  4. - 4th on The Greatest 20th Century Novels (Waterstone)
  5. - 4th on The Modern Library | 100 Best Novels (Modern Library)
  6. - 5th on The Top 10: The Greatest Books of All Time (The Top 10 (Book))
  7. - 6th on For The Love of Books (For The Love of Books)
  8. - 7th on Harvard Book Store Staff's Favorite 100 Books (Harvard Book Store)
  9. - 8th on The Celebrity Reading List (Gardiner Public Library)
  10. - 9th on 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction (Larry McCaffery)
  11. - 9th on El Pais Favorite Books of 100 Spanish Authors (El Pais)
  12. - 11th on Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels (Radcliffe Publishing Course)
  13. - 19th on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
  14. - 24th on 50 Books to Read Before You Die (Complex)
  15. - 27th on Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century (Le Monde)
  16. - 31st on Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century (themodernnovel.com)
  17. - 31st on Waterstone's Books of the Century (LibraryThing)
  18. - 32nd on 100 Best Books (Montana State University)
  19. - 47th on The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time (The Novel 100)
  20. - 50th on 100 Essential Books (Bravo! Magazine)
  21. - 54th on The Telegraph’s 100 Novels Everyone Should Read (Telegraph)
  22. - 69th on The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time: The List (The Observer)
  23. - The New Lifetime Reading Plan (The New Lifetime Reading Plan)
  24. - 50 Memorable Books from 50 Years of Books to Remember (The New York Public Library)
  25. - 25 acclaimed international writers choose 25 of the best books from the last 25 years (Wasafiri Magazine)
  26. - The 75 Best Books of the Past 75 Years (Parade Magazine)
  27. - Top 100 Works in World Literature (Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute)
  28. - 50 Greatest Books of All Time (Globe and Mail)
  29. - The 80 Books Every Man Should Read (Esquire)
  30. - 100 Most Influential Books of the Century (Boston Public Library)
  31. - 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.com (USA))
  32. - The 100 Greatest American Novels, 1893 – 1993 (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
  33. - 50 Books to (Re-)Read at 50 (nextavenue)
  34. - TIME Magazine All Time 100 Novels (TIME Magazine)
  35. - From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
  36. - Best Books Ever (bookdepository.com)
  37. - The Graphic Canon (Book)
  38. - How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Reading List (Thomas C. Foster)
  39. - 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.com (UK))
  40. - The Best Classics (The Times)
  41. - 100 Best Novels Written in English (The Guardian)
  42. - 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
  43. - The New York Public Library's Books of the Century (New York Public Library)

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Name Binding Sales Rank Lowest New Lowest Used Published
The Annotated Lolita Hardcover 3429856 $95.00
Lolita (Russian Language) Paperback 8419367 $47.38
Lolita Paperback 4452542 $57.81
Lolita Etui (Folio Luxe) (French Edition) Paperback 5516394 $15.00 $28.00 2007
Lolita (Spanish Edition) Paperback 1616134 $13.12 2018
Lolita (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) Hardcover 191481 $12.96 $4.61 1993
Lolita Paperback 508158 $5.28 $2.00 1997
The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated (Vintage) Kindle Edition 78773 $12.79 2011
Lolita (Penguin Hardback Classics) Hardcover 462765 $18.38 $21.36
Annotated Lolita Kindle Edition 200189 $2.60 2021
Lolita Mass Market Paperback 3062136 $111.20 $10.96
Lolita (Lib)(CD) Audio CD 6995270 $174.02 $99.93 2004
Lolita (Book-of-the-Month Club) Paperback 1835115 $3.12
Lolita (Everyman's Library Classics) Hardcover 310301 $12.81 $11.84 1992
Lolita Hardcover 4511994 $13.50
Lolita (Penguin Classics) Paperback 1057496 $10.40 $12.54
Lolita (German Translation) Paperback 11865745 $31.20 2005
Lolita Mass Market Paperback 1242662 $15.84 $1.80 1984
Lolita (Penguin Classics) (French Edition) Paperback 1867787 $7.55 $4.37 2007
Lolita, a Novel (Complete and Unabridged) Hardcover 1438073 $6.32
Lolita Paperback 1017267 $42.69 $1.99 1998
Lolita Mass Market Paperback 3314978 $108.03 $7.61 1977
Lolita (Chinese Edition) Paperback 1785414 $15.99 $11.99 2005
Lolita Hardcover 10364349 $899.00
Lolita: VN Edition Paperback 209273 $16.99 2017
Lolita Audible Audio Edition 197274 $14.95 2016
Lolita (German Edition) Hardcover 1300972 $12.69 2012
Lolita Hardcover 9161338 $53.93 $335.50 2010
Lolita (Russian Edition) Paperback 1220311 $12.98 $12.59 2013
Lolita Audible Audiobook 82797 $12.05 2021
Lolita (Spanish Edition) Paperback 266858 $12.76 2017
Lolita Hardcover 3154876 $48.08
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Lolita, a Novel Hardcover 8170968 $19.95 1955
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Lolita: A Screenplay Paperback 1478585 $73.71 $2.98
Lolita (Compactos Anagrama) (Spanish Edition) Kindle Edition 413683 2016
Lolita: A Screenplay Hardcover 3937463 $1,465.99 $11.63 1974
Gesammelte Werke 08. Lolita. Hardcover 1862628 $29.52 $27.19 1989
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Lolita Audible Audiobook 50958 $19.77 2021
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Lolita Hardcover 2778546 $23.88
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Lolita (FOLIO) (French Edition) Mass Market Paperback 3363281 $61.51 $22.99 1977
Lolita Paperback 1670513 $2.95
Lolita Mass Market Paperback 4065092 $6.50
Lolita Hardcover 5660283 $65.00 $65.00
Lolita (Nabokov: Gesammelte Werke 8) (German Edition) Kindle Edition 1099934 $11.99 2017
Lolita Audio CD 361301 $16.79 $10.77 2005
Lolita (Spanish Edition) Paperback 288858 $9.38 $6.27 2009
Lolita Hardcover 8245847 $18.39 1999
Lolita (French Edition) Paperback 7910415 $33.00 $39.87 2001
Lolita (Folio) (French Edition) Mass Market Paperback 1530815 $10.19 $6.88 2001
Lolita (in French) (French Edition) Paperback 3812232 $31.96 $10.60 1973
Nabokov: Novels 1955-1962: Lolita / Pnin / Pale Fire (Library of America) Hardcover 268776 $20.00 $9.89 1996
Lolita 5th Impression (Stated) Hardcover 543161 $30.00
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Lolita (Spanish Edition) Paperback 2826543 $15.95 2020
Lolita Mass Market Paperback 2660006 $50.95 $2.55 1978
Lolita (Vintage International) Kindle Edition 12897 $12.99 2010
Lolita Hardcover 797589 $58.05 $10.99 1997
Lolita Mass Market Paperback 2855233 $19.99 $2.00 1980
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov - Franklin Library - Jerry Pinkney Illustrations Hardcover 1043164 $225.01 $65.00
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Lolita Mass Market Paperback 2942928 $126.32 $1.89 1985
The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated Paperback 308966 $13.84 $2.56 1991
Lolita Hardcover 8584687 $49.00
The Annotated Lolita Paperback 2191867 $15.02 $4.01 2010
Lolita Hardcover 2057282 $56.16 $4.51
Lolita (Gli Adelphi Vol. 103) (Italian Edition) Kindle Edition 485518 $6.99 2012
Lolita Mass Market Paperback 1729161 $24.95
Lolita Paperback 16646797 $59.43 1970
Lolita (Panorama de narrativas) (Spanish Edition) Paperback 2778970 $24.95 1986
Lolita: A Screenplay (Vintage International) Paperback 1499996 $10.40 $1.49 1997
Lolita. Paperback 3732675 $17.03 $17.83 1999
Lolita (Edició en català) (LABUTXACA) (Catalan Edition) Kindle Edition 690144 $3.99 2014
Plays: Lolita: a Screenplay; The Tragedy of Mister Morn Hardcover 821651 $17.71 $4.40 2012
Lolita - First Edition (Tenth Impression) Hardcover 5694940 $13.75
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Lolita: Vladimir Nabokov's Novel (Russian-American Novelist) (Revised) Kindle Edition 293822 $1.99 2022
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Lolita (Spanish Edition) Paperback 1363341 $63.90 $5.82 1991
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