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Kidnapped cover

Kidnapped (1886)

0.1297Canon Score · ranked #200 all time

Aggregated from 4 of 14 authoritative lists, weighted by authority and adjusted for each list's scope and age. How scoring works →

About the book

KIDNAPPED is an adventure story that has become the model for any thriller of escape and suspense.

Why it ranks #200

Every list on which Kidnapped appears, with its position as published.

ListAuthorityPosition
OCLC/WorldCat Top 500 Novels (2019)Editorial list#71 / 500
Guardian 1000 Novels (2009)Critics' canonSelected
1001 Books You Must Read (union)Critics' canonSelected
Bloom, The Western Canon (1994)Editorial listSelected