Ulysses (1922)
0.5194Canon Score · ranked #1 all time
Aggregated from 11 of 14 authoritative lists, weighted by authority and adjusted for each list's scope and age. How scoring works →
About the book
Written over a seven-year period, from 1914 to 1921, this book has survived bowdlerization, legal action and controversy. The novel deals with the events of one day in Dublin, 16th June 1904, now known as "Bloomsday". The principal characters are Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom and his wife Molly. Ulysses has been labelled dirty, blasphemous and unreadable. In a famous 1933 court decision, Judge John M. Woolsey declar
Why it ranks #1
Every list on which Ulysses appears, with its position as published.
| List | Authority | Position |
|---|---|---|
| The Novel 100 (Burt) | Editorial list | #3 / 100 |
| BBC 100 Stories That Shaped the World | Major international poll | #17 / 100 |
| Le Monde 100 Books of the Century | Critics' canon | #28 / 100 |
| OCLC/WorldCat Top 500 Novels (2019) | Editorial list | #47 / 500 |
| BBC Big Read Top 200 (2003) | Editorial list | #78 / 200 |
| Bokklubben World Library (2002) | Major international poll | Selected |
| Guardian 1000 Novels (2009) | Critics' canon | Selected |
| 1001 Books You Must Read (union) | Critics' canon | Selected |
| Bloom, The Western Canon (1994) | Editorial list | Selected |
| Observer 100 Greatest Novels (2003) | Editorial list | Selected |
| Telegraph 100 Novels (2009) | Editorial list | Selected |