#56 in Dystopian
The Iron Heel
- 282
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
- Film 1919
- On screen
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Our view
“The Iron Heel” is a bold early political dystopia, presented as a memoir that a historian from centuries later annotates. Some readers relish the sly irony of that frame; others feel Jack London cared more about arguing a creed than telling a story. Anyone interested in the roots of dystopian fiction, or in novels of ideas about class and power, will find it dark and provocative.
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About the book
The Iron Heel is a dystopian and political novel in the form of science fiction by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen once.
- FilmThe Iron HeelIMDb
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 52 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 26% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Dystopian average of 7.7. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.0 | 20 | 39% |
| Hardcover | 7.3 | 32 | 62% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Iron Heel?
It has 282 pages — shorter than 82% of the ranked books in Dystopian.
In this book
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