The Last Battle

The Last Battle

C. S. Lewis

First published 1956Original language EN

7.67.6 / 10
Score out of 10769 ratingsConfidence 84%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
192
Pages
about 3.5 h
Reading time
  • Carnegie Medal

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About the book

The Last Battle is a portal fantasy novel written by British author C. S. Lewis, published by The Bodley Head in 1956. It was the seventh and final novel in The Chronicles of Narnia (1950–1956). Like the other novels in the series, it was illustrated by Pauline Baynes and her work has been retained in many later editions.

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Reading order · The Chronicles of Narnia

Full order & progress →
Score per volume7 volumes on a timeline, 1950 to 1956 · Best-rated volume: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
  1. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
    The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe1950 · 3,316 ratingsStart here
    7.97.9 / 10
  2. Prince Caspian
    Prince Caspian1951 · 1,109 ratings
    7.57.5 / 10
  3. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
    The Voyage of the Dawn Treader1952 · 1,161 ratings · Filmed 2010
    7.87.8 / 10
  4. The Silver Chair
    The Silver Chair1953 · 778 ratings
    7.57.5 / 10
  5. The Horse and His Boy
    The Horse and His Boy1954 · 957 ratings
    7.57.5 / 10
  6. The Magician's Nephew
    The Magician's Nephew1955 · 1,279 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  7. The Last Battle
    The Last Battle1956 · 769 ratingsThis book
    7.67.6 / 10

Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.5 across 769 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 84% of the weight and the score stays at 7.6 — the Classics average of 7.7 barely moves it.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Open Library7.773 10%
Hardcover7.4696 91%

Frequently asked

How long is The Last Battle?

It has 192 pages — shorter than 98% of the ranked books in Classics.

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