Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
#3493.99 of 664 ranked universes · full ranking
Books 2 books Status Complete 1865–1871 Reading commitment Low Lewis Carroll Last reviewed 2026-08-13
Overview
A girl named Alice falls through a rabbit-hole (and, in the sequel, steps through a looking-glass) into a nonsensical, dreamlike world populated by the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Red and White Queens, and other enduring figures -- one of the foundational texts of English-language portal fantasy.
Portal fantasy · For All ages
Core Canon: Reading Order (2 works) counts toward ranking
Alice Lewis Carroll
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | 1865 | 1 | core | 3.99 (447,503 ratings) |
 | Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There | 1871 | 2 | core | 4.00 (145,335 ratings) |
Lewis Carroll's 2-book Alice sequence -- both Core Canon. 'The Hunting of the Snark' (1876), a separate nonsense poem sharing no setting or characters with Alice, is explicitly out of scope, not part of this universe. Pre-award-era classic; no formal literary award existed for this genre/period, per the same convention already applied to The King of Elfland's Daughter/The Worm Ouroboros/Lud-in-the-Mist.
Quick answers
- How many books are in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? Alice's Adventures in Wonderland's Core Canon is 2 books.
- What is the reading order for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? Publication order, starting with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Full list and years in the Core Canon table above.
- Is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland finished? Complete (1865–1871).
- How much reading does Alice's Adventures in Wonderland take? Low reading commitment (estimated from 2 Core Canon books · ~320 pages).
- How is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ranked? #349 of 664 ranked universes on this site, based on 592,838 reader ratings across 2 Core Canon books. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #349?
Ranked #349 of 664 ranked universes.
- Average reader rating of 3.99 across 2 core books.
- Backed by 593k reader ratings.
- Remarkably consistent across the whole series: all 2 rated core books rate within 0.01 of each other.
- Less than 0.01 behind #348, The DemonWars Saga (a finer tie-break level decides the order).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.45.
Why explore this universe?
Well rated · 2 books · Complete · 593k ratings · Ranks #349 overall
Good choice if you want a quick, low-commitment portal fantasy universe that's already finished, so there's no wait for the next book.
Reading order
Publication order (2 Core Canon books)
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
- Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871)
Documented internal/story chronology is recorded for every Core Canon book here, and matches publication order exactly, with no divergence to show separately.
Awards (verified)
- No formal literary award existed for this genre/period at the time of original publication.
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Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 3.99 across 592,838 ratings on 2 Core Canon books. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland admitted; Core Canon = both Alice novels (1865, 1871) accepted 2026-08-13
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
Last reviewed: 2026-08-13
Rule: Core = both Alice novels: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871).