Editing Lord of the Flies (section)

=== Awards ===
''Lord of the Flies'' was awarded a place on both lists of [[Modern Library 100 Best Novels]], reaching number 41 on the editor's list and 25 on the reader's list.<ref>{{cite web|author=Kyrie O'Connor|url=http://blog.chron.com/memo/2011/02/top-100-novels-let-the-fighting-begin/|title=Top 100 Novels: Let the Fighting Begin|publisher=Houston Chronicle|date=Feb 1, 2011|access-date=12 December 2019|archive-date=30 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730002806/http://blog.chron.com/memo/2011/02/top-100-novels-let-the-fighting-begin/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2003, ''Lord of the Flies'' was listed at number 70 on the [[BBC]] survey, [[The Big Read]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100_2.shtml |title=The Big Read – Top 100 Books |date=April 2003 |access-date=18 October 2012 |work=[[BBC]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028135830/http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100_2.shtml |archive-date=28 October 2012}}</ref> and in 2005, it was chosen by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine as one of the 100 best [[English-language]] novels since 1923.<ref name="time" /> ''Time'' also included the novel in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=100 Best Young-Adult Books |url=https://time.com/collection/100-best-ya-books/ |access-date=11 December 2019 |magazine=Time |archive-date=22 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122090732/https://time.com/100-best-young-adult-books/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Popular in schools, especially in the English-speaking world, a 2016 UK poll saw ''Lord of the Flies'' ranked third in the nation's favourite books from school, behind [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Animal Farm]]'' and [[Charles Dickens]]' ''[[Great Expectations]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=George Orwell's Animal Farm tops list of the nation's favourite books from school |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/george-orwells-animal-farm-tops-list-of-the-nations-favourite-books-from-school-a6994351.html |access-date=11 December 2019 |work=The Independent |archive-date=11 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211201248/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/george-orwells-animal-farm-tops-list-of-the-nations-favourite-books-from-school-a6994351.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019, [[BBC News]] included ''Lord of the Flies'' on its list of the [[BBC list of 100 "most inspiring" novels|100 most inspiring novels]].<ref name="Bbc2019-11-05" />