All Quiet on the Western Front
German and American novelist, 1898–1970.
All Quiet on the Western Front is a 1928 novel by Erich Maria Remarque, translated from German.
On 2 of the 11 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Erich Maria Remarque
- First published
- 1928
- Length
- 224 pages (UK paperback)
- Original language
- Translated from German
- Genre
- War novels, Coming of age
Is All Quiet on the Western Front worth reading?
2 of the 11 best-of lists it could have made include it: 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk) and 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk, 2014) | Listed | See the list |
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | No. 73 | See the list |
Best edition of All Quiet on the Western Front
The edition we link to is the Vintage paperback (1996), 224 pages, translated by Brian Murdoch.
- Publisher
- Vintage (paperback, 1996)
- Pages
- 224
- Translator
- Brian Murdoch
- ISBN
- 9780099532811
How critics and readers rate All Quiet on the Western Front
Critics and readers rate it about equally: it earned 16% on critics' lists and 15% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like All Quiet on the Western Front
If you liked All Quiet on the Western Front, try The Grapes of Wrath, Catch-22 or Heart of Darkness.
