Don Quixote
Spanish novelist, 1547–1616.
Don Quixote is a 1605 novel by Miguel de Cervantes, translated from Spanish.
On 6 of the 10 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Miguel de Cervantes
- First published
- 1605
- Length
- 1056 pages (UK paperback)
- Original language
- Translated from Spanish
- Genre
- Comic novels and satire, Adventure, Postmodern, Picaresque
Is Don Quixote worth reading?
6 of the 10 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph) and Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | No. 10 | See the list |
| Bokklubben World Library (Norwegian Book Clubs, 2002) | Listed | See the list |
| Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 23 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 26 | See the list |
| The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer, 2003) | Listed | See the list |
| The Great American Read (PBS, 2018) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Don Quixote
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2003), 1056 pages, translated by John Rutherford.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2003)
- Pages
- 1056
- Translator
- John Rutherford
- ISBN
- 9780140449099
How critics and readers rate Don Quixote
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 94% of the points available on critics' lists, against 34% 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