The Alchemist
Brazilian novelist, born 1947.
The Alchemist is a 1988 novel by Paulo Coelho, translated from Portuguese.
On 2 of the 11 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Paulo Coelho
- First published
- 1988
- Length
- 192 pages (UK paperback)
- Original language
- Translated from Portuguese
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Philosophical, Adventure, Religion and faith
Is The Alchemist worth reading?
2 of the 11 best-of lists it could have made include it: The Big Read top 100 (BBC) and The Great American Read (PBS).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | No. 94 | See the list |
| The Great American Read (PBS, 2018) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of The Alchemist
The edition we link to is the HarperCollins paperback (1995), 192 pages.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins (paperback, 1995)
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN
- 9780722532935
How critics and readers rate The Alchemist
Readers rate it most highly: it earned 31% of the points available on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 0% on critics' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like The Alchemist
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