Their Eyes Were Watching God
American novelist, 1891–1960.
Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel by Zora Neale Hurston.
On 4 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Zora Neale Hurston
- First published
- 1937
- Length
- 256 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Black American, Love story, Feminist
Is Their Eyes Were Watching God worth reading?
4 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian) and 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts, 2019) | Listed | See the list |
| All-Time 100 Novels (Time, 2005) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 39 | See the list |
| The Great American Read (PBS, 2018) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Their Eyes Were Watching God
The edition we link to is the Virago paperback (2018), 256 pages.
- Publisher
- Virago (paperback, 2018)
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN
- 9780349010335
How critics, prizes and readers rate Their Eyes Were Watching God
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 30% of the points available on critics' lists, against 15% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 0% on prize lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work