Tom Jones
British novelist, 1707–1754.
Tom Jones is a 1749 novel by Henry Fielding.
On 4 of the 13 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Henry Fielding
- First published
- 1749
- Length
- 768 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Comic novels and satire, Picaresque, Love story, Adventure
Is Tom Jones worth reading?
4 of the 13 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph) and The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | No. 28 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer, 2015) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 22 | See the list |
| The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer, 2003) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Tom Jones
The edition we link to is the Wordsworth Editions paperback (1992), 768 pages.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions (paperback, 1992)
- Pages
- 768
- ISBN
- 9781853260216
How critics and readers rate Tom Jones
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 49% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% 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 Tom Jones
If you liked Tom Jones, try The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Laurence Sterne, 1759
On 7 of the 13 lists it was eligible for