#132 in Adventure
Tarzan of the Apes
- 286
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
More than a century on, “Tarzan of the Apes” is still pulp adventure at its liveliest: physical, eventful and easy to enjoy. Burroughs follows his hero across many years without the story feeling patchy, and some readers grow as attached to the animals as to the people. Others relish the fights in the jungle and find that knowing the character already only adds to the fun.
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About the book
Tarzan of the Apes is a 1912 novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, and the first in the Tarzan series. The story was first printed in the pulp magazine The All-Story in October 1912 before being released as a novel in June 1914.
Reading order · Tarzan
Full order & progress →- Tarzan of the ApesThis book
7.67.6 / 10 - The Return of Tarzan
–Not ranked yet - The Beasts of Tarzan
–Not ranked yet - The Son of Tarzan
–Not ranked yet - Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
–Not ranked yet - Jungle Tales of Tarzan
–Not ranked yet - Tarzan the Untamed
–Not ranked yet - Tarzan the Terrible
–Not ranked yet - Tarzan and the Golden Lion
–Not ranked yet - Tarzan and the Ant Men
–Not ranked yet - Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
–Not ranked yet - Tarzan and the Lost Empire
–Not ranked yet - Tarzan at the Earth's Core
–Not ranked yet - Tarzan the Invincible
–Not ranked yet - Tarzan Triumphant
–Not ranked yet - Tarzan and the City of Gold
–Not ranked yet - Tarzan and the Lion Man
–Not ranked yet - Tarzan and the Leopard Men
–Not ranked yet - Tarzan's Quest
–Not ranked yet - Tarzan and the Forbidden City
–Not ranked yet - Tarzan the Magnificent
–Not ranked yet - Tarzan and the Foreign Legion
–Not ranked yet - Tarzan and the Madman
–Not ranked yet - Tarzan and the Castaways
–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.3 across 108 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 42% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Adventure average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.8 | 5 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 103 | 95% |
Frequently asked
How long is Tarzan of the Apes?
It has 286 pages — shorter than 74% of the ranked books in Adventure.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
Same shelf — Adventure — with scores between 7.5 and 7.7, closest to this book.
