The Moviegoer
- 241
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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About the book
The Moviegoer is the debut novel by Walker Percy, first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf in 1961. It won the U.S. National Book Award. Time included the novel in its "Time 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005". In 1998, the Modern Library ranked The Moviegoer sixtieth on its list of the hundred best English-language novels of the twentieth century. It is published in the UK by Methuen.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.0 across 66 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 31% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Classics average of 7.7. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.2 | 10 | 15% |
| Hardcover | 7.0 | 56 | 85% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Moviegoer?
It has 241 pages — shorter than 58% of the ranked books in Classics.
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