Left Behind (novel)

Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days
Reissue of Left Behind using original artwork
AuthorTim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
Cover artistWestlight/H. Armstrong Roberts
LanguageEnglish
SeriesLeft Behind (series)
GenreChristian fiction,
Apocalyptic fiction
PublisherTyndale House Publishers
Publication date
Sunday, December 31, 1995
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover, Paperback; also made into Graphic novel and audiobook)
Pages320 pages, hardcover
468 pages, paperback
ISBN0-8423-2911-0 (HC), ISBN 0-8423-4270-2 (PB)
OCLC32509183
813/.54 20
LC ClassPS3562.A315 L44 1995
Preceded byThe Rapture 
Followed byTribulation Force 

Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days is a best-selling[1] novel by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins that starts the Left Behind series. This book and others in the series give narrative form to a specific eschatological reading of the Christian Bible, particularly the Book of Revelation inspired by dispensationalism and premillennialism. It was released on Sunday, December 31, 1995. The events take place the day of the Rapture and the two weeks following.

  1. ^ Kirkpatrick, David D. (March 8, 2004). "Final Novel in Evangelical Christian Series Is a Best Seller Before Going on Sale - The New York Times". Archived from the original on November 14, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2009.