The Horse Whisperer (novel)

The Horse Whisperer
First edition cover
AuthorNicholas Evans
LanguageEnglish
PublisherDelacorte Press
Publication date
1995
Media typePrint (hardback and paperback) and audio CD
Pages678 pp (first edition, hardcover)
ISBN978-0-385-31523-4 (first edition, hardcover)

The Horse Whisperer is a 1995 novel by English author Nicholas Evans. The book was his debut novel, and gained significant success, becoming the 10th-best selling novel in the United States in 1995, selling over 15 million copies. This also makes it one of the best-selling books of all time.[1] In 2003 the novel appeared at number 195 on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novels".[2]

The book was made into a film, also titled The Horse Whisperer, directed by and starring Robert Redford.

  1. ^ The Forres Gazette Archived 27 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine on The Horse Whisperer: "Mr Evans is the author of "The Horse Whisperer", which sold 15 million copies worldwide and was made into a Hollywood film in 1998 directed by and starring Robert Redford." (10 September 2008)
  2. ^ "BBC – The Big Read". BBC. April 2003, Retrieved 17 August 2022