Jaws
Jaws is a 1973 horror and adventure fiction novel by Peter Benchley. Much of the action takes place in Amity and Long Island. Characters include Chrissie Watkins, Martin Brody and Larry Vaughan. Key subjects include blue sharks, dolphins, shark cage diving and bang sticks.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.4 out of 5 from 28 ratings, and 372 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 58 editions across 6 languages.
It runs to roughly 309 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.
About Jaws
Jaws is a 1974 novel by American writer Peter Benchley. It tells the story of a great white shark that preys upon a small resort town and the voyage of three men trying to kill it. The novel grew out of Benchley's interest in shark attacks after he learned about the exploits of Montauk, New York shark fisherman Frank Mundus in 1964. Doubleday commissioned him to write the novel in 1971, a period when Benchley worked as a freelance journalist.
Quick answers
Who wrote Jaws?
Jaws was written by Peter Benchley and first published in 1973.
What genre is Jaws?
It is usually shelved as Horror and Adventure.
How long is Jaws?
The median edition has 309 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Jaws?
Readers who like it often enjoy Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Volume 2 - 1974, Into the Drowning Deep and The Monstrumologist.
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