Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon
Dust jacket from the first edition
AuthorJames Hilton
Audio read byMichael de Morgan
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy, Fiction, novel, adventure, Utopian and dystopian fiction
Set inThe mountains of Tibet
PublisherMacmillan
Publication date
1933 / 2010 (audiobook)
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback), Kindle eBook, audiobook
Pages~160 pp. / 8 hrs and 26 mins
ISBN978-1840243536 (UK)
ISBN 978-0060594527 (US)

Lost Horizon is a 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton. The book was turned into a film, also called Lost Horizon, in 1937 by director Frank Capra and a lavish musical remake in 1973 by producer Ross Hunter with music by Burt Bacharach. It is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamasery located high in the mountains of Tibet.