David Thomson

David Thomson

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July 7th, 2026: A Sudden Flicker of Light (Non-Fiction)

The Fatal Alliance (Non-Fiction) was the most recently released book by David Thomson, on November 14th, 2023.

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Below is a complete list of David Thomson books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Great Stars Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Great Stars books are Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, and Gary Cooper.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Bette Davis
2009
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2
Humphrey Bogart
2009
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3
Gary Cooper
2009
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4
Ingrid Bergman
2009
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Hungry as Hunters
1972
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2
Suspects
1985
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3
Silver Light
1990
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List of Collections in Publication Order

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1
Visual Magic
1991
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are The Big Screen, Sleeping with Strangers, and Acting Naturally.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Movie Man.
1967
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2
Political Ideas
1969
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3
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
1975
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4
America in the Dark
1977
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5
Overexposures
1981
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6
Warren Beatty and Desert Eyes
1987
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7
Showman: The Life of David O Selznick
1992
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8
Rosebud: The Story of Orson Welles
1996
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9
Beneath Mulholland
1997
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10
The Alien Quartet
1998
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11
Hollywood
2001
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12
The Whole Equation
2004
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13
Nicole Kidman
2006
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14
"Have You Seen . . . ?"
2008
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15
The Moment of Psycho
2009
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16
Try to Tell the Story: A Memoir
2009
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17
The Oscars Revisited
2011
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18
The Big Screen
2012
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19
Moments That Made the Movies
2013
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20
Breaking Bad
2015
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21
How to Watch a Movie
2015
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22
Television
2016
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23
Sleeping with Strangers
2019
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24
Murder and the Movies
2020
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25
A Light in the Dark
2021
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26
Disaster Mon Amour
2022
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27
Acting Naturally
2023
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28
The Fatal Alliance
2023
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29
A Sudden Flicker of Light
2026
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List of BFI Film Classics Books in Publication Order

Arguments for the classic status of landmark films.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Napoleon: Abel Gance's Classic Film (By: Kevin Brownlow)
1982
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2
The Seventh Seal (By: Melvyn Bragg)
1993
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3
L'Atalante (By: Marina Warner)
1993
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4
It's a Gift (By: Simon Louvish)
1994
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5
Things to Come (By: Christopher Frayling)
1995
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6
The Big Sleep
1997
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7
The Thing (By: Anne Billson)
1997
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8
The Birds (By: Camille Paglia)
1998
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9
Crash (By: Iain Sinclair)
1999
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10
Sanshô Dayû (By: Dudley Andrew)
1999
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11
Titanic (By: David M. Lubin)
2000
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12
Thelma and Louise (By: Marita Sturken)
2000
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13
Belle de Jour (By: Michael Wood)
2001
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14
The Manchurian Candidate (By: Greil Marcus)
2002
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15
The Exorcist (By: Mark Kermode)
2003
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16
Kind Hearts and Coronets (By: Michael Newton)
2003
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17
10
The Matrix (By: Joshua Clover)
2004
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18
City Lights (By: Charles J. Maland)
2007
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19
Ratcatcher (By: Annette Kuhn)
2008
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20
2001: A Space Odyssey (By: Peter Krämer)
2010
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21
The Best Years of Our Lives (By: Sarah Kozloff)
2011
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22
Meshes of the Afternoon (By: John David Rhodes)
2011
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23
Caché (By: Catherine Wheatley)
2012
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24
Spirited Away (By: Andrew Osmond)
2014
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25
The Shawshank Redemption (By: Mark Kermode)
2019
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26
The Silence of the Lambs (By: Yvonne Tasker)
2019
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27
Silent Running (By: Mark Kermode)
2019
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28
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (By: A.L. Kennedy)
2020
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29
The Big Lebowski (By: J.M. Tyree)
2020
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30
Fear Eats the Soul (By: Laura Cottingham)
2020
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List of Jewish Lives Books in Publication Order

Prizewinning interpretative biographies exploring Jewish identity.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Medallions (By: Diana Kuprel, Zofia Nalkowska)
1946
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2
Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt (By: Robert Gottlieb)
2010
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3
Moses Mendelssohn (By: Shmuel Feiner)
2010
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4
Emma Goldman (By: Vivian Gornick)
2011
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5
Hank Greenberg ( By: Mark Kurlansky)
2011
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6
Solomon (By: Steven Weitzman)
2011
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7
Leon Trotsky (By: Joshua Rubenstein)
2011
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8
8
Franz Kafka (By: Saul Friedländer)
2012
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9
Walther Rathenau (By: Shulamit Volkov)
2012
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10
Moshe Dayan (By: Mordechai Bar-On)
2012
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11
Jacob (By: Yair Zakovitch)
2012
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12
Bernard Berenson (By: Rachel Lara Cohen)
2013
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13
Primo Levi (By: Berel Lang)
2013
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14
10
Becoming Freud (By: Adam Phillips)
2014
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15
Lillian Hellman (By: Dorothy Gallagher)
2014
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16
Rav Kook (By: Yehudah Mirsky)
2014
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17
Jabotinsky (By: Hillel Halkin)
2014
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18
David (By: David J. Wolpe)
2014
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19
Leonard Bernstein (By: Allen Shawn)
2014
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20
Ben-Gurion (By: Anita Shapira)
2014
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21
Mark Rothko (By: Annie Cohen-Solal)
2015
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22
Einstein (By: Steven Gimbel)
2015
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23
Léon Blum (By: Pierre Birnbaum)
2015
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24
6
Peggy Guggenheim ( By: Francine Prose)
2015
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25
Proust (By: Benjamin Taylor)
2015
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26
Groucho Marx (By: Lee Siegel)
2016
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27
Disraeli (By: David Cesarani)
2016
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28
Barbra Streisand (By: Neal Gabler)
2016
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29
Louis D. Brandeis (By: Jeffrey Rosen)
2016
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30
Moses (By: Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg)
2016
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31
Warner Bros
2017
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32
Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films (By: Molly Haskell)
2017
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33
Hayim Nahman Bialik (By: Avner Holtzman)
2017
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34
Yitzhak Rabin (By: Itamar Rabinovich)
2017
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35
Rabbi Akiva (By: Barry W. Holtz)
2017
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36
Julius Rosenwald (By: Hasia R. Diner)
2017
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37
Harvey Milk (By: Lillian Faderman)
2018
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38
Gershom Scholem (By: David Biale)
2018
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39
Menasseh ben Israel (By: Steven Nadler)
2018
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40
Jerome Robbins (By: Wendy Lesser)
2018
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41
Ben Hecht (By: Adina Hoffman)
2019
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42
Martin Buber (By: Paul Mendes-Flohr)
2019
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43
Alfred Stieglitz (By: Phyllis Rose)
2019
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44
Karl Marx (By: Shlomo Avineri)
2019
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45
Irving Berlin (By: James Kaplan)
2019
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46
Theodor Herzl (By: Derek J. Penslar)
2020
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47
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Houdini (By: Adam Begley)
2020
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48
Stan Lee (By: Liel Leibovitz)
2020
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49
Stanley Kubrick (By: David Mikics)
2020
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50
Heinrich Heine (By: George Prochnik)
2020
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51
Bugsy Siegel (By: Michael Shnayerson)
2021
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52
Man Ray (By: Arthur Lubow)
2021
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53
Judah Benjamin (By: James Traub)
2021
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54
Abraham Joshua Heschel (By: Julian E. Zelizer)
2021
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55
Admiral Hyman Rickover (By: Marc Wortman)
2022
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56
Becoming Elijah (By: Daniel C. Matt)
2022
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57
Ruth (By: Ilana Pardes)
2022
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58
Sidney Reilly (By: Benny Morris)
2022
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59
Arthur Miller (By: John Lahr)
2022
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60
Mel Brooks (By: Jeremy Dauber)
2023
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61
Maimonides (By: Alberto Manguel)
2023
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62
Elie Wiesel (By: Joseph Berger)
2023
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63
Amos Oz (By: Robert Alter)
2023
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64
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Henrietta Szold (By: Francine Klagsbrun)
2024
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65
Fiorello La Guardia (By: Brenda Wineapple)
2027
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List of Why X Matters Books in Publication Order

Each book argues why an iconic person or idea remains relevant.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Why Arendt Matters (By: Elisabeth Young-Bruehl)
2006
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2
Why Poetry Matters ( By: Jay Parini)
2008
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Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters (By: Louis Begley)
2009
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4
Why Architecture Matters (By: Paul Goldberger)
2009
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5
Why Translation Matters (By: Edith Grossman)
2010
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6
Why the Constitution Matters (By: Mark V. Tushnet)
2010
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7
Why Trilling Matters (By: Adam Kirsch)
2011
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8
Why the Romantics Matter (By: Peter Gay)
2015
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9
Why Acting Matters
2015
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10
Why Baseball Matters (By: Susan Jacoby)
2018
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11
Why the New Deal Matters (By: Eric Rauchway)
2021
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12
Why Food Matters (By: Paul Freedman)
2021
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David Thomson

David Thomson was born on February 18th, 1941 and is currently 85 years old. David Thomson was born in London.

David Thomson has written 29 Non-Fiction Books. The first was released in 1967 with the book Movie Man.. The most recently released was The Fatal Alliance which was released in 2023.

David Thomson has also written the Great Stars series which has 4 books including Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart.

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  4. Linwood Barclay, author of the Promise Falls Series.
  5. Michael Connelly, author of the Harry Bosch Series.

David Thomson: F.A.Q

When was David Thomson Born? How old is David Thomson?

David Thomson was born on February 18th, 1941. David Thomson is currently 85 years old.

Where was David Thomson Born?

David Thomson was born in London.

What was the first book David Thomson wrote?

The first book written by David Thomson was Movie Man., published in 1967.

What was the most recent book David Thomson wrote?

His most recently released work was The Fatal Alliance on November 14th, 2023.

Are there upcoming new books by David Thomson?

David Thomson has a new book coming out on July 7th, 2026 called A Sudden Flicker of Light.

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How many books has David Thomson written?

David Thomson has written 40 books. 4 books in the Great Stars Series, 3 Standalone Novels, 1 book in the Collection, 29 Non-Fiction Books, 1 book in the BFI Film Classics Series, 1 book in the Jewish Lives Series, 1 book in the Why X Matters Series.

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