Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, USA on July 21st, 1899 and passed away at the age of 61 on July 2nd, 1961.

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Ernest Hemingway Stats: The highest rated book by Ernest Hemingway on Book Notification is A Moveable Feast, a Standalone novel. The second-highest rated book is The Old Man and the Sea, a Standalone novel.

The most read book by Ernest Hemingway on Book Notification is The Old Man and the Sea, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is The Sun Also Rises, a Standalone novel.

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

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are The Old Man and the Sea, The Sun Also Rises, and For Whom the Bell Tolls.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Torrents of Spring
1926
Go
2
7.5
The Sun Also Rises
1926
Go
3
6.4
A Farewell To Arms
1929
Go
4
7.6
To Have and Have Not
1937
Go
5
6.5
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1940
Go
6
8
Across the River and into the Trees
1950
Go
7
7.7
The Old Man and the Sea
1952
Go
8
8.4
A Moveable Feast
1964
Go
9
10
Islands in the Stream
1970
Go
10
The Garden of Eden
1985
Go
11
The Dangerous Summer
1985
Go
12
True At First Light
1999
Go

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short stories and novellas are Hills Like White Elephants, A Clean Well Lighted Place, and The Old Man at the Bridge.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Camping Out
1920
Go
2
Cross Country Snow
1924
Go
3
Big Two-Hearted River
1925
Go
4
4
A Clean Well Lighted Place
1926
Go
5
An Alpine Idyll
1927
Go
6
6
Hills Like White Elephants
1927
Go
7
8
The Old Man at the Bridge
1938
Go
8
The Undefeated
1965
Go

List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short story collections are The Complete Short Stories, The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories, and In Our Time.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
3 Short Stories and 10 Poems
1923
Go
2
8.7
The Complete Short Stories
1925
Go
3
6
In Our Time
1925
Go
4
6
Men Without Women
1927
Go
5
8
Winner Take Nothing
1933
Go
6
6.8
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
1936
Go
7
The Fifth Column and Four Stories of the Spanish Civil War
1938
Go
8
6
The First Forty-Nine Stories
1938
Go
9
The Nick Adams Stories
1966
Go
10
The Killers and Other Short Stories.
1982
Go

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are Green Hills of Africa, The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber & Other Stories, and Ernest Hemingway on Writing.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Death in the Afternoon
1932
Go
2
7
Green Hills of Africa
1935
Go
3
6
The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber & Other Stories
1936
Go
4
Articles for The Kansas City Star
1970
Go
5
Bullfighting, Sport & Industry
1974
Go
6
Selected Letters 1917-1961
1981
Go
7
Ernest Hemingway on Writing
1984
Go
8
Dateline Toronto
1985
Go
9
On Writing
1986
Go
10
Hemingway at Oak Park High
1993
Go
11
Hemingway on Fishing
2000
Go
12
Hemingway on War
2003
Go
13
Under Kilimanjaro
2005
Go
14
On Paris
2008
Go

List of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top The Letters of Ernest Hemingway books are The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 4, 1929–1931, The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 3, 1926-1929, and The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 2, 1923-1925.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 1, 1907–1922 (With: Sandra Spanier, Robert W. Trogdon)
2011
Go
2
The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 2, 1923-1925 (With: Sandra Spanier, Albert J. DeFazio III, Robert W Trogdon)
2013
Go
3
The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 3, 1926-1929 (With: Sandra Spanier, Robert W. Trogdon, Rena Sanderson)
2015
Go
4
The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 4, 1929–1931
2017
Go
5
The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 5, 1932–1934 (With: Sandra Spanier, Miriam B. Mandel)
2020
Go

List of Literary Conversations Books in Publication Order

Conversations with famous literary figures, providing insight into their lives and work.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges
1969
Go
2
Conversations with Czeslaw Milosz
1981
Go
3
Conversations with Graham Greene
1983
Go
4
Conversations with Eudora Welty
1985
Go
5
Conversations with Walker Percy
1985
Go
6
Conversations With Isaac Bashevis Singer
1985
Go
7
Conversations with William Styron
1985
Go
8
Conversations with Malcolm Cowley
1986
Go
9
Conversations with Lillian Hellman
1986
Go
10
Conversations with Tennessee Williams
1986
Go
11
Conversations with Ernest Hemingway
1986
Go
12
Conversations with Katherine Anne Porter
1987
Go
13
Truman Capote: Conversations
1987
Go
14
Conversations with Flannery O'Connor
1987
Go
15
Conversations with Peter Taylor
1987
Go
16
Conversations with Arthur Miller
1987
Go
17
Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut
1988
Go
18
Conversations with Edward Albee
1988
Go
19
Conversations with Erskine Caldwell
1988
Go
20
Conversations with Norman Mailer
1988
Go
21
Conversations with Robert Graves
1989
Go
22
Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates
1989
Go
23
Conversations with Shelby Foote
1989
Go
24
Conversations with Robertson Davies
1989
Go
25
Conversations with James Baldwin
1989
Go
26
Conversations with John Gardner
1990
Go
27
Conversations with Richard Wilbur
1990
Go
28
Conversations with Tom Wolfe
1990
Go
29
Conversations with Raymond Carver
1990
Go
30
Conversations with Eugene O'Neill
1990
Go
31
Conversations with Reynolds Price
1991
Go
32
Conversations with Bernard Malamud
1991
Go
33
Conversations with Elizabeth Spencer
1991
Go
34
Conversations with Nikki Giovanni
1992
Go
35
Conversations With Thornton Wilder
1992
Go
36
Conversations with Robert Coles
1992
Go
37
Conversations with M. F. K. Fisher
1992
Go
38
More Conversations with Walker Percy
1993
Go
39
Conversations with Richard Wright
1993
Go
40
Conversations with Paul Bowles
1993
Go
41
Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris
1994
Go
42
Conversations with Amiri Baraka
1994
Go
43
10
Conversations with Toni Morrison
1994
Go
44
Conversations with Saul Bellow
1994
Go
45
Conversations with Henry Miller
1994
Go
46
Conversations With S.J. Perelman
1995
Go
47
Conversations with Ernest Gaines
1995
Go
48
Conversations with Ralph Ellison
1995
Go
49
Conversations with Chester Himes
1995
Go
50
Conversations with Susan Sontag
1995
Go
51
Conversations with Ishmael Reed
1995
Go
52
Conversations with Derek Walcott
1996
Go
53
More Conversations with Eudora Welty
1996
Go
54
Conversations with Elizabeth Bishop
1996
Go
55
Conversations with Pauline Kael
1996
Go
56
Conversations with V. S. Naipaul
1997
Go
57
Conversations with N. Scott Momaday
1997
Go
58
Conversations with Chinua Achebe
1997
Go
59
Conversations with Maxine Hong Kingston
1998
Go
60
Conversations with Denise Levertov
1998
Go
61
Conversations With William Faulkner
1999
Go
62
Conversations with E. L. Doctorow
1999
Go
63
Conversations With John Fowles
1999
Go
64
Conversations with Salman Rushdie
2000
Go
65
Conversations with William S. Burroughs
2000
Go
66
Conversations with Leslie Marmon Silko
2000
Go
67
Conversations with Chaim Potok
2001
Go
68
Conversations with Richard Ford
2001
Go
69
Conversations with Christopher Isherwood
2001
Go
70
Conversations with Mary Gordon
2002
Go
71
Conversations with Jim Harrison
2002
Go
72
Conversations with Clarence Major
2002
Go
73
Conversations with Margaret Walker
2002
Go
74
Conversations with Erica Jong
2002
Go
75
Elie Wiesel: Conversations
2002
Go
76
Joseph Brodsky: Conversations
2003
Go
77
Conversations with Rita Dove
2003
Go
78
7.3
Conversations with F. Scott Fitzgerald
2003
Go
79
Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks
2003
Go
80
Conversations with Stanley Kaufmann
2003
Go
81
Conversations with Gloria Naylor
2004
Go
82
Conversations with Audre Lorde
2004
Go
83
Conversations with Ray Bradbury
2004
Go
84
Conversations With John le Carré
2004
Go
85
Conversations with Isaac Asimov
2005
Go
86
Conversations with Don DeLillo
2005
Go
87
Conversations with Gore Vidal
2005
Go
88
Conversations with Robert Penn Warren
2005
Go
89
Conversations with Jack Kerouac
2005
Go
90
Conversations with Gabriel García Márquez
2005
Go
91
Conversations with Thomas McGuane
2006
Go
92
Conversations with Larry Brown
2007
Go
93
Conversations with Sonia Sanchez
2007
Go
94
Conversations with Wendell Berry
2007
Go
95
Conversations with Leon Forrest
2007
Go
96
Conversations with Kazuo Ishiguro
2008
Go
97
Conversations with Jimmy Carter
2023
Go
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List of The Last Interview Books in Publication Order

Numerous interviews with renowned intellectuals and writers.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Learning To Live Finally (By: Jacques Derrida)
2005
Go
2
Roberto Bolaño (By: Roberto Bolaño)
2009
Go
3
7.7
Kurt Vonnegut (By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
2011
Go
4
Jorge Luis Borges (By: Jorge Luis Borges)
2012
Go
5
Hannah Arendt (By: Hannah Arendt)
2013
Go
6
David Foster Wallace: In His Own Words (By: David Foster Wallace)
2014
Go
7
James Baldwin (By: James Baldwin, Quincy Troupe)
2014
Go
8
Ray Bradbury (By: Ray Bradbury, Sam Weller)
2014
Go
9
Gabriel García Márquez (By: Gabriel García Márquez)
2015
Go
10
Lou Reed (By: Lou Reed)
2015
Go
11
Ernest Hemingway
2015
Go
12
Nora Ephron (By: Nora Ephron)
2015
Go
13
Philip K. Dick (By: Philip K. Dick)
2015
Go
14
J. D. Salinger (By: J.D. Salinger)
2016
Go
15
Oliver Sacks (By: Oliver Sacks)
2016
Go
16
Jane Jacobs (By: Jane Jacobs)
2016
Go
17
David Bowie (By: David Bowie)
2016
Go
18
Martin Luther King, Jr. (By: Martin Luther King Jr.)
2017
Go
19
Christopher Hitchens (By: Christopher Hitchens)
2017
Go
20
Hunter S. Thompson (By: Hunter S. Thompson)
2018
Go
21
Kathy Acker (By: Kathy Acker)
2018
Go
22
Julia Child (By: Julia Child)
2018
Go
23
9
Ursula K. Le Guin (By: Ursula K. Le Guin)
2019
Go
24
9
Prince (By: Prince )
2019
Go
25
Billie Holiday (By: Billie Holiday)
2019
Go
26
Anthony Bourdain (By: Melville House, Helen Rosner)
2019
Go
27
Graham Greene (By: Graham Greene)
2019
Go
28
Toni Morrison (By: Toni Morrison)
2020
Go
29
Frida Kahlo (By: Frida Kahlo)
2020
Go
30
Marilyn Monroe (By: Melville House, Sady Doyle)
2020
Go
31
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (By: Melville House)
2020
Go
32
Shirley Chisholm (By: Shirley Chisholm)
2021
Go
33
The Last Interview (By: Fred Rogers)
2021
Go
34
Fred Rogers (By: Fred Rogers)
2021
Go
35
Johnny Cash (By: Johnny Cash)
2021
Go
36
John Lewis (By: Melville House)
2021
Go
37
Janet Malcolm (By: Melville House)
2022
Go
38
Diego Maradona ( By: Melville House)
2022
Go
39
Kurt Cobain ( By: Melville House)
2022
Go
40
Bell Hooks (By: bell hooks)
2023
Go
41
Octavia E. Butler (By: Melville House)
2023
Go
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List of Ernest Hemingway Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Great First World War Stories
1930
Go
2
4
50 Great Short Stories
1952
Go
3
Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century
1954
Go
4
Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews
1957
Go
5
6
50 Great American Short Stories
1963
Go
6
War: An Anthology
1969
Go
7
Autumn Light: Illuminations of Age
1978
Go
8
The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces
1992
Go
9
Florida Stories
1993
Go
10
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers
1994
Go
11
Life Stories
2000
Go
12
The Best American Short Stories of the Century
2000
Go
13
8
40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology
2000
Go
14
100 Years Of Fishing: The Ultimate Tribute To Our Fishing Tradition
2002
Go
15
The Lost Generation Reader: Expatriate American Writers in Europe, 1900 - 1950
2004
Go
16
Writers: Their Lives and Works
2018
Go
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Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Miller Hemingway) was born on July 21st, 1899. Ernest passed away July 2nd, 1961 at 61 years old. Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, USA.

Ernest Hemingway is known for writing in the Historical Fiction, Non-Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Classics genres.

Ernest Hemingway has written 14 Non-Fiction Books. The first was released in 1932 with the book Death in the Afternoon. The most recently released was On Paris which was released in 2008.

Ernest Hemingway: Awards & Accolades

Hemingway's book, The Old Man and the Sea was nominated for the Audie Award, Best Male Narrator, in 2007.

Ernest Hemingway: Lists & Other Mentions

  • For Whom the Bell Tolls has made several lists including:
    1. New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1940.
    2. Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Radcliffe's List Selection in 1998.
    3. National Book Foundation: 100 Life-Changing Books Selection in 2006.
    4. BBC: 100 Novels That Shaped Our World Selection in 2019.
    5. Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1940 and 1941.
    6. Esquire: The 80 Books Every Man Should Read Selection in 2015.
    7. Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 Selection in 1984.
    8. The Telegraph: The Perfect Library Selection in 2008.
  • Across the River and into the Trees was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1950 and a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1950.
  • Death in the Afternoon was a New York Times: #1 Nonfiction Best Seller in 1932.
  • The Old Man and the Sea has made several lists including:
    1. AbeBooks: 100 (Fiction) Books to Read in a Lifetime Selection in 2018.
    2. NPR: 100 Best Beach Books Selection in 2009.
    3. Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Radcliffe's List Selection in 1998.
    4. Amazon UK: 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime Selection in 2014.
    5. Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1952.
    6. Blackwell's: Five Foot Bookshelf Selection in 2021.
    7. Literary Hub: Quintessential American Fiction, According to the Rest of the World Selection in 2015.
    8. BBC: Radio Oxford 100 Books You Must Read Before You Die Selection in 2020.
    9. Parade: The 75 Best Books of the Past 75 Years Selection in 2016.
    10. Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 Selection in 1984.
    11. BBC: The Big Read Selection in 2003.
  • The Sun Also Rises has made several lists including:
    1. AbeBooks: 100 (Fiction) Books to Read in a Lifetime Selection in 2018.
    2. NPR: 100 Best Beach Books Selection in 2009.
    3. Counterpunch: 100 Best Novels in English Since 1900 Selection in 2014.
    4. Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Board's List Selection in 1998.
    5. Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Radcliffe's List Selection in 1998.
    6. Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Readers' List Selection in 1998.
    7. The Guardian: 100 Best Novels Written in English Selection in 2015.
    8. Amazon US: 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime Selection in 2014.
    9. The Guardian: 100 Greatest Novels of All Time Selection in 2015.
    10. National Book Foundation: 100 Life-Changing Books Selection in 2006.
    11. Parade: 125 Best Romance Books of All Time Selection in 2024.
    12. New York Public Library: 125 Books We Love for Adults Selection in 2020.
    13. The Guardian: 50 Books That Defined Their Era Selection in 2011.
    14. The Daily Mail: A Hundred Novels to Change Your Life Selection in 2019.
    15. Time Magazine: All-Time 100 Novels Selection in 2005.
    16. Book Riot: From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books Selection in 2013.
    17. PBS: The Great American Read Selection in 2018.
    18. Gilmore Girls: The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge Selection in 2007.
    19. Entertainment Weekly: Top 100 Novels Selection in 2013.
  • A Farewell To Arms has made several lists including:
    1. Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Board's List Selection in 1998.
    2. Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Radcliffe's List Selection in 1998.
    3. Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Readers' List Selection in 1998.
    4. National Book Foundation: 100 Life-Changing Books Selection in 2006.
    5. Parade: 125 Best Romance Books of All Time Selection in 2024.
    6. The Guardian: The 100 Best Novels of All-Time Selection in 2026.
  • In Our Time was a Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Radcliffe's List Selection in 1998.
  • Men Without Women was a The Guardian: 100 Greatest Novels of All Time Selection in 2003.
  • The Complete Short Stories was a National Book Foundation: 100 Life-Changing Books Selection in 2006.
  • Islands in the Stream was a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1970.
  • A Moveable Feast was a Gilmore Girls: The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge Selection in 2007.
  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories was a Gilmore Girls: The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge Selection in 2007.
  • To Have and Have Not was a Gilmore Girls: The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge Selection in 2007.

Related Authors

Fans of Ernest Hemingway also enjoy these authors:

  1. Pat Conroy, author of: The Prince of Tides.
  2. Elizabeth Gilbert, author of: Eat, Pray, Love.
  3. Peter Heller, author of: The River.
  4. Elie Wiesel, author of The Night Trilogy Series.
  5. George Orwell, author of: 1984.
  6. Pip Williams, author of: The Dictionary of Lost Words.
  7. Anita Shreve, author of the Fortune's Rocks Quartet Series.
  8. F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of: The Great Gatsby.
  9. Kurt Vonnegut Jr., author of: Slaughterhouse-Five.
  10. J.D. Salinger, author of: The Catcher in the Rye.

Ernest Hemingway: F.A.Q

When was Ernest Hemingway Born?

Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21st, 1899.

When did Ernest Hemingway die?

Ernest Hemingway died on July 2nd, 1961 at 61 years old.

Where was Ernest Hemingway Born?

Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, USA.

What was the first book Ernest Hemingway wrote?

The first book written by Ernest Hemingway was Camping Out, published in 1920.

What was the most recent book Ernest Hemingway wrote?

His most recently released work was The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 5, 1932–1934 on June 11th, 2020.

What is the most popular book by Ernest Hemingway?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Ernest Hemingway book is The Old Man and the Sea. Here are his most popular books:
  1. The Old Man and the Sea (7.75)
  2. The Sun Also Rises (7.54)
  3. For Whom the Bell Tolls (6.48)
  4. A Farewell To Arms (6.43)
  5. A Moveable Feast (8.38)

What genres does Ernest Hemingway Write?

Ernest Hemingway primarily writes in the Classics, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Non-Fiction genres. His work includes sub-genres such as Contemporary Fiction, Social Commentary, and Psychological Fiction.

How many books has Ernest Hemingway written?

Ernest Hemingway has written 51 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 12 Standalone Novels, 8 Short Stories/Novellas, 10 Short Story Collections, 14 Non-Fiction Books, 5 books in The Letters of Ernest Hemingway Series, 1 book in the Literary Conversations Series, 1 book in The Last Interview Series.

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