H.L. Mencken

H.L. Mencken was born in Baltimore, Maryland on September 12th, 1880 and passed away at the age of 75 on January 29th, 1956.

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H.L. Mencken Stats: The most read book by H.L. Mencken on Book Notification is The Vintage Mencken, a Non-Fiction book. The second most read book is In Defense of Women, a Non-Fiction book.

Below is a complete list of H.L. Mencken books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of H. L. Mencken's Collections in Publication Order

	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1	6 The Vintage Mencken (With: Alistair Cooke)	1955	Loading... Go
2	On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe	1956	Loading... Go
3	The Bathtub Hoax, and Other Blasts and Bravos from the Chicago Tribune (With: Robert Mchugh)	1958	Loading... Go
4	The American Scene	1965	Loading... Go
5	A Gang of Pecksniffs	1975	Loading... Go
6	My Life As Author And Editor	1993	Loading... Go
7	A Second Mencken Chrestomathy (With: Terry Teachout)	1995	Loading... Go
8	Minority Report	1997	Loading... Go
9	A Religious Orgy in Tennessee (With: Art Winslow)	2006	Loading... Go

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are In Defense of Women, Damn! a Book of Calumny, and A Mencken Chrestomathy.

	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1	George Bernard Shaw: His Plays	1905	Loading... Go
2	The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche	1908	Loading... Go
3	Men Versus the Man	1910	Loading... Go
4	Europe After	1914	Loading... Go
5	A Little Book In C Major	1916	Loading... Go
6	A Book of Burlesques	1916	Loading... Go
7	A Book of Prefaces: Essays on Conrad, Dreiser, Huneker, Puritanism	1917	Loading... Go
8	8 In Defense of Women	1918	Loading... Go
9	8 Damn! a Book of Calumny	1918	Loading... Go
10	The American Language	1919	Loading... Go
11	The American Credo	1920	Loading... Go
12	Heliogabalus	1920	Loading... Go
13	Notes on Democracy	1927	Loading... Go
14	Prejudices: The Complete Series	1927	Loading... Go
15	Treatise on the Gods	1930	Loading... Go
16	Treatise on right and wrong	1934	Loading... Go
17	Happy Days: 1880-1892	1940	Loading... Go
18	Heathen Days: 1890-1936	1941	Loading... Go
19	Newspaper Days	1941	Loading... Go
20	Christmas Story	1946	Loading... Go
21	A Mencken Chrestomathy	1949	Loading... Go

List of H.L. Mencken Anthologies in Publication Order

#	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1	4 50 Great Short Stories	1952	Loading... Go
2	Writing Los Angeles	2002	Loading... Go
3	Citing Atheists: Quotes of Agnosticism, Non-Theism, Skepticism, Irreligion, Free Thought, and Philosophy	2015	Loading... Go
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H.L. Mencken

H.L. Mencken was born on September 12th, 1880. H.L. passed away January 29th, 1956 at 75 years old. H.L. Mencken was born in Baltimore, Maryland.

H.L. Mencken has written 21 Non-Fiction Books. The first was released in 1905 with the book George Bernard Shaw: His Plays. The most recently released was A Mencken Chrestomathy which was released in 1949.

H.L. Mencken also wrote the H. L. Mencken's Collections series which has 9 books including The Vintage Mencken and On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe.

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H.L. Mencken: F.A.Q

When was H.L. Mencken Born?

H.L. Mencken was born on September 12th, 1880.

When did H.L. Mencken die?

H.L. Mencken died on January 29th, 1956 at 75 years old.

Where was H.L. Mencken Born?

H.L. Mencken was born in Baltimore, Maryland, .

What was the first book H.L. Mencken wrote?

The first book written by H.L. Mencken was George Bernard Shaw: His Plays, published in 1905.

What was the most recent book H.L. Mencken wrote?

Their most recently released work was Under Far Horizons - Selected Poetry of Willa Cather (a short story) on September 26th, 2022.

What is the most popular book by H.L. Mencken?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular H.L. Mencken book is The Vintage Mencken. Here are their most popular books:

The Vintage Mencken (6)
In Defense of Women (8)
Damn! a Book of Calumny (8)

How many books has H.L. Mencken written?

H.L. Mencken has written 31 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 21 Non-Fiction Books, 9 H. L. Mencken's Collections.

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