James A. Michener was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA on February 3rd, 1907 and passed away at the age of 90 on October 16th, 1997.
James A. Michener Stats: The highest rated book by James A. Michener on Book Notification is The Covenant, a Standalone novel. The second-highest rated book is The Source, a Standalone novel.
The most read book by James A. Michener on Book Notification is Hawaii, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is Centennial, a Standalone novel.
Below is a complete list of James A. Michener books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.
James A. Michener (James Albert Michener) was born on February 3rd, 1907. James A. passed away October 16th, 1997 at 90 years old. James A. Michener was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA.
James A. Michener (James Albert Michener) is probably best known for his Standalone Novels. There are currently 26 novels available. The first standalone was released in 1949 with the novel The Fires of Spring. The most recently released novel was Matecumbe which was released in 2007.
James A. Michener also wrote the Non-Fiction Books series which has 18 books including The Bridge at Andau and Japanese Prints from Early Masters to the Modern .
James A. Michener won the St. Louis Literary Award, Distinguished Figure in Literature, in 1981.
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I call Michener a historical fiction author. That description is technically untrue. The man was born in the early 1900s. He lived through the great depression, and his stories were relevant to the era in which he wrote them.
But to a contemporary reader like myself, his work is ancient history, set during a period I neither understand nor fully appreciate. But I like the glimpses Michener provides of those early years.
I don’t know if his information is accurate. My primary interest is the people, the characters that populate Michener’s settings. I have thoroughly enjoyed exploring the lives they lived. I encourage everyone to give Michener a shot regardless of the genre they like.
In my review of Hawaii, I described James Michener’s writing as “true biographies of people who never existed in locales and situations that certainly have throughout history.” His historical fiction is top-tier, and while his thousand-pages novels are tomes, they’re among the most captivating stories I’ve ever read. He’s an expert of the genre who bathes every facet of his stories in thorough research. Definitely worth trying. My first taste was Centennial, and it’s as good a place as any to start!
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