James Joyce

James Joyce

James Joyce was born on February 2nd, 1882. James passed away January 13th, 1941 at 58 years old. James Joyce was born in Rathgar, Dublin.

James Joyce is known for writing in the Literary Fiction and Classics genres.

James Joyce was the author of the James Joyce Short Stories/Novellas series which consists of 7 novels. The James Joyce Short Stories/Novellas series started in 1914 with the novel The Dead. The most recently released novel in the James Joyce Short Stories/Novellas series was The Cat and the Devil which was released in 1965. There are no upcoming novels for the James Joyce Short Stories/Novellas series.

James Joyce also wrote the Collections series which has 6 books including Chamber Music and Dubliners.

James Joyce: Awards & Accolades

James Joyce books have been nominated for multiple awards, Dubliners was nominated for the Audie Award, Best Fiction, in 2001. Ulysses was nominated for the Audie Award, Audiobook of the Year, in 2005.

James Joyce: Lists & Other Mentions

• Ulysses has made several lists including:
  1. AbeBooks: 100 (Fiction) Books to Read in a Lifetime Selection in 2018.
  2. Counterpunch: 100 Best Novels in English Since 1900 Selection in 2014.
  3. Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Board's List Selection in 1998.
  4. Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Radcliffe's List Selection in 1998.
  5. Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Readers' List Selection in 1998.
  6. The Guardian: 100 Best Novels Written in English Selection in 2015.
  7. The Guardian: 100 Greatest Novels of All Time Selection in 2003 and 2015.
  8. National Book Foundation: 100 Life-Changing Books Selection in 2006.
  9. Penguin: 100 Must-Read Classic Books Selection in 2022.
  10. The Telegraph: 100 Novels Everyone Should Read Selection in 2009.
  11. Waterstones: Books of the Century Selection in 1997.
  12. Blackwell's: Five Foot Bookshelf Selection in 2021.
  13. Book Riot: From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books Selection in 2013.
  14. BBC: The Big Read Selection in 2003.
  15. Waterstones: The Books You've Always Meant to Read Selection in 2020.
  16. The Telegraph: The Perfect Library Selection in 2008.
  17. Gilmore Girls: The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge Selection in 2007.
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 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. Penguin: 100 Must-Read Classic Books Selection in 2022.
  6. Complex: 50 Books to Read Before You Die Selection in 2012.
  7. Entertainment Weekly: Top 100 Novels Selection in 2013.
• Finnegans Wake 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. National Book Foundation: 100 Life-Changing Books Selection in 2006.
  4. Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 Selection in 1984.
  5. Gilmore Girls: The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge Selection in 2007.
• Dubliners was an Esquire: The 80 Books Every Man Should Read Selection in 2015.

Related Authors

Fans of James Joyce also enjoy these authors:

1. Ernest Hemingway, author of: The Old Man and the Sea.
2. F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of: The Great Gatsby.
3. Virginia Woolf, author of: To the Lighthouse.
4. Elie Wiesel, author of The Night Trilogy Series.
5. Franz Kafka, author of: The Metamorphosis.
6. Kurt Vonnegut Jr., author of: Slaughterhouse-Five.
7. Aldous Huxley, author of: Brave New World.
8. Fyodor Dostoevsky, author of: Crime and Punishment.
9. Albert Camus, author of: The Outsider / The Stranger.
10. Elena Ferrante, author of the Neapolitan Series.

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