Robert Graves

Robert Graves

Robert Graves was born in Wimbledon, England on July 24th, 1895 and passed away at the age of 90 on December 7th, 1985.

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Robert Graves Stats: The highest rated book by Robert Graves on Book Notification is I, Claudius, the first novel in the Claudius series.

The most read book by Robert Graves on Book Notification is I, Claudius, the first novel in the Claudius series. The second most read book is Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius #2).

Below is a complete list of Robert Graves books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Robert Graves is the Claudius Series.

List of Claudius Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9.3
I, Claudius
1934
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2
8.5
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina
1934
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List of Sergeant Lamb Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Sergeant Lamb's America
1940
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2
Proceed, Sergeant Lamb
1941
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are The Golden Fleece / Hercules My Shipmate, Count Belisarius, and Wife to Mr. Milton.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
No Decency Left
1932
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2
Antigua, Penny, Puce
1936
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3
6
Count Belisarius
1938
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4
6
Wife to Mr. Milton
1943
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5
8.7
The Golden Fleece / Hercules My Shipmate
1944
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6
King Jesus
1946
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7
Isles of Unwisdom
1949
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8
Seven Days in New Crete / Watch the North Wind Rise
1949
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9
Homer's Daughter
1955
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10
They Hanged My Saintly Billy
1957
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11
Greek Gods and Heroes
1960
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12
Selected Poetry and Prose
1961
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13
The Siege and Fall of Troy
1962
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14
Two Wise Children
1967
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15
Laius, Iocaste and Oedipus
1972
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16
An Ancient Castle
1980
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17
Mrs. Fisher or The Future of Humour
1982
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18
Eleven songs
1983
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19
Cobalt 60
1986
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20
So You Want to Get Married?
1994
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21
The Anger of Achilles
2002
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List of Chapbooks in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Big Green Book
1962
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2
The Poor Boy Who Followed his Star
1968
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List of Non-Fiction in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are The Greek Myths: Volume 1, The Greek Myths, and The Greek Myths: Volume 2.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Meaning of Dreams
1924
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2
My Head! My Head!
1925
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3
Poetic Unreason And Other Studies
1925
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4
8
Good-bye to all that
1927
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5
Lawrence and the Arabs
1927
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6
The Reader Over Your Shoulder (With: Alan Hodge)
1947
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7
The White Goddess
1948
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8
Occupation
1950
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9
The Nazarene Gospel Restored (With: Joshua Podro)
1953
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10
Adam's Rib
1955
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11
The Greek Myths: Volume 1
1955
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12
The Crowning Privilege
1955
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13
Steps
1958
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14
8
The Greek Myths
1960
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15
The Long Week-End
1961
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16
Myths of Ancient Greece
1961
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17
Oxford Addresses on Poetry
1962
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18
Hebrew Myths
1963
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19
Majorca Observed (With: Paul Hogarth)
1965
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20
Mammon and the Black Goddess
1965
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21
The Greek Myths and Legends
1967
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22
Poetic Craft and Principle
1967
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23
The Greek Myths: Volume 2
1968
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24
Lars Porsena
1972
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25
Difficult questions, easy answers
1972
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26
The Song Of Songs
1973
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27
In Broken Images
1974
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28
On English Poetry
1975
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29
Life of Sir William Rowan Hamilton
1975
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30
The Common Asphodel
1982
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31
The English Ballad
1982
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32
A Survey of Modernist Poetry (With: Laura Riding)
1982
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33
Selected Letters: Between Moon and Moon, 1946-72 v. 2
1984
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34
The Use and Abuse of the English Language
1990
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35
Dear Robert, Dear Spike (With: Spike Milligan)
1991
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36
Winter in Majorca (With: George Sand)
1992
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37
Collected Writings on Poetry
1995
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38
Some Speculations on Literature, History and Religion
2001
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39
On Poetry: Collected Talks and Essays
2004
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40
Translating Rome
2010
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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
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2
Conversations with Czeslaw Milosz
1981
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3
Conversations with Graham Greene
1983
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4
Conversations with Eudora Welty
1985
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5
Conversations with Walker Percy
1985
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6
Conversations With Isaac Bashevis Singer
1985
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7
Conversations with William Styron
1985
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8
Conversations with Malcolm Cowley
1986
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9
Conversations with Lillian Hellman
1986
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10
Conversations with Tennessee Williams
1986
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11
Conversations with Ernest Hemingway
1986
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12
Conversations with Katherine Anne Porter
1987
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13
Truman Capote: Conversations
1987
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14
Conversations with Flannery O'Connor
1987
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15
Conversations with Peter Taylor
1987
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16
Conversations with Arthur Miller
1987
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17
Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut
1988
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18
Conversations with Edward Albee
1988
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19
Conversations with Erskine Caldwell
1988
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20
Conversations with Norman Mailer
1988
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21
Conversations with Robert Graves
1989
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22
Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates
1989
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23
Conversations with Shelby Foote
1989
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24
Conversations with Robertson Davies
1989
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25
Conversations with James Baldwin
1989
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26
Conversations with John Gardner
1990
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27
Conversations with Richard Wilbur
1990
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28
Conversations with Tom Wolfe
1990
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29
Conversations with Raymond Carver
1990
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30
Conversations with Eugene O'Neill
1990
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31
Conversations with Reynolds Price
1991
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32
Conversations with Bernard Malamud
1991
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33
Conversations with Elizabeth Spencer
1991
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34
Conversations with Nikki Giovanni
1992
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35
Conversations With Thornton Wilder
1992
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36
Conversations with Robert Coles
1992
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37
Conversations with M. F. K. Fisher
1992
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38
More Conversations with Walker Percy
1993
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39
Conversations with Richard Wright
1993
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40
Conversations with Paul Bowles
1993
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41
Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris
1994
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42
Conversations with Amiri Baraka
1994
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43
10
Conversations with Toni Morrison
1994
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44
Conversations with Saul Bellow
1994
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45
Conversations with Henry Miller
1994
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46
Conversations With S.J. Perelman
1995
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47
Conversations with Ernest Gaines
1995
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48
Conversations with Ralph Ellison
1995
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49
Conversations with Chester Himes
1995
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50
Conversations with Susan Sontag
1995
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51
Conversations with Ishmael Reed
1995
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52
Conversations with Derek Walcott
1996
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53
More Conversations with Eudora Welty
1996
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54
Conversations with Elizabeth Bishop
1996
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55
Conversations with Pauline Kael
1996
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56
Conversations with V. S. Naipaul
1997
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57
Conversations with N. Scott Momaday
1997
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58
Conversations with Chinua Achebe
1997
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59
Conversations with Maxine Hong Kingston
1998
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60
Conversations with Denise Levertov
1998
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61
Conversations With William Faulkner
1999
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62
Conversations with E. L. Doctorow
1999
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63
Conversations With John Fowles
1999
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64
Conversations with Salman Rushdie
2000
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65
Conversations with William S. Burroughs
2000
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66
Conversations with Leslie Marmon Silko
2000
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67
Conversations with Chaim Potok
2001
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68
Conversations with Richard Ford
2001
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69
Conversations with Christopher Isherwood
2001
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70
Conversations with Mary Gordon
2002
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71
Conversations with Jim Harrison
2002
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72
Conversations with Clarence Major
2002
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73
Conversations with Margaret Walker
2002
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74
Conversations with Erica Jong
2002
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75
Elie Wiesel: Conversations
2002
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76
Joseph Brodsky: Conversations
2003
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77
Conversations with Rita Dove
2003
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78
7.3
Conversations with F. Scott Fitzgerald
2003
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79
Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks
2003
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80
Conversations with Stanley Kaufmann
2003
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81
Conversations with Gloria Naylor
2004
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82
Conversations with Audre Lorde
2004
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83
Conversations with Ray Bradbury
2004
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84
Conversations With John le Carré
2004
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85
Conversations with Isaac Asimov
2005
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86
Conversations with Don DeLillo
2005
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87
Conversations with Gore Vidal
2005
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88
Conversations with Robert Penn Warren
2005
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89
Conversations with Jack Kerouac
2005
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90
Conversations with Gabriel García Márquez
2005
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91
Conversations with Thomas McGuane
2006
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92
Conversations with Larry Brown
2007
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93
Conversations with Sonia Sanchez
2007
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94
Conversations with Wendell Berry
2007
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95
Conversations with Leon Forrest
2007
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96
Conversations with Kazuo Ishiguro
2008
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97
Conversations with Jimmy Carter
2023
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List of Robert Graves Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1959
1959
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2
Israel: Portrait of a Nation and Its People
1968
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3
Merrily Comes Our Harvest In: Poems for Thanksgiving
1978
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4
Wales in Verse
1983
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5
The Caedmon Treasury of Modern Poets Reading Their Own Poetry
1992
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6
World War One British Poets: Brooke, Owen, Sassoon, Rosenberg and Others
1997
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7
Weirdbook #38
2018
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Robert Graves

Robert Graves (Robert Von Ranke Graves) was born on July 24th, 1895. Robert passed away December 7th, 1985 at 90 years old. Robert Graves was born in Wimbledon, England.

Robert Graves has written 40 Non-Fiction Books. The first was released in 1924 with the book The Meaning of Dreams. The most recently released was Translating Rome which was released in 2010.

Robert Graves: Awards & Accolades

Robert Graves books have been nominated for multiple awards, The Golden Fleece / Hercules My Shipmate was nominated for the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1945. I, Claudius was nominated for the Audie Award, Best Audio Drama, in 2013.

Robert Graves: Lists & Other Mentions

  • I, Claudius has made several lists including:
    1. New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1934.
    2. Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Board's List Selection in 1998.
    3. Modern Library: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Readers' List Selection in 1998.
    4. Penguin: 100 Must-Read Classic Books Selection in 2022.
    5. AbeBooks: 50 Essential Historical Fiction Books Selection in 2021.
    6. Time Magazine: All-Time 100 Novels Selection in 2005.
    7. Waterstones: Books of the Century Selection in 1997.
    8. BBC: Radio Oxford 100 Books You Must Read Before You Die Selection in 2020.
    9. The Telegraph: The Perfect Library Selection in 2008.
  • Good-bye to all that was a The Telegraph: The Perfect Library Selection in 2008.

Related Authors

Fans of Robert Graves also enjoy these authors:

  1. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings Series.
  3. Ray Bradbury, author of: Fahrenheit 451.
  4. Harper Lee, author of the To Kill a Mockingbird Series.
  5. Dan Brown, author of the Robert Langdon Series.

Robert Graves: F.A.Q

When was Robert Graves Born?

Robert Graves was born on July 24th, 1895.

When did Robert Graves die?

Robert Graves died on December 7th, 1985 at 90 years old.

Where was Robert Graves Born?

Robert Graves was born in Wimbledon, England.

What was the first book Robert Graves wrote?

The first book written by Robert Graves was The Meaning of Dreams, published in 1924.

What was the most recent book Robert Graves wrote?

His most recently released work was Translating Rome on January 1st, 2010.

What is the most popular book by Robert Graves?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Robert Graves book is I, Claudius. Here are his most popular books:
  1. I, Claudius (9.33)
  2. Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (8.5)
  3. The Golden Fleece / Hercules My Shipmate (8.67)
  4. Count Belisarius (6)
  5. The Greek Myths (8)

How many books has Robert Graves written?

Robert Graves has written 68 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 2 books in the Claudius Series, 2 books in the Sergeant Lamb Series, 21 Standalone Novels, 2 books in the Chapbooks, 40 Non-Fiction, 1 book in the Literary Conversations Series.

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