Susan Sontag

Susan Sontag

Susan Sontag was born in New York, New York on January 16th, 1933 and passed away at the age of 71 on December 28th, 2004.

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Susan Sontag Stats: The most read book by Susan Sontag on Book Notification is In America, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is Illness as Metaphor, a Non-Fiction book.

Below is a complete list of Susan Sontag 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 In America, Death Kit, and The Benefactor.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Benefactor
1963
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2
Death Kit
1967
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3
The Volcano Lover
1992
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4
7.7
In America
2000
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List of Plays in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Duet for Cannibals
1969
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2
Brother Carl
1974
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3
Alice in Bed
1993
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List of Collections in Publication Order (with Benjamin Taylor)

Ranked by popularity, the top collections are Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors, I, etcetera, and Debriefing.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
I, etcetera
1963
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2
Against Interpretation and Other Essays
1964
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3
A Susan Sontag Reader
1982
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4
Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
2013
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5
Debriefing (With: Benjamin Taylor)
2017
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6
On Women
2023
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List of Journals of Susan Sontag Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Reborn
2008
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2
As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh
2012
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are Illness as Metaphor, On Photography, and Regarding the Pain of Others.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Notes on
1964
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2
Against Interpretation
1966
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3
Trip to Hanoi
1968
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4
Styles of Radical Will
1969
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5
The Art of Revolution
1970
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6
On Photography
1973
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7
10
Illness as Metaphor
1978
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8
Under the Sign of Saturn
1980
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9
AIDS and Its Metaphors
1989
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10
Dancers on a Plane
1989
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11
Women (With: Annie Leibovitz)
1999
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12
Where the Stress Falls
2001
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13
Regarding the Pain of Others
2003
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14
At the Same Time
2007
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15
Sontag on Film
2012
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16
Essays of the 1960s & 70s
2013
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17
Later Essays
2017
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18
Susan Sontag on Women
2023
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19
Annie Leibovitz: Women: 2025 Edition (With: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Annie Leibovitz, Gloria Steinem)
2025
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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
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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 Annie Leibovitz Photography Books in Publication Order (with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, with Annie Leibovitz, with Gloria Steinem)

Classic photography of Annie Leibovitz.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Shooting Stars: The Rolling Stone Book of Portraits (By: Annie Leibovitz)
1973
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2
Photographs Annie Leibovitz 1970-1990 (By: Annie Leibovitz)
1990
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3
Dancers (By: Annie Leibovitz)
1992
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4
Olympic Portraits (By: Annie Leibovitz)
1996
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5
Women (With: Annie Leibovitz)
1999
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6
American Music (By: Annie Leibovitz)
2003
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7
A Photographer's Life: 1990-2005 (By: Annie Leibovitz)
2006
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8
Nudes (By: Annie Leibovitz)
2007
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9
Annie Leibovitz at Work (By: Annie Leibovitz)
2008
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10
Pilgrimage (By: Annie Leibovitz)
2011
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11
Images of a Lost Human Epoch (By: Annie Leibovitz)
2014
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12
Beaton Photographs (By: Mark Holborn, Annie Leibovitz)
2015
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13
Annie Leibovitz: Portraits 2005-2016 (By: Annie Leibovitz)
2017
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6
Annie Leibovitz, Wonderland (By: Annie Leibovitz)
2021
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15
Annie Leibovitz ( By: Annie Leibovitz)
2022
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16
Annie Leibovitz: Women: 2025 Edition (With: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Annie Leibovitz, Gloria Steinem)
2025
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List of Susan Sontag Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
New American Writing
1979
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2
Granta 5: The Modern Common Wind
1982
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3
The Best American Essays 1992
1992
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4
Robert Bresson
1999
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5
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction
1999
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6
The Good Parts
2000
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7
Wonderful Town
2000
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8
The Best American Short Stories of the Century
2000
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9
Writers on Writing
2001
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Susan Sontag

Susan Sontag was born on January 16th, 1933. Susan passed away December 28th, 2004 at 71 years old. Susan Sontag was born in New York, New York.

Susan Sontag has written 19 Non-Fiction Books. The first was released in 1964 with the book Notes on. The most recently released was Annie Leibovitz: Women: 2025 Edition which was released in 2025.

Susan Sontag also wrote the Collections series which has 6 books including I, etcetera and Against Interpretation and Other Essays.

Susan Sontag received the MacArthur Fellowship in 1990.

Susan Sontag: Awards & Accolades

Sontag's book, In America won the National Book Awards, Best Fiction, in 2000.

Susan Sontag: Lists & Other Mentions

  • Against Interpretation and Other Essays: Jezebel: 75 Books Every Woman Should Read Selection in 2008.

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  1. J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter Series.
  2. Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale Series.
  3. Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
  4. Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games Series.
  5. Dan Brown, author of the Robert Langdon Series.

Susan Sontag: F.A.Q

When was Susan Sontag Born?

Susan Sontag was born on January 16th, 1933.

When did Susan Sontag die?

Susan Sontag died on December 28th, 2004 at 71 years old.

Where was Susan Sontag Born?

Susan Sontag was born in New York, New York.

What book awards has Susan Sontag won?

In America: National Book Awards: Best Fiction (2000).

What was the first book Susan Sontag wrote?

The first book written by Susan Sontag was The Benefactor, published in 1963.

What was the most recent book Susan Sontag wrote?

Her most recently released work was Annie Leibovitz: Women: 2025 Edition on November 4th, 2025.

What is the most popular book by Susan Sontag?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Susan Sontag book is In America. Here are her most popular books and their average ratings:
  1. In America (7.67)
  2. Illness as Metaphor (10.00)

How many books has Susan Sontag written?

Susan Sontag has written 35 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 4 Standalone Novels, 3 books in the Plays, 6 Collections, 2 books in the Journals of Susan Sontag Series, 19 Non-Fiction Books, 1 book in the Literary Conversations Series, 1 book in the Benjamin Taylor Collection, 2 books in the Annie Leibovitz Photography Books.

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