Author
John Hersey
June 17, 1914 – March 24, 1993 · United States
Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Writer, Screenwriter
Titles on list
7
Total weeks
126
Peak rank
#1
Weeks at #1
5
FictionNonfictionHit #1Dot size = weeks on list
Biography
- Born
- June 17, 1914 · Tianjin
- Died
- March 24, 1993 · Key West
- Nationality
- United States
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- Chinese, English
- Education
- Yale University, Hotchkiss School, Briarcliff High School, University of Cambridge, Trumbull College
Awards & Honours
- 1945Pulitzer Prize for the Novel
- 1950National Jewish Book Awards
- 1950The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism
- 1951Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
- 1970Rome Prize
On the Bestseller Lists
7 titles
BLUES
John Hersey
BLUES
#12 · 2 wks
UNDER THE EYE OF THE STORM
John Hersey
UNDER THE EYE OF THE STORM
#7 · 6 wks
THE CHILD BUYER
John Hersey
THE CHILD BUYER
#8 · 11 wks
THE WAR LOVER
John Hersey
THE WAR LOVER
#2 · 22 wks
A SINGLE PEBBLE
John Hersey
A SINGLE PEBBLE
#4 · 23 wks
THE WALL
John Hersey
THE WALL
#1 · 34 wks
A BELL FOR ADANO
John Hersey
A BELL FOR ADANO
#2 · 28 wks
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).